summer graduate research fellowship

MIT Summer Research Program - MIT Office of Graduate Education

The MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) seeks to promote the value of graduate education; to improve the research enterprise through increased diversity; and to prepare and recruit the best and brightest for graduate education at MIT.

Students who participate in this program will be better prepared and motivated to pursue advanced degrees, thereby helping to sustain a rich talent pool in critical areas of research and innovation..

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Program Features

Weekly seminars on issues directly related to the academic, personal, and professional growth of interns
Social outings (boat cruise, visits to Boston area)
Preparation of an abstract, research paper, and graduate school statement of purpose
Poster presentation at the end of the program

Application Workshops

Join one of our informational workshops to learn more about the application process, selecting a faculty mentor, and an overview of summer programming.

Thursday, November 7th at 3 PM ET
Tuesday, December 3rd at 12 PM ET

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One Month Left to Apply: 2025 USHMM Summer Graduate Research Fellowship

2025 summer graduate student research fellowship.

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies is pleased to offer annual Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowships designed for students accepted to or currently enrolled in a master’s degree program or in the first year of a PhD program at a college or university in North America. Students who have completed more than one year of doctoral work will not be considered.

Fellowship Details

Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowships support early-career graduate students in three-month residencies, from early June through late August, at the Mandel Center to provide them the opportunity to test ideas, share research findings, explore methodological processes, and develop frameworks for their projects. Each fellow works with a staff mentor who advises them on their project goals and helps guide their research in the Museum's collections. Fellows take part in training seminars that introduce key subjects, essential tools, and useful methods and approaches in Holocaust research. They also attend the Museum's scholarly and publicly-available educational programs.

Awards are granted on a competitive basis. The Mandel Center welcomes applications from graduate students of all relevant academic disciplines, including - but not limited to - history, political science, literature, Jewish studies, psychology, sociology, geography, anthropology, arts and music, and religious studies. Students working in disciplines other than history are especially encouraged to apply.

The Mandel Center will provide a stipend of $5,000 per month, as well as an allowance to offset the cost of direct, economy-class travel to and from Washington, DC. Local awardees will not receive a travel allowance. The funds provided through this award may be subject to US federal and/or state tax.

Application Materials

The deadline for the 2025 Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowships submission is January 15, 2025 and applicants will be notified of the outcome by March 2025.

Applications must be submitted in English via our online application and consist of the following:

An online application form
A thesis statement
An outline of the proposed project goals
A list of museum resources that the student will need to access to support the research may be attached as an addendum to the project proposal.
A curriculum vitae (in PDF format, not to exceed five single-spaced pages)
A personal statement (in PDF format, not to exceed two single-spaced pages)
One letter of recommendation from a faculty member or dean at the applicant’s institution