The Simons Summer Research Program at Stony Brook University is a highly selective six-week research experience where high school students work directly alongside distinguished faculty mentors in science, mathematics, or engineering. Known as Simons Fellows, participants join active research teams and develop real laboratory techniques and skills over the course of the program, which runs from late June through early August. The experience offers students a rare and immersive look at life at a major research university, going far beyond what is possible in a typical classroom setting. It is one of the most competitive and rewarding summer opportunities available to high school students with a passion for STEM.
Designing studies, testing hypotheses, and drawing evidence-based conclusions.
Running experiments safely and accurately using real scientific equipment and procedures.
Breaking down a challenge and working through it methodically to a solution.
Evaluating information carefully before drawing a conclusion or making a decision.
Using equations and formulas to represent and predict real-world situations.
Students engage in hands-on research with faculty mentors, directly mirroring the laboratory work of medical researchers.
Hands-on research in science and math at a research university builds core skills for physics careers.
Laboratory techniques and active research team participation align with chemist work environments.
Six-week immersion in science research with distinguished mentors mirrors biologist research careers.
Experience in active research teams at a research university directly prepares students for academic careers.
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