MindCORE Summer Fellowship Program
June 4 – August 11, 2023
The MindCORE Summer Fellowship Program is a paid 10-week program for both Penn and non-Penn undergraduate students. Summer Fellows are matched with select MindCORE faculty in interdisciplinary mind and brain studies based on student research interest and mentor preference. With their mentors, students embark on a research project shaped as much as possible by their interests. Housing is provided for all non-Penn participants.
Under the supervision of faculty and program staff, students participate in:
- A 1-week introductory workshop on interdisciplinary research in cognitive science, including a short programming course
- 9 weeks of mentored research experience
- Weekly lunches for research discussions & faculty seminars
- Research ethics training
- Technical training
- Lab tours
- Professional development opportunities that prepare participants for pursuing advanced education and careers in related fields of research
- Guidance toward creating a final poster or presentation of the student’s summer research work
Click here for a sample schedule.
Eligibility
Applicants must be enrolled as full-time freshmen, sophomores, or junior undergraduate students at an accredited institution. Graduating seniors are not eligible.
Non-Penn applicants must be U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents, without exception. Non-Penn students who are in the U.S. on any type of visa are not eligible for the program.
Our program is funded through gift and grants from the following sources:
- Lila R. Gleitman Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Fund
- Robert A. Rescorla Undergraduate Research Fund
- NSF REU Site in Interdisciplinary Mind & Brain Studies
- Wharton Applied Neuroscience & Business Analytics Fellowship
Applications
Applicants are asked to indicate their area(s) of research interest in the application form, contact information & demographic data, as well as provide a resume, unofficial transcript, contact information for 2 professional references (e.g., college instructor(s) and/or work manager), and a short personal statement of no more than 500 words. The personal statement asks applicants to state reasons for wanting to participate in the program, relevance of the program to future research plans, and provide brief details of research interest and/or experience.
Please note that not all referees will be contacted. Reference requests are sent out after the first application review in February/March.
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2023 program.
Participating Mentors – Summer Program 2023
Erol Akçay, Biology
Coren Apicella, Psychology
J. Nicholas Betley, Biology
Elizabeth Brannon, Psychology
Anjan Chatterjee, Neurology
Shinjae Chung, Neuroscience
Erin Conrad, Neurology
Gregory Corder, Psychiatry
Delphine Dahan, Psychology
Kathryn Davis, Neurology
Colin Ellis, Neurology
Emily Falk, Psychology & Communication
Marc Fuccillo, Neuroscience
Maria Geffen, Otorhinolaryngology
Joshua Gold, Neuroscience
James Gugger, Neurology
Roy Hamilton, Neurology
Jessie Handbury, Real Estate
Elizabeth (Zab) Johnson, Wharton Neuroscience
Michelle Johnson, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Joe Kable, Psychology
Samantha Moore-Berg, Peace and Conflict Neuroscience
Desmond Oathes, Psychiatry
Anna Papafragou, Linguistics
Bijan Pesaran, Neurosurgery
Michael Platt, Neuroscience, Marketing, & Psychology
Joshua Plotkin, Biology
Anna Schapiro, Psychology
Marc Schmidt, Biology
Benjamin Scholl, Neuroscience
Kathryn Schuler, Linguistics
Florian Schwarz, Linguistics
Joel Stein, Neuroradiology
Alan Stocker, Psychology
Dan Swingley, Psychology
Sharon Thompson-Schill, Psychology
Lyle Ungar, Computer & Information Science
Franz Weber, Neuroscience
Charles Yang, Linguistics