MSI Summer Fellowship

Students receiving an MSI fellowship must:

1. Be a current Harvard Undergraduate Student during the summer of the fellowship. Please note that this means that spring semester seniors are not eligible for funding.
2. Commit to full-time research in microbial sciences under the guidance of their Faculty Sponsor during 10 weeks of the summer fellowship.
3. Attend weekly fellowship cohort meetings. These meetings are generally 1.5 hours per week (specific day and time TBA).
4. Not register for any summer courses or accept any other paying jobs during the period of the fellowship that would interfere with the completion of student research, unless given permission by your Faculty Sponsor.
5. Not accept other Harvard-affiliated student research funding for this project proposal unless you are prepared to receive reduced MSI funding. We want to ensure that campus resources support as many students as possible. If receiving funds from other sources, your overall MSI funding will be reduced so that the total amount awarded per student does not exceed the amount offered by either fellowship.
6. Expect your Faculty Sponsor to purchase research supplies/equipment/services in support of your project as deemed appropriate by them with their own funds. This issue should be discussed as students work collaboratively with sponsors to write their proposal.

Failure to meet these expectations will result in partial or full withholding of stipend support and may result in the revocation of the student's status as an MSI fellow.