For Students

These programs provide opportunities for students to learn necessary and important research skills and to innovate in order to take a leadership role in society.

Undergraduate Research Programs   

Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) programs give students a chance to flourish in various ways. Students learn how to do research, but also how to pick projects that will improve a societal problem and enhance the quality of life for a community of people.  These programs are designed to help students develop the vision to contend with global challenges. More information on the URI website.
 

Graduate Research Programs

Doctoral and Master’s graduate students are an integral part of NJIT research enterprise. Graduate students work at faculty research laboratories and centers through 19 doctoral and 56 Master’s degree programs. NJIT faculty grants and contracts directly fund graduate students providing outstanding opportunities for basic, applied and translational research and technology development. 

Students may contact Principal Investigators and Directors of research centers and laboratories for exploring the availability of research opportunities in specific areas. Please see Centers and Laboratories website for additional information on research opportunities.

High School STEM Research Programs

NJIT offers excellent opportunities for professional and career development in STEM areas to undergraduate, as well high school students, through Provost Summer Research and faculty-centered grants and research centers. NJIT is committed to providing opportunities for hands-on research participation for high school students under the guidance of a faculty advisor with close mentoring through NJIT undergraduate and graduate students.   

The high school summer research internship program requires a commitment of 6 weeks from June 24th, 2024 to August 1st, 2024. The highly competitive program is designed to inspire the students to appreciate the value of discovery and innovation with the ultimate objective of encouraging them to pursue a career in science and lifelong learning. Acepted students are paired with a faculty member and their reserach team consisting of undergraduate students, graduate students and post docs.  At the end of their internships, students will  present an electronic poster at the annual Summer Research Symposium describing their project and outcomes to faculty and their peers.  Our faculty members are involved in the following five areas of research.  You will be asked for your first and second  preferences on the application.

• Bioscience & Bioengineering
• ​Data Science & Management
• Environment & Sustainability
• Material Science & Engineering
• Robotics & Machine Intelligence

Notifications for the 2024 summer program will be sent by May 1, 2024.

Please review the 2024 HSSRI Guidelines found here for eligibility, required documents and important dates. Please note, there is a $500 fee if accepted.  Permission forms will also be required if accepted.  Payment and forms will be due in  May 2024.
Need based waivers are available to all who qualify, please contact us at hssri@ftigo.com if you require financial assistance. 

Eligibility:

● Applicants must be completing 10th or 11th grade in June 2024. Graduating high school seniors are not eligible.
● Applicants should have an unweighted GPA of 3.75 or better, and show a demonstrated interest in science.
● Students must be New Jersey high school students and residents of New Jersey.
● Students must be able to commute to NJIT daily (at their own expense) for the duration of the program.
● A parent or legal guardian must grant permission for the student to participate in the program

Students who do not meet the criteria above will not be considered.

Please email hssri@ftigo.com with questions. 

Center for Pre-College Programs

For more information about NJIT's extracurricular STEM programs for students in grades 4 -12, please visit our Center for Pre-College Programs.

Note: The Center for Pre-College Programs does not oversee the Summer Provost High School Internship Program nor will they be able to provide program or application materials.