There are several different summer research opportunities for Health Sciences undergraduate students that are meant to stimulate your interest in health-related research. Some of these include the Black and Indigenous Summer Research Internship (BISRI), Dean Summer Research Internship (DSRI), Health Sciences Research Internship (HSRI), BIPOC HSRI, and NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA). If you would like to gain research experience that complements your studies in an academic setting, these competitive awards can provide you with financial support.
While the application process, award value, award duration, and student eligibility vary across the awards, they all have one thing in common – you first need to approach a faculty supervisor who is accepting students to inquire if they will be your sponsor for the award and mentor during the summer.
Please follow the instructions below before contacting faculty:
Read the list of Health Sciences faculty who will be accepting applications for the 2025 summer student research opportunities:
- Martin Holcik (BISRI, DSRI, BIPOC HSRI, HSRI and NSERC-USRA)
- Menno Oudhoff (HSRI and NSERC-USRA
- Joerg Overhage (BISRI, BIPOC HSRI, and HSRI)
Identify who you may want to reach out to by reviewing their websites – https://carleton.ca/healthsciences/faculty-and-research/
Contact a prospective faculty supervisor by email. Your email should contain the following information:
- A brief outline of why you want to work with the specific professor
- The opportunity you are interested in (BISRI, DSRI, BIPOC HSRI, HSRI, USRA, other)
- Your unofficial transcript
- A CV, including experiences that may be relevant to the research opportunity/lab
Please note that the professor must receive these introductory e-mails no later than February 7th 2025 (for DSRI and HSRI applications) to allow sufficient time to interview and select students and to develop applications. Students interested in contacting a faculty member for the NSERC-USRA opportunity should do so ASAP.
Each faculty member can sponsor only one student for HSRI, NSERC USRA or BIPOC HSRI.
The official application deadline for the NSERC-USRA is February 21, 2025
The official application deadline for the BISRI and DSRI is February 28th, 2025
The official application deadline for the HSRI and BIPOC HSRI is March 1st , 2025; All applications must be accompanied by a CV and a copy of your transcript and be submitted to Claire MacArthur (clairemacarthur@cunet.carleton.ca)