Nemours SURP

The Nemours Biomedical Research Department is proud to announce an exciting, funded, summer research opportunity for your students!

The Nemours Summer Undergraduate Research Program (NSURP) is accepting applications for funded Summer Research Scholar positions in our Summer 2025 program.  NSURP is a 10-week, full-time program that offers opportunities consisting of laboratory-based, translational, and clinical biomedical research projects. The available positions are located at four Nemours sites:

• Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware in Wilmington, DE

• Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville in Jacksonville, FL

• Nemours Children’s Health, Florida in Orlando, FL

The location of each project is specified in the Project Abstracts, available in the NSURP application.

Online applications: Accepted December 1, 2024, through January 15, 2025.  All letters of reference must be received by 11:59 PM EST on January 31, 2025, for consideration by the selection committee; applications lacking letters of reference after January 31st will be considered incomplete. 

Eligibility: Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students at the time of application, a US citizen or legal permanent resident, and have a minimum 3.2 college GPA (4.0 scale).  Applicants should also have interest in research, medicine, healthcare, science, public health, or related fields.

Program information: Program dates are May 27 through August 1, 2025. During the program, Nemours clinical and research faculty will guide students through the process of formulating and testing hypotheses, interpreting data, and communicating results, while working on active research projects.  Available projects vary each year. Training is provided on human subjects’ protection, animal welfare, responsible conduct of research, and research ethics.  Program activities include a student-focused seminar series, undergraduate-oriented journal club, clinical shadowing, and engagement in other educational programs.  All students present their research project and findings to the community via a poster session and a two-day symposium. Family and friends are invited to attend these events.

Click here for additional information and the online application.