Undergraduate Research Program (URP)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Who can apply: Applicants from outside the United States can apply only in narrow circumstances: CSHL states that foreign students are eligible only if they are already enrolled full time at a US college or university on a student visa, or, in limited cases, if their foreign university has a pre-existing agreement with CSHL. The… What is funded: A ten week residential summer research placement on the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory campus. Participants receive a stipend of USD 7,000 and room and board are covered, with housing in campus cabins. Each student runs an original research project mentored by a CSHL scientist and presents it at the end of the summer…. Deadline: See official page. Round: One round a year, for the following summer. The 2026 programme ran from 8 June to 8 August 2026 and its applications are closed. CSHL has not published a dated call for 2027; the 15 January cut-off is printed as the standing annual deadline. Applicants are told the outcome by the end of March..
Read the full call and apply on the official page: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, official page.
Who can apply
- Applicants from outside the United States can apply only in narrow circumstances: CSHL states that foreign students are eligible only if they are already enrolled full time at a US college or university on a student visa, or, in limited cases, if their foreign university has a pre-existing agreement with CSHL. The same page separately says students of any nationality are eligible, and the enrolment rule is the binding one, so check with CSHL before investing time if you are studying outside the US. NSF-supported places within the programme are restricted further, to US citizens and permanent residents; non-US applicants are funded through the non-restricted URP fellowships instead. Beyond that, current sophomores and juniors, or the equivalent, are eligible, and you must be returning to an undergraduate degree programme after the summer. First-year undergraduates are considered only in exceptional cases with prior independent research experience. Prior lab experience helps but is not required. You submit an online application form with a personal statement, transcripts and recommendation letters; posted, faxed and emailed applications are not accepted.
Stage dates
Completed application and both recommendation letters must be in by January 15, 23:59 Pacific. Letters are not accepted after the deadline, so the referee date and the applicant date are the same date. CSHL prints no year.See the official page
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.