Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Columbia University
Société also supports three students each year in the Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Columbia University. Participants conduct research under the supervision of a Columbia faculty mentor to foster a deeper knowledge of chemistry, to learn and hone research skills, and to get a taste of what a research career would be like. Most of the students are integrated into ongoing research projects allowing them to develop and experience a close working relationship with faculty and graduate students. Students submit two progress reports during the intensive 12 week course. At the conclusion of the program, students turn in a final report and present their research to faculty, fellow students, and administrators at a Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Columbia program participant Eliza Cricco-Lizza says that, “The Société de Chimie Industrielle sponsored my research in the Lambert organic chemistry lab at Columbia University for Summer 2015. During these three months I was able to comfortably work full time to pursue a project that continued years of my own and my colleagues research. I was also encouraged in my scientific career by an invitation to a banquet where I was introduced to many influential thinkers and congratulated by name. I was further honored by a visit from a Société member during my presentation at the end of the summer. This fellowship enabled not only my research this summer, but also my long term pursuit of understanding and explaining the world through science. Thanks in part to the work this sponsorship enabled, I have been accepted into medical school and will continue the education and scientific contribution that Société has helped foster. Thank-you for your time, thoughtfulness, and generosity!”
Another beneficiary of the summer program, Michele Myong, says the scholarship allowed her to focus on research without the distraction of regular school year classes “which I really appreciated since I was eager to advance my lab project. It is a well-structured program; the timely progress reports helped me organize my research efforts into a coherent presentation at the end of the summer. I learned a lot from watching the other Société fellows' presentations and speaking with them about their experiences at the end of the program.”
Société de Chimie Industrielle Undergraduate Fellows at Columbia University 2012 - 2025
New York University’s Department of Chemistry
Beginning in the summer of 2016, Société launched a new summer scholar program with New York University’s Department of Chemistry.