PRISE Harvard Fellowship

Deadline: Sunday 1st February

The Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) is a summer program that aims to build community and stimulate creativity among Harvard undergraduate researchers in the life, physical/natural, engineering and applied sciences.

PRISE Fellows work full-time on a faculty-mentored research project over approximately 9-10 weeks and live with other PRISE and Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Village fellows in one of the Harvard College houses. As a benefit and requirement of the award, Fellows participate in extremely rich evening programming (that includes both social and academic activities). PRISE Fellows are provided a stipend, room and board, and join diverse, vibrant intellectual and social community.

The Program for Research in Science and Engineering (PRISE) runs from June 7 to August 8, 2026. Participants will move into Harvard housing between June 3–5 and must vacate PRISE housing by 8:00 a.m. on August 10, 2026. The length of PRISE for Emma students will depend on their Easter term obligations. Students should plan to finish all of their scheduled exams, but then travel to the US promptly, for example forgoing any May balls or summer events that they would otherwise have attended. Previous PRISE fellows have fed back that they wished they had arrived earlier than they did.