UTICA, N.Y. — College students interested in a summer fellowship at the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) in Utica can now apply for consideration. The program is open to both local and national undergraduate and graduate students. The MMRI Summer Fellowship is a 10-week, hands-on training program designed to get undergraduate and graduate students involved […]
UTICA, N.Y. — College students interested in a summer fellowship at the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) in Utica can now apply for consideration.
The program is open to both local and national undergraduate and graduate students.
The MMRI Summer Fellowship is a 10-week, hands-on training program designed to get undergraduate and graduate students involved in scientific research.
The upcoming fellowship will run from May 11, 2026, through July 17, 2026 at MMRI, which is located at 2150 Bleecker St. in Utica.
Fellows will gain hands-on laboratory experience, mentorship from some of the nation’s leading scientists and “valuable insight into the process of scientific discovery,” MMRI said. The program also offers opportunities to network with peers and experts, attend educational workshops, and receive guidance on medical and graduate school applications.
“The summer fellowship helped me to decide on my future career path that I wasn’t necessarily sure of prior to the program,” Gianna Frank, a 2024 summer fellow and pre-medical student at Syracuse University, said in the MMRI announcement. “Participating in this fellowship not only taught me skills necessary for hands-on benchwork, but it also showed me the ‘behind the scenes’ of the entire research process.”
Undergraduate and graduate students pursuing science-related programs, including biology, chemistry, genetics, molecular biology, nanomedicine, physiology, drug delivery and other life sciences, are encouraged to apply.
The application deadline is Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. To learn more about MMRI’s summer fellowship program, visit mmri.edu/summerfellow.
