Queens College Now STEM Research Academy

Overview

The STEM Research Academy is a two‐semester program, consisting of a spring pre‐college science course and the opportunity to conduct hands-on research with CUNY faculty members in a summer research experience. The Academy is designed to provide students with an opportunity to build essential literacy and numeracy skills by engaging in ‘authentic inquiry’ activities. High schools that lack a strong science research program and serve a population generally underrepresented in the STEM fields are targeted for student recruitment.

The STEM Academy’s spring course is a thematic course designed to strengthen basic skills such as formulating researchable questions, designing testable experiments, performing literature searches in library databases, and reading scientific literature including peer‐reviewed journal articles. This course carries 2 college credits. At STEM Research Academy at Queens College, students participate in the DNA Detectives course. Upon successful completion of the spring course, a select group of students have the opportunity to apply to participate in a 6-week summer research experience under the guidance of CUNY research faculty with support of CUNY College Now. The summer course also carries 2 college credits. Summer research opportunities at Queens College have included research animal behavior and earth sciences.

Benefits:
Free lunch
MetroCard to cover travel expenses for the duration of the summer program
Students who successfully complete the research internship and project will receive a monetary stipend