USC's Young Research Program

USC's Young Research Program is recruiting new mentors for the summer of 2019. For the past 10 years, YRP has mentored over 100 high school students to successfully conduct research in a collegiate setting. We welcome mentors from all backgrounds in STEM. Our mission statement is: “To provide motivated high school students from neighborhoods around USC the opportunity to learn about STEM fields and complete their own scientific research project.”

With the help of a graduate students, post-doc / faculty supervisors, high school students near the greater USC-area are mentored for about 5 weeks. The goal is to complete a small project (designed by the mentor) to be presented among other students. If you are interested in mentoring a student here is some important information:
•  High school students will be supervised for ~15 hours per week; how that time is split in the lab, is up to the supervising mentor
•  Mentors must decide if they would like to participate in the program by March 14th and sign the proper documents.
•  The program will begin the last week of June and Poster presentations will take place the first week of August. 
•  Mentors receive a personal $300 stipend and $200 lab-supply stipend for participating in the program.
•  All mentors MUST have a signature of agreement to participate as a mentor from their Lab's Principal Investigator. no exceptions.  
•  All mentors must complete an online mandate reporter training for working with minors.
•  There is one mandatory orientation in mid June for mentors.
If you would like to participate please email: Porat@USC.edu

If you would like to attend an informational session please arrive by 1:30pm for a brief presentation at McKibben Hall (MCH) room 149 in Health Sciences Campus on February 21st.

A second info session will take place at UPC sometime in early March.

PIZZA PROVIDED AT INFO SESSION.