Application Guidelines | Simons Summer Research Program

How to Apply

Dates of Program: June 26 - August 11, 2023

Please check back later for more details regarding residential housing costs and/or housing policies (summer '23).

Note: Students admitted will be required to provide documentation of health insurance, and of vaccination status (both COVID vaccine and booster required) before engaging in on-campus work and must follow all University COVID policies. Further details will be provided to accepted students at a later date.

All participants in the Simons program can expect to commit a minimum of 4 hours per day working with their mentor/research group. Hours may vary and should be agreed upon by consultation with the assigned faculty mentor.

Guide to applying:

All participants in the Simons program should expect to commit a minimum of 4 hours per day working with their mentor/research group. Hours may vary and should be agreed upon by consultation with the assigned faculty mentor.

Students admitted will be required to provide documentation of vaccination status (COVID vaccine required) before engaging in on-campus work and must follow all University COVID policies (which may include proof of a negative test prior to the start date, surveillance testing, masking, etc.). Further details will be provided to accepted students at a later date; vaccine documentation is not required at time of application submission. After an applicant has accepted an offer of admission, the program will require further proof of insurance, waivers regarding liability, permission for use of photographs, etc. from the applicant and/or their parent/guardian.
NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS: Interested eligible applicants should seek nomination from their high school. The designated school nominator/official (typically a science research coordinator/director, guidance counselor or other appropriate contact in the high school) may have additional guidelines/processes for selecting the student nominees from the school. We strongly suggest and recommend that only one official at each school (for ex., one science teacher, or guidance counselor) be responsible for nominating students to ensure there are no more than 2 nominees per school (more than 2 nominees will result in the disqualification of all applicants).

If you are not certain of the school official/contact handling nominations for your high school (usually a School Research Coordinator, Science Teacher, Guidance Officer), please view our database of high school contacts below:

LINK: HIGH SCHOOL NOMINATION CONTACT LIST - SIMONS SRP

Should the listings on the above database need to be modified, please have the newly desginated HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIAL contact us at simonssrp@stonybrook.edu with their information (full name, position, contact information & school name/address) so we may update our directory.

Schools not represented on this list have likely not previously nominated applicants for the Simons SSRP. If an individual school is not listed on our database and would like to nominate a student, the school official whom will be coordinating the nomination process should complete the nomination form. We can then add the school/representative to our directory as the main contact for future years.

*We strongly encourage all school nominations to be submitted by February 1.
Before completing the online application, please confirm withyour nominating high school official that you are one of your school's designated nominees for this year's program. Email notifications are NOT sent to nominated students, so please check with your designated high school official to confirmyour nomination. All high school nominators will receive an automated confirmation email acknowlegdging their submission after completing the online nomination form. Once confirming with your high school nominator, applicantsmay begin the online application - which can be found on the FORMS page. Applicants should be prepared to upload a transcript/grade report (PDF) (unofficial is acceptable) at the time of submission.

Application deadline:
FEBRUARY 10, 2023 (11:59 PM EST)

Troubleshooting: Be sure to complete the application form in one-sitting (4 hours or less) so that your application does not time-out!
IMPORTANT: If you do not receive a confirmation screen upon submitting with an eight-digit confirmation code (unique for each applicant), please contact us ASAP at simonssrp@stonybrook.edu

You will also receive an email when you submit.
Please check to make sure you are able to receive messages/communications from us; it is recommended that you use a non-school email address, to ensure that our messages to you do not go to spam.
Applicants are responsible for obtaining recommendation letters from 2 teachers (math/science preferred) from their high school and should follow up to ensure that their letters are submitted. The link to submit letters of recommendation can be found on the FORMS page.

Letter of Recommendation deadline:FEBRUARY 10, 2023 (11:59 PM EST)

Note: Letters from any previous research supervisors (if applicable) are encouraged. An additional letter of recommendation (optional) from a previous faculty research mentor/laboratory supervisor may be submitted by email directly to simonssrp@stonybrook.edu
Applicants will be asked and required to select their top three (3) choices of preferred mentor/areas of research interest onthe online aplication. Unfortunately, we are unable to make any substitutions. To view the listing of faculty research mentors available for summer '23 (either remotely or in-person), please visit the link below:

LINK:2023 SIMONS PROGRAM RESEARCH MENTORS LISTING
If the transcript submitted with your application does notcontain grades for fall 2022, please follow-up with an updated transcript as soon as available to simonssrp@stonybrook.edu. Additionally, should you receive any contingent offers to workin a particular research laboratory (if accepted into the program), please forward any faculty correspondence to simonssrp@stonybrook.edu.

Other than these specifics, please do not attempt to submit or send any other supplementary materials (resume, test scores, research publications) that are not requested.
The Simons Summer Research Program is a national, competitive summer research program for 11th grade students. Prior research experience is not a prerequisite for the program.

Applicants must indicate a preferred mentor/area of research interest for summer 2023. Additional admissions procedures (including interviews, by telephone or in person) may be required for placement within certain research groups/labs. Note that obtaining an interview is not an indication of acceptance into the Simons program, and the program receives far more applications from qualified students than can be accommodated.
Laste 2022 - forms are available on the website (application, letter of recommendation, school nomination form and list of available faculty mentors)

February 1, 2023 - preferred deadline for school nominations (nomination form will still remain active until February 10th)

February 10, 2023- deadline for all application materials (completed application and letter of recommendations)

March 1, 2023 - application acknowledgement/ confirmation sent to all applicants whom have submitted a complete application

early April 2023 - notification of admissions decision to applicants (via email)

*Applicants who have submitted a completed application package can expect to receive a confirmation email acknowledging receipt of these materials by March 1st.

Due to the large volume of applications received for this program, late submissions/materials are not considered/accepted.

Percentage of students admitted:
about 8%

Please note that admissions into the Simons program is highly selective and we receive far more applications from qualified students than we can accommodate.

So we can respond to all inquiries in a timely and efficient manner, please contact us via email
at simonssrp@stonybrook.eduif possible.