Stanford Summer Community College Research Program (SSCCrP)

The Stanford Summer Community College Research Program promotes and nurtures science literacy, aptitude, and interest by providing talented and motivated community college URM students exposure to science in an exciting, committed, supportive environment through mentorship and scholarly pursuit. 

We are please to announce that this program is partnering with the Cardiovascular Institute Summer Research Program in 2025 to sponsor a small number of community college interested in cardiovascular research. This partnershp aligns with the ODME mission of addressing health inequities through education and research, while continuing to support summer research scholars through supplemental lectures, social events, and alumni engagement. 

If you are a community college student seeking research opportunities and have an interest in cardiovascular health disparities, please consider applying to the CVI Summer Research Program for consideration as a joint SSCCrP/CVI Scholar. The application deadline for the CVI Summer Research Program is January 10, 2025.

SSCCrP began as a joint initiative between the Office of Diversity in Medical Education and the Department of Pediatrics to increase the number of underrepresented minority, low income or first-generation (URM) community college students who are committed to and well positioned for careers in the sciences and medicine.  In addition to full-time research placements, the program offered weekly meetings aimed at preparing participants to transition to a full-time research internship (40 hours per week) in a lab with a Stanford faculty mentor for 7-12 weeks, between May and August.