The Professional Research Opportunities to Prepare for Engineering and Life Sciences (PROPEL) Careers Program is designed to expose a new generation of students to professional laboratory and scientific environments. Through the program, high-school students will be mentored by UML faculty and students on a cutting-edge research project in engineering and life sciences. This opportunity offers high-school students the ability to develop hand-on research skills, apply lessons learned to solve real world problems, and build professional networks for a future career in STEM.
This program is a summer-long program that provides participants with a full-time, paid internship. Participants also participate in a wide range of professional development activities, including workshops on resume/cover letter writing, sessions on presentation and technical writing skills, and field trips to local industry partners. Students have the opportunity to showcase and celebrate their work in a public, end-of-program poster session in August.
2023 Funding and Support provided by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, Project LEARN, MassHire, and the UML Francis College of Engineering