MIT Summer Research Program Seeks Diverse Candidates The Summer
Research Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) started in 1986 to address the underrepresentation of
minority students, including Native Americans, in engineering
and science fields in the United States. According to, Dr.
Sophia Inzunza, a Dr. Martin Luther King Postdoctoral Fellow at
MIT, the program rarely receives applications from interested
Native American students, and as a Native from the Coos, Lower
Umpqua and Siuslaw tribes, Inzunza would like to see this
change. The program is meant for sophomores, juniors and non-
graduating seniors who could benefit from spending a summer on
the MIT campus, working in a research laboratory with
experienced scientists and engineers. "Students who participate
in this program will be better prepared and motivated to pursue
advanced degrees, thereby helping to sustain a rich talent pool
in critical areas of research and innovation," says the program
website. Applications—available here