Job seeker resources
LabCentral Ignite’s Career Forge program identifies exceptional people and empowers them with the relevant skills needed to forge their path into the biotech industry. Forgers will receive in-lab technical training, workplace competency training, and job placement support.
The Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute prepares fellows for entry-level technician positions in biotechnology. The duration of this program is over a 7-month period, divided into two semesters, followed by a paid 12-week internship. Students learn technical skills, soft skills, instrumentation, quality measure control that is necessary for entry-level technician roles, coupled with mentorship from industry professionals.
These programs train adults for sustainable life sciences or information technology careers with a pipeline to local, high-demand employment opportunities. These programs provide education and training on workforce skills aligned with industry needs, the development of soft skills that are crucial to employers, and support services that address barriers to education, employment, and career advancement.
This is a 23-week program that includes academic, career, and financial coaching to help prepare you for college and beyond. The biotechnology program prepares you for a career working in the thriving Biotechnology industry doing lab research, manufacturing, and quality control. Classes are part-time in the morning or evening. After JVS, Biotechnology students enroll at Quincy College in their year-long Biotechnology and Good Manufacturing Practices Certificate program.
Instantly see data and insights that will help you plan your career in the life sciences, including job outlook, education requirements, wages, skills and abilities needed, etc.
Offers a streamlined pathway into the industry that combines technical training, on-site work experience, and income support. Soft skills workshops and broad industry knowledge are incorporated into the training to give apprentices an understanding of their role in the delivery of drugs to patients in need.
Work with experienced career coaches who can assist you with writing and enhancing a resume, job search strategies, interview preparation, and more. Both in-person and virtual 1:1 meetings are available.
This program creates new internship opportunities for those at Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degree levels to work with research institutions and companies doing paid work for up to six months. Internships can be part or full-time and can take place for companies at any time during the 12-month program year. Through this program, the MLSC also seeks to increase access to internships for those traditionally underrepresented in the data science field, particularly those identifying as women, Black, Indigenous, and/or Latinx.
Student Resources
LabCentral Ignite’s Career Forge program identifies exceptional people and empowers them with the relevant skills needed to forge their path into the biotech industry. Forgers will receive in-lab technical training, workplace competency training, and job placement support.
As a continuation of the Youth Scholars program, MGH College Scholars supports alumni as they enter and graduate college. Students get to experience one-on-one academic coaching, social/emotional support, receiving scholarships from $1000-$5,000 to all MGH College Scholars.
Creating hundreds of available internship opportunities annually for college students and recent graduates in the life sciences field. MLSC's online platform connects employers to potential interns and allows companies to provide students with a paid internship for up to twelve weeks.
Connecting passionate, high-achieving four-year college students from low-income backgrounds with paid internships of up to 12 weeks to help jumpstart their careers in the life sciences.
The Ragon Institute Summer Experience (RISE) internship program engages high school and undergraduate students underrepresented in medical research who are interested in learning about immunology and related fields. RISE aims to inspire young people from underrepresented communities in the Greater Boston area to consider a career in medical research and immunology by offering a paid, structured and mentored internship with extended supports. Mentors are drawn from the Ragon faculty, and interns are assigned to projects in their labs. In addition to lab work, interns participate in cohort-level activities coordinated by Education and Outreach staff.
Parent Resources
The Artemis Project is a five-week summer program founded in 1996 at Brown University. Artemis introduces rising 9th-grade girls to computer science, targeting them at the critical age when the disparity between males and females in the sciences becomes most pronounced.
Selected high school students from metro Boston build technical knowledge, lab techniques, research-based thinking, and professional skills over eight weeks to prepare them for paid summer internships in academic labs and life science companies.
Boston University AI4ALL is a program promoting greater diversity and inclusion in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Young women, or those who identify as female, currently in their sophomore or junior year of high school in the Boston area are welcome to apply. During the 3-week program, participants will explore the field of AI through team projects, industry field trips, and presentations from guest speakers. The program will conclude with a small group research project and a presentation for friends and family.
dynaMIT is a completely free, week-long science program for economically disadvantaged middle-school students hosted on the MIT campus. The program focuses on inspiring students to be interested in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields through fun and educational activities, challenges, and projects. They teach critical thinking skills, science and engineering concepts, and design skills!
The Greater Boston STEM Program (gbSTEM) delivers free introductory computer science, math, engineering, and science enrichment to elementary and middle school students. All classes are 100% free and will be conducted either remotely via Zoom or in-person in groups of about 5-10 students. Each class will meet for two 45-60 minute sessions every week.
STEM Enrichment Programs are one-week courses designed to provide students the opportunity to experience hands-on science in a biotechnology laboratory. Held in state-of-the-art teaching labs at Gloucester Biotechnology Academy, the curricula immerse students, ages 13-18, in authentic laboratory investigations. Students use cutting-edge biotechnology equipment, the scientific method, and critical thinking to analyze samples and make data-driven conclusions.
Greater Boston Research Opportunities for Young Women (GROW) is a six-week paid internship for young women in high school who are seriously interested in STEM careers. Participants will earn a stipend of $1500 working in a BU research lab. Students will be placed in a biology or chemistry lab and participate in cutting-edge research in a collaborative group session. Participants will also visit a local pharmaceutical or biotech company, learn about careers in STEM fields, and present their findings at a research symposium.
iFp works to inspire youth from underrepresented groups to become innovators who create a positive impact in the world. iFp Studios (ages 14-18), brings together aspiring creatives, technologists, and change-makers to work collaboratively with professional designers, software developers, engineers, and others on real-world student-initiated and client-sponsored projects. iFp Labs (ages 12-14) engages students in both creative and analytical problem-solving strategies.
The LEAH Project’s mission is to promote the power of youth, especially BIPOC youth, to diversify the STEM fields. Through paid STEM internships, dynamic college and career readiness programming, and meaningful youth leadership opportunities, LEAH cultivates the confidence of youth. It equips them with the skills and connections they need to thrive.
The MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) is a rigorous, world-class STEM program for talented students who will be entering their senior year in high school. The four-week program teaches STEM skills through project-based, workshop-style courses. Courses in 2024 will be offered virtually.
The High School Apprenticeship Challenge facilitates and funds paid internships for underrepresented and low-income high school students throughout Massachusetts. The program creates more than 100 new internship opportunities each year by subsidizing intern wages for small life sciences companies and research institutions to enable them to hire paid interns. The program also offers a pre-internship lab training program for some school districts that provides rigorous biotechnology/biomedical and professional skills development.
Over summer, the Museum of Science offers paid internship opportunities for teens. Internships are available in education spaces and behind the scene roles where you will learn how the museum operates and gain valuable skills through your work and professional development workshops.
The Summer Teen Internship Program offers paid opportunities, giving teens aged 14 and older a chance to challenge themselves and learn useful skills while having fun and meeting new friends.
YSP offers future scientists and engineers a unique opportunity for hands-on research experience while still in high school. This free program is open to Massachusetts residents (within commuter distance) who have completed their junior year of high school (i.e. rising seniors).
Provides high school students an opportunity to experience STEM careers through a 7-week paid summer internship at the Ragon Institute. High schoolers are expected to work 25 hours per week and will be paid $15 an hour.
RSI is a free summer science and engineering program for high school students that combines on-campus coursework in scientific theory with off-campus work in science and technology research. Scholars participate in a week of intensive STEM classes with accomplished professors, followed by a five-week research internship where students conduct individual projects under the tutelage of mentors who are experienced scientists and researchers.
The Tufts University Biomedical Engineering Research Scholars (TUBERS) Program is dedicated to providing unique and rewarding research experiences at Tufts for dedicated, academically talented high school students. Students will be involved in cutting-edge biomedical research, investigating biomedical questions and developing new methods to study cells, tissues, and organs.
The High School Health Careers Program (HSHCP) is a four-week, tuition-free, residential program. It offers current sophomore and junior high school students unique opportunities to learn about the broad spectrum of careers in Biomedical Research, Biotechnology, and the health professions (BBHP). It is designed to improve the academic study and communication skills of the participants.