{"id":6096,"date":"2018-03-13T09:17:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T14:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/?page_id=6096"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:43:59","slug":"summer-undergraduate-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/summer-undergraduate-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Fellows Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Institute for Surgery and Engineering\u2019s Summer Fellows (VSFs) program<\/span><\/strong> allows students to work side-by-side with graduate students and faculty on active research projects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11611 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2018\/03\/17124230\/2026-VISE-Summer-Fellows-slide.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2018\/03\/17124230\/2026-VISE-Summer-Fellows-slide.png 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2018\/03\/17124230\/2026-VISE-Summer-Fellows-slide-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2018\/03\/17124230\/2026-VISE-Summer-Fellows-slide-650x366.png 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2018\/03\/17124230\/2026-VISE-Summer-Fellows-slide-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2018\/03\/17124230\/2026-VISE-Summer-Fellows-slide-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2018\/03\/17124230\/2026-VISE-Summer-Fellows-slide-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students in <em>biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science<\/em> spend <strong>ten weeks<\/strong> in VISE labs under the supervision of a VISE affiliate faculty member. The paid program gives undergraduates first-hand experience in laboratory research.<\/p>\n<p>The program concludes with a student-led VISE seminar where each undergraduate gives a five-minute presentation and answers audience questions.<\/p>\n<p>Overview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 Weeks<\/li>\n<li>$8,000\/support<\/li>\n<li>Projects begin May 26, 2026<\/li>\n<li>Faculty member supervision<\/li>\n<li>Work with grad students and other undergrads<\/li>\n<li>Professional Development Workshops<\/li>\n<li>Working Groups<\/li>\n<li>Social Events<\/li>\n<li>Practice Seminar session<\/li>\n<li>5-minute seminar talk in Fall 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/research\/undergraduate-summer-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Institute for Surgery and Engineering\u2019s Summer Fellows (VSFs) program allows students to work side-by-side with graduate students and faculty on active research projects. Students in biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science spend ten weeks in VISE labs under the supervision of a VISE affiliate faculty member. The paid program gives&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":670,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P98pzF-1Ak","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6096"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10834,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096\/revisions\/10834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}