Singapore-MIT Undergraduate Research Fellowship
SMART is unable to offer the SMURF Fellowship this summer 2024.
SMART is accepting applications for the 2024 summer Singapore-MIT Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SMURF) Fellowship programme. The fellowship enables undergraduates from MIT, NTU, and NUS to spend up to eight contiguous weeks in Singapore participating in a research project at a MIT Faculty Member's Singapore laboratory at CREATE.
As a fellowship recipient, you will have the opportunity to interact with students and faculty from diverse backgrounds. A SMART researcher will be assigned to you to mentor you throughout the attachment.
Research at the SMART Centre is organised into Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs). Here's a list of projects available from the IRGs.
- Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
- Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP)
MIT, NTU, and NUS undergraduates in good standing who have already, or would have successfully completed their first year are eligible to apply.
In order for your SMURF application to be reviewed by the Committee, your application must include the documents listed below. Failure to adhere to this may disqualify your application. If you have any questions regarding the application process, send an email to smart_smurf@smart.mit.edu. NOTE: Due to the time difference between U.S. and Singapore, we will respond to your email in SG time.
For the summer of 2024, there are 2 IRG's participating in the Fellowship (i.e. AMR and DiSTAP). Select the IRG that fits your research interest.
Identify a project within the SMART IRG (AMR and DiSTAP) that fits your research interest.
Enter the MIT-SMART Investigator's name from the project you selected above.
Submit a 1-3 page statement describing why you would like to work on that particular project (i.e. provide some background information about yourself, include potential outcomes working on his/her project, goals, etc.). Please upload your personal statement and CV as one PDF document.
Provide an electronic version (in pdf) of your most recent transcript or grade report (even if it is unofficial).
- Provide 2 referees. Your referee can be a faculty, or (senior) lecturer, or (senior) research scientist or a department supervisor from your home institution or a manager from an organization.
- Enter your referee's name and official university or organization's email address on the online form.
- Once you submit your application, your referee will receive an email asking them to submit their recommendation letter via our online portal.
- The letter they provide must be prepared using their official university or organization's letterhead.
- Remember to give your referees sufficient time to upload their recommendation letter.
- Once your referee submits the recommendation letter, you will receive an email notification confirming receipt of the letter.
- Deadline to submit the recommendation letter is 13 December 2023, Singapore time.
NOTE: For questions regarding the SMURF Fellowship, send an email to smart_smurf@smart.mit.edu.
Application period is from 08 November 2023 to 08 December 2023, Singapore time. The status of your application will be sent by email on or before 05 February 2024, Singapore time.
Attachment period in Singapore is from 01 June 2024 and 31 July 2024, inclusive. Orientation will be held on 03 June 2024.