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2027 HEI Summer Fellowship Program Mentor Application Form

The Health Effects Institute (HEI) is proud to announce the fifth year of its paid summer fellowship program in the United States to support and encourage highly qualified rising junior and senior undergraduate students to pursue research opportunities in the environmental health sciences. The aim of the program is to provide research experience in the environmental health sciences to students who might not otherwise have this opportunity.

The HEI Summer Fellowship Program is an in-person experience (unless the mentor is at a remote-only organization) to foster relationships between the student and the mentor, other undergraduate students who are on campus during the same period, and other members of the laboratory or department.

This form collects information on potential mentors for this program to share with student applicants. Please note that the program facilitator will match students to mentors based on the interests of the students. Thus, although the time and interest of all potential mentors are valued, we will most likely not be able to match a student with every potential mentor.

Program expectations to participate as a mentor:

· Be a U.S.-based independent researcher at the faculty level or equivalent.
· Set up any resource access (e.g., laboratory space and data access) before fellow arrives.
· Attend a mentor training call before the start of the program.
· Host the fellow in-person in your lab for the 10-week period. If you have any questions about this requirement, please contact us.
· Meet formally with the fellow at least once a week [1].
· Invite the fellow to attend lab meetings and trainings as appropriate.
· Work with the fellow at the start to define the project and deliverables; the fellow is required to send a 2-page proposal to HEI two weeks after the start date (we will provide a template).
· Help the fellow prepare for mid-fellowship and end-of-fellowship presentations. Mentors are strongly encouraged to attend the presentations if their schedules allow.

Unless otherwise noted, information that you provide will be posted as it is received. If you have any questions, please contact us at fellowship@healtheffects.org.
[1] It is understood that summer vacations and institutional changes occur, but if you plan to be moving or out of the office and unavailable to the fellow for more than 2 weeks, we ask that you apply another year. While you are away, we expect that you will continue to be available to the fellow, or to ask someone else who has appropriate expertise and management skills in your lab to step into your mentor role to keep the fellow on track.
Contact Information
1.Contact Information(Required.)
Information on the opportunity you could provide
2.To which partner society do you belong? This question is for our information, and society membership is not considered when matching mentors with students.(Required.)
3.At what type of organization would you host the summer fellow?(Required.)
4.Please provide a brief description of your research to help potential fellows understand what you do [about 100-200 words](Required.)
5.Please provide a brief description of the type of project on which a fellow might work to help potential fellows decide whether the opportunity might be a good fit. Please be as specific as possible to give fellows a clear sense of the work they might contribute to this summer. For example, where will the student spend their time and who else will be around during the summer? Are there any other professional development opportunities that you can arrange for the fellow? [100 words maximum](Required.)
6.Please select 1-3 skills that the student will learn and use in your lab.(Required.)
7.Who will be the primary direct supervisor of the student? (select one)(Required.)
8.I, or the direct supervisor, will formally meet with the fellow at least once per week.(Required.)
9.Who will communicate with the student on a daily basis, if they have questions?(Required.)
10.If no one can meet on a daily basis, please clarify here.
11.What percentage of the time will the student be working in-person? Note that this is an in-person fellowship and the fellow’s experience should be in-person to the extent that your laboratory operates in person. If you have questions about this requirement, please contact us.(Required.)
12.Which activities will be in person?(Required.)
13.How many other undergraduate research students are typically present in your lab or department in the summer? We are hoping that there will be opportunities for the fellow to interact with other undergraduate students from a variety of backgrounds.(Required.)
Information about resource availability
14.Other resources available to students (Select all that apply)(Required.)
15.Please provide a link to your institution’s accessibility office. If you don’t know how to find this information, please indicate that in your response.(Required.)
16.Is there anything else you would like the applicant to know about the opportunity or resources? [100 word max](Required.)
Agreement to program expectations for mentors
17.If matched with a fellow, do you agree to all of the following? If you have any questions about these requirements, please contact us before applying.(Required.)
18.Do you have anything that you would like the organizers to know, or have any questions? If so, please list your questions and feedback here. [100 word max](Required.)