Under the direction of Sharlene Newman, associate professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Project STEM is a summer internship program in which high school students interested in science and engineering can conduct eight weeks of college level research on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington.

Project STEM interns are teamed with a faculty mentor and a graduate researcher for the duration of their work. Throughout the program, students are also given college and career counseling, as well as thorough and relevant safety training. At the conclusion of the summer, students present their findings at a poster session open to the public.

“I’ve always been interested in why people think the way they do,” Project STEM intern Shreya Hurli said. “Getting into the field and seeing what it’s really like helped me decide that this is what I want to do for a career and what I want to go to college for.”

The program is a collaborative effort between the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences and the Indianapolis Project STEM. It is also sponsored by the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, IU's Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs.

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