Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program
Listed on 2026-10-20
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Research/Development
Academic, Research Assistant/Associate
Location: United
2027 Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Open Date: Oct 15, 2026
at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
SUMR is a full-time,paid summer internship presented by the Wharton School's Health Care Management Department and Penn LDI at the University of Pennsylvania that introduces promising undergraduates to health services research. The 12-week program aims to promote students to conduct research in graduate programs in the fields of health economics, health care management, health policy, population health, and clinical epidemiology.
SUMR 2027 will start June 1, 2027 and end on August 20, 2027.
What do SUMR scholars do?- Work on paid research projects with Penn faculty mentors
- Hear about graduate school opportunities
- Participate in 6-month online GRE prep program
- Attend week-long orientation and 30 seminars with Pennfaculty
- Attend an academic conference
- Participate in a 8-week critical writing program
- Present research at End of SUMR Symposium
Who is eligible?
- Program participants should have an interest in health care and strong quantitative skills.
- Prospective participants do not have to make a commitment in advance to attend graduate school to be accepted into the program,but an academic or research career should be something they are exploring. A committee of Penn faculty selects each year's SUMR scholars from the highly competitive applicant pool.
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