{"id":32,"date":"2021-09-21T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T15:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T21:18:45","slug":"msrp-faculty-mentors-research-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/msrp-faculty-mentors-research-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"MSRP Faculty Mentors &amp; Research Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MSRP General Faculty Mentors play a significant role in the MSRP General research intern\u2019s experience at MIT. Faculty Mentors assign and oversee a direct research supervisor (an advanced graduate student, post-doc, etc.) who will guide the student\u2019s research project over the nine-week summer program. The mentoring relationship will foster the undergraduate student\u2019s acquisition of the skills and aptitudes necessary for success in research at MIT or other top-tier graduate programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Applicants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of Graduate Education asks MSRP applicants to identify at least 3 faculty members with whom you are interested in conducting research during the summer. The ability to match applicants with a research group is important in the final selection process. There are <em><strong>two<\/strong><\/em> ways to identify potential faculty mentors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Browse the Host Faculty Mentors List<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Linked below is an interactive list of potential faculty mentors who have expressed an interest in hosting an MSRP intern. This list is updated regularly, refer back to it often as you draft your application materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mitmsrp.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faculty Mentor Website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested Faculty Mentor List tips and hints: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Typically, approx. 70% of the cohort is ultimately placed with a mentor listed on the Interested Faculty Mentors List<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filter by school or department using controls on the top row<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Utilize key words to find multiple approaches to your interests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Explore All MIT Faculty <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the MIT Schools&#8217; faculty directories below to find additional faculty and learn about their current research. <strong><em>Applicants ma<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>y list any MIT faculty member in their application. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interns may still be placed with a faculty member they list, even if that faculty member did not express interest by the application deadline. Alternatively, the list of faculty provided by an intern may inform placement, such that the intern receives an excellent fit with a faculty they did not list on their application. Listing faculty in the application does not guarantee placement in one of the listed research environments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MIT faculty comprise more than 50 departments organized into 5 schools and 1 college:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a id=\"school_1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/sap.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">School of Architecture and Planning<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a id=\"school_2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/engineering.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">School of Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a id=\"school_3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/shass.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a id=\"school_5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/science\/\" target=\"_blank\">School of Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/computing.mit.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/\">Schwarzman College of Computing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a id=\"school_4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sloan School of Management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage you to explore MIT\u2019s programs, faculty, and research before you apply to MSRP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you interested in getting involved with MSRP? In addition to serving as a faculty mentor, there are many ways to engage with MSRP interns and become involved in the program. Please take a few moments to complete the brief survey below, so that we may best understand the ways in which you are interested in engaging with our program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/msrpfm26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faculty Mentor Sign Up Coming Soon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the following video to learn more about the experience of MSRP General Faculty Mentors: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MSRP General Faculty Mentor Experience (2018)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ot46GplyfA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSRP General Faculty Mentors play a significant role in the MSRP General research intern\u2019s experience at MIT. 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