Research at Fox Chase »Pre-Graduate Research Programs

In addition to training postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, Fox Chase Cancer Center has active research education programs for undergraduate college and high school students. These programs give students the opportunity to work on research projects with Fox Chase Cancer Center faculty during the summer and after school.

Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program

Fox Chase Cancer Center has a long history of mentoring undergraduates using summer research projects. Since the early 1990's Eileen Jaffe has had oversight for a competitive undergraduate summer research fellowship program which has funded between 12 and 15 Fellows per summer. More

High School Student Scientist Program

Fox Chase has been training high school students to conduct cancer research for over 30 years. For the 2012-2013 academic year, we will be launching a new version of our High School Student Scholar program that will be take place during the Spring and Summer of 2013. Please check back for information and applications for the new program in early 2013.

In addition to the FCCC High School Student Scholar Program, high school students may apply through the Office of Volunteer Services to work under the direction of an FCCC scientist in a research laboratory. More

Lincoln University – Fox Chase Partnership in Cancer Research and Training

The Lincoln University – Fox Chase Partnership in Cancer Research and Training is a P20 grant collaboration funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), in an effort to enhance the instruction of minority and majority scientists at Lincoln and Fox Chase about cancer health disparities. Students in the program will learn key cancer principles through first-class biomedical and population-based research as well as participate in scientific conferences and various team-based projects. More