Nomination | Simons Summer Research Program

Application Guidelines

School Nomination Requirement

Interested applicants must first seek nomination by their high school in order to be eligible to apply to the Simons Summer Research program. Each high school may nominate a maximum of two (2) students (must be in 11th grade) per school. (NO EXCEPTIONS)

Independently submitted, late or incomplete applications will be disqualified.

Link: HIGH SCHOOL NOMINATION CONTACT LIST - SIMONS SRP

Note to applicants: Once you have confirmed your nomination status with the designated school official at your school, you may go ahead and start the online application. Once your nomination has been submitted, you will also receive an invitation to apply (allow up to 48 hours).

If you are not certain of the school official/contact handling nominations for your high school (usually a School Research Coordinator, Science Teacher, Guidance Officer), please view our database of high school contacts located above.

Should the listings on the database need to be modified, please ask the newly designated HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIAL to contact us (simonssrp@stonybrook.edu) with their information (full name, position, contact information, & school name/address) so we may update our directory.

Schools not represented on this list have likely not nominated applicants for the Simons SSRP in previous years. If an individual school is not listed on our database and they would like to nominate a student, the school official coordinating the nomination process should complete the nomination form. We can then add the school/representative to our directory as the main contact for future years.
Due to the large volume of applications we receive, we require a school nomination for the application to this program.

We strongly suggest and recommend that only one official at each school (for ex., one science teacher, research coordinator, etc.) be responsible for nominating students to ensure there are no more than 2 nominees per school , as more than 2 applications per school will result in disqualification of all applicants.

Because of the competitive nature of this program, applicants are encouraged to explore additonal summer program options, including summer programs offered at Stony Brook University.
We leave it up to each individual school to elect and determine the appropriate official to handle the student nomination process. Additionally, each school may have its own criteria (for ex, pre-application/selection committee, lottery system, etc.) for selecting their two nominees.