Baylor College of Medicine

Overview

The Summer Undergraduate Research Training (SMART) Program provides frontier-level, biomedical summer research projects for undergraduates in a supportive environment with supplemental educational activities.

The official dates for the SMART Program 2026 are June 1 through July 31. The move-in date will be May 31 and move-out date will be Aug. 1.

The program offers:

* Nine paid weeks of biomedically related research in a broad range of areas

* Research and professional development seminars designed for undergraduates

* Career development activities

* Designated housing near Baylor College of Medicine

The SMART program application for Summer 2026 is now open! The application deadline has been extended to Friday, Feb. 6 to accommodate applicants who may have experienced technical difficulties or delays due to the recent inclement weather.

A Unique Experience Awaits! Your position is a real job, with a compensation package of approximately $5,400 for nine weeks. Depending on the funding source, your compensation will be all salary or a combination of salary and allocation for housing or travel. In addition to everything you learn about science through research, daily seminars, discussion groups, and extra activities; the experience of getting to know the other participants and people here at Baylor College of Medicine is extraordinary.

We welcome students from all science and math majors, and even non-science majors with appropriate background and interest. Projects span the spectrum of biomedical science, including projects in bioengineering and computational biology.

Our program has gained nationwide recognition from students, their advisers, and granting agencies as one of the most successful ever created due to our incomparable resources in the Texas Medical Center and people who truly believe in opening doors of opportunity to college students.