The WISEST
Summer Research Program would not be possible without the support and dedication of our fabulous volunteers. There are many ways to get involved and inspire a young mind!
Supervisors
Who: Principal investigators, graduate and PhD students, lab assistants
When: July 3 - August 14, 2025
What: Each year WISEST invites research labs on campus to supervise a WISEST student researcher for 6 weeks. This is an opportunity for you to share your passion for research and your scientific know-how with young women and gender-diverse students in grade 11, who want to explore diverse fields of study in science, engineering and technology. Students are paid research assistants who are supervised by a principal investigator or by a member of a research team while contributing to a research project in the lab or in the field.
Deadline to apply: Proposals will open on March 3, 2025, and will close on April 15, 2025.
Virtual Information Session
STEM Faculty, graduate students, and lab staff, are you interested in learning more about the WISEST Summer Research Program and what hosting a student might entail? WISEST is hosting a virtual information session for new labs/supervisors on Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 1:30-2:30 PM.
If you wish to attend, please register by 5:00PM Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
A minimum number of attendees will be required in order for this session to run.
COMMON QUESTIONS
WISEST students are permitted to conduct field work provided that Supervisors communicate field activity through our Field Activity Communication Plan procedures and ensure that all students are accompanied by a Supervisor of the same gender whenever off-campus.
All student researchers will have completed WHMIS and Biosafety training prior to beginning their work term. Even if this training is not applicable to your research we require all students to complete this because they will be touring other facilities and labs. All site-specific safety training is the responsibility of the research team and WISEST will work with you and EH&S to ensure that all safety requirements are met. WISEST also has a detailed emergency response procedure that it shares with all Supervisors.
The WISEST Summer Research Program runs for 6 weeks in July and August. WISEST asks all of our students to be 100% committed during this time and we ask that research teams ensure that they are also 100% committed to their WISEST student researcher. This means ensuring that someone is always available to supervise and mentor your student throughout his or her work term.
Each year WISEST invites research labs on campus to supervise a WISEST student researcher for 6 weeks. This is an opportunity for you to share your passion for research and your scientific know-how with young women and gender-diverse students in grade 11 who want to explore diverse fields of study in science, engineering and technology. Students are paid research assistants who are supervised by a principal investigator or by a member of a research team while contributing to a research project in the lab or in the field.
PIs and Supervisors are asked to consider how their project would translate into a virtual project.