The 2021 Station1 Frontier Fellowship Admissions Application is Open

Top middle image: Valentina Carreno, 2019 Station1 Fellow Alumni, Skyline College and University of California, San Diego, B.S. Cognitive Science; Left center image, Jennifer Tran, 2018 Station1 Fellow Alumni, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.S. Mechanical Engineering; Right center image, Daisy Diaz, 2018 Station1 Fellow Alumni University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, B.S. Chemistry; Lower middle image, 2018 Station1 Fellow Alumni, Babba Jaden, College of Our Lady of the Elms, B.S. Computer Science

The Station1 Frontiers Fellowship (SFF) is a prestigious, fully-funded ten-week summer experience for undergraduate students that involves socially-directed science and technology education, research, and internship. Socially-directed science and technology integrates science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with the humanities, arts, and social sciences (HASS) to incorporate social context and perspective in fostering inclusive, equitable, ethical, and sustainable outcomes. Unique in the nation and the world, the SFF includes an exciting research internship in emerging areas of science and technology, a cross-interdisciplinary shared curriculum on socially-directed science and technology, and personal and professional advancement activities including inclusive leadership and collaboration, scientific and technical communication, networking, and more. SFF 2021 will be in a fully virtual format and students will participate remotely in all program activities from their cityof residence.

The SFF creates an invaluable foundation for academic success, long-term career advancement in a diversity of careers in STEM fields, and competitiveness in application to higher levels of education. The Fellows have described the experience as amazing, incredible, uplifting, life-changing, meaningful, and rewarding. Alumni have already gone on to significant positive longer-term outcomes, including college graduation (both A.S. and B.S.), transfer from A.S. to B.S. degree programs, acceptance to graduate programs (both Masters and Ph.D.), prestigious national graduate fellowships, scholarships, academic awards, additional prestigious STEM research internships, permanent job offers in STEM fields, entrepreneurship activities, STEM education innovation and outreach, study abroad, and continued engagement in socially-directed STEM.

More information on the admissions process and the application for the 2021 Station1 Frontiers Fellowship can be found here.

The Station1 experience is best reflected in the words of our amazing students, The Station1 Fellows, below:

“Station1 was truly an incredible experience. Being surrounded by amazing interdisciplinary instructors and mentors and my internship was everything I had hoped for. It gave me great exposure to the startup environment. I faced and overcame challenges that allowed me to build my confidence as a researcher in my future endeavors. Thank you Station1 for enabling this opportunity for me.”

“My internship experience was more than I could have ever imagined. With the help of my mentors I learned a great deal about [the] field as a whole. The experience was honestly more than I could have hoped for and I would like to thank the amazing people from my company and the hardworking and dedicated team at Station1.”

“Being a fellow at Station1 has provided me with a unique and visionary way of thinking and seeing the world. I see society in a different outlook and in a broader sense. Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity and experience.”

“The micro-climate in this program is one in which anyone can immediately feel welcomed and acknowledged. It was very rewarding and unexpected to have had as much time/opportunities to interact with the Station1 team as we did, thanks to office hours and other times for one-on-one conversations. It is a very collaborative and uplifting environment, in which I have become highly influenced to carry out these dynamics into whatever space I become a part of. Moreover, I got the chance to learn about graduate school (a conversation I had never felt like I was included in) and I appreciated that each mentor represented a fascinating field/background of research which I could learn from.”

“Station1 has introduced a new perspective for me on how to see the world. They have given me an endless amount of resources for me to succeed in my professional journey. But most important of all, they have given me the foundation for me to create positive change in society.”

“The mentorship, community norms, and atmosphere at my internship were impeccable. I had a wonderful experience there working on approachable challenges that allowed me to build my confidence as an engineer that will help me when working at future opportunities.”

"Station1 has provided the perfect balance of introducing students to research and laboratories while also sitting down and talking about some of the hard social implications that science encompasses simultaneously"

“This was my first internship, and I learned not only technical skills, but how to work on a team in industry, how to do research and approach problems, and establish connections not only with my mentor, but everyone in our office. I thoroughly enjoyed working on cutting edge science while being supported by Station1 to also focus on social impacts.”

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