The Harvard Cognitive Evolution Laboratory Summer Program offers between ten and fifteen research positions to passionate college students from around the country (and the world!) each summer.

The Harvard CEL Lab is a vibrant, interdisciplinary lab whose research incorporates work in psychology, evolutionary biology, and biological anthropology to ask and answer exciting questions about the cognitive abilities of non-human primates and humans alike. Summer researchers have the opportunity to be an integral part of this research.

Researchers also enjoy lab summer social activities, including weekly lab dinners, volleyball, foosball, BBQs, and trips with friends into Boston.

• Summer research positions are unpaid; students work on a strictly volunteer basis. Many students, however, concurrently work at other jobs in the Boston/Cambridge area.
• The program requires a minimum commitment of at least 12hr/week for six, preferably seven weeks. Students are welcome to continue research past the seven week mark if they so choose. We expect that students will be here for most of July.
• Research projects vary by year (see list below for summer 2007), and while project preference is taken into account, final assignment decisions are made by the PI.
• Students are responsible for making their own housing arrangements. The lab is unfortunately unable to provide summer housing.

To apply, please send a CV and a cover letter, including a statement of research interests, to Marc Hauser, Lisa Pytka, and Natalie Shelton (contact information is available on our personnel page). Applicants must also submit three letters of recommendation via email.

Decisions will be made by the end of March or early April, 2008.

Questions?

Contact Natalie Shelton at nshelton@wjh.harvard.edu

Summer 2007 Research Projects