2027 Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program

2027 Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Open Date: Oct 15, 2026

Deadline: Feb 01, 2027 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Summer
Undergraduate Mentored Research Program (SUMR) is a full-time,
paid summer internship presented by the Wharton School's Health
Care Management Department and Penn LDI at the University of
Pennsylvania that introduces promising undergraduates to health
services research. The 12-week program aims to promote students to
conduct research in graduate programs in the fields of health
economics, health care management, health policy, population
health, and clinical epidemiology.

SUMR 2027 will start June 1, 2027 and end on August 20, 2027.

What do SUMR scholars do?

• Work on paid research projects with Penn faculty mentors
• Hear about graduate school opportunities
• Participate in 6-month online GRE prep program
• Attend week-long orientation and 30 seminars with Penn

faculty

• Attend an academic conference
• Participate in a 8-week critical writing program
• Present research at End of SUMR Symposium

Qualifications

Who is eligible?

• Program participants should have an interest in health care and

strong quantitative skills.

• Prospective participants do not have to make a commitment in

advance to attend graduate school to be accepted into the program,
but an academic or research career should be something they are
exploring. A committee of Penn faculty selects each year's SUMR
scholars from the highly competitive applicant pool.

Application Instructions

Interfolio/Dossier is the platform through which you will upload
various parts of your application and allow you to track the
progress of your application to SUMR. If you have not already
signed into or created your Interfolio/Dossier account, use this
link to do so now: https://account.interfolio.com/login.
(If you are creating a new Dossier account, make sure to
select the free option).

In addition to the application form, we also require:

• A resume
• An unofficial college transcript
• Two confidential letters of recommendation

The deadline is February 1, 2027. All
parts of your application must be submitted by 11:59 pm on February
1st.

Upload your unofficial college transcript and resume to
Dossier.

To request letters of recommendation through Dossier, go to the
Letters tab. In the upper right corner, click on " Request a
Letter" and fill out the contact information for your two
references (you may have to "Add New Contact" for each of the
references).

• Make sure you request a confidential letter or evaluation.
• As mentioned above, the official deadline for applications is

February 1, 2027. You will be asked to set a due date for your
recommenders to send in their reference letters. We recommend that
you request that your letters be submitted at least a month before
the deadline to ensure that all parts of your application are
complete before February 1st.

• It may be helpful to provide this link to the SUMR website in

your description https://ldi.upenn.edu/education/penn-ldi-training-programs/sumr/.

• In your message to the recommender, you may want to reinforce

that the letters should address something important about you,
including a description of your academic and personal
characteristics, especially related to research aptitude.

You are responsible for ensuring that your application is
complete by February 1, 2027.

To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/194605

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer.
Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race,
color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin
(including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenship
status, age, disability, veteran status or any class protected
under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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