Name

NYC Science Research Mentoring Consortium

Legal name

New York City Science Research Mentoring Consortium

Website

https://studentresearchnyc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth STEM Mentoring & Education Programs

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Apprenticeship Training (611513)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

STEM Research & Inquiry Programs (Research Mentorship, Science Fair Prep) (EDAMABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Alumni, Peer & Community Networking Programs (EDAMAKAM), Research, Capstone & Extended Essay Mentoring (IB EE, independent research) (EDANAKAH), University-Affiliated Pathway & Foundation Programs (EDAIAJAA), Advanced Project-Based Learning & Portfolio Mentoring (STEM/arts portfolios, maker projects) (EDANAKAI)

Keywords

• STEM research mentoring
• High school internships
• Science education programs
• Nonprofit partnership network
• College readiness support

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Funding: The Consortium is funded by philanthropic foundations. Primary funders include The Pinkerton Foundation (approximately $4 million to the Consortium itself and $24 million to partner programs since 2012) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (joined as key supporter in 2024). The Consortium does not charge students to participate; instead, students receive stipends for their participation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The NYC Science Research Mentoring Consortium coordinates a network of 28-30 partner academic, research, and cultural institutions across New York City that deliver paid, mentored STEM research internships to high school students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. Each partner institution independently runs its own program (e.g., ARISE, BRAINYAC, SRMP, SSFRP), but all adhere to shared standards of 100+ hours of mentored research, 30+ hours of STEM competency training, stipend compensation, and culminating research presentations. The Consortium provides the coordination layer, alumni network, and convening function for these programs.

Product overview

The NYC Science Research Mentoring Consortium is a partnership network of 28-30 academic, research, and cultural institutions across NYC that provides STEM research internships for high school students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. The Consortium operates as a unified platform with multiple independently-managed programs, each offering authentic mentored research experiences. Programs include ARISE (NYU Tandon), BRAINYAC (Columbia), SRMP (AMNH), SSFRP (Lamont-Doherty), LAB Jumpstart (Rockefeller), BioRocket (Genspace), WERM (Wave Hill), and 21 additional programs at CUNY colleges, museums, and research institutions. All programs share common principles including 30+ hours of STEM competency learning, 100+ hours of mentored research, academic/career guidance, science communication workshops, and culminating research presentations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Applied Research Innovation in Science & Engineering (ARISE) A 7-week summer program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering for current 10th and 11th grade NYC students, offering college-level coursework and 5 weeks in a research lab with graduate or postdoctoral mentorship.
• Baruch College Now STEM Research Academy A two-semester program (spring and summer) at Baruch College providing authentic inquiry activities, with spring Introduction to Research class and summer mentorship with CUNY research faculty.
• BEYOND ALBERT A two-part educational research experience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine featuring an 8-week summer session of hands-on laboratory research and after-school program (September-May) with scientific workshops and mentorship.
• BioBus Junior Scientist Internship A 12-month paid science research internship where students gain mentored research and teaching experience, including scientific research during first summer and academic-year projects using research-grade microscopes.
• BioRocket Internship A spring after-school hands-on science program and summer research internship at Genspace Brooklyn for NYC public and charter high school students, offering real-world experience in life sciences with team research project design.
• Brain Research Apprenticeships in New York at Columbia (BRAINYAC) An immersive seven-week science research experience at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute with weekend training sessions in winter/spring and full-time summer internship, offering Merit Fellowships for continued academic-year work.
• Brooklyn College Now STEM Research Academy A two-semester program featuring an Urban Aquatic Ecology course in spring with 3 college credits, followed by 6-week summer research experience under CUNY research faculty guidance.
• City College College Now STEM Research Academy A spring pre-college course strengthening research skills, followed by a 6-week summer research experience with CUNY research faculty, accepting 10 selected students.
• City Tech College Now STEM Research Academy A spring pre-college course with thematic research activities and a six-week structured laboratory program pairing students with City Tech faculty researchers.
• Urban Barcode Research Program (UBRP) A DNA barcoding initiative by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's DNA Learning Center engaging high school students in biodiversity studies in NYC, with students conducting independent research projects with expert mentorship.
• Environmental Enrichment and Leadership for Students (EELS) A 14-month paid internship by Bronx River Alliance featuring introductory field work, academic-year mentorship, and a second summer for completing a full scientific research project, earning up to $4,000 in stipends.
• Environmentor Program A paid internship at Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity (RISE) for 12-15 high school sophomores and juniors, featuring after-school programming January through summer with 7 weeks of mentored field and lab research.
• High School Initiative in Remote Sensing of the Earth Systems Science & Engineering (HIRES) A 7-week summer program at CUNY Grove School of Engineering offering research experience in remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS), with projects on climate change, atmosphere, water resources, or oceans and coastal waters.
• LaGuardia Community College STEM Research Academy A spring course introducing research methods in biological sciences for 10th and 11th grade students, followed by paid summer research placement in a laboratory with STEM faculty mentor.
• Secondary School Field Research Program (SSFRP) A six-week field and laboratory science internship at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for high school students, featuring research at Piermont Marsh including sediment, groundwater chemistry, nutrient cycling, and species studies.
• Learning at the Bench (LAB) Jumpstart A two-phase program at Rockefeller University: after-school sessions (March-June) in RockEDU teaching lab, followed by full-time summer mentored research in a Rockefeller research laboratory.
• Lehman College Now STEM Research Academy A two-part program at CUNY Lehman College featuring spring DNA Detectives course for college credit and a six-week summer research mentorship in labs under Lehman College faculty supervision.
• New York Bioforce A four-month workforce development internship at Columbia University providing 100 hours of hands-on biomedical research training (PCR, gel electrophoresis, microscopy) followed by 120 hours of research in labs including Columbia and Weill Cornell Medicine.
• Project TRUE (Teens Researching Urban Ecology) A seven-week urban ecology summer research mentoring program at Bronx Zoo pairing high school students with Fordham University undergraduate near-peer mentors, conducting urban ecology research with wildlife and wild places of NYC.
• Queens College Now STEM Research Academy A two-semester program at Queens College featuring DNA Detectives course in spring (2 college credits) followed by 6-week summer research experience with CUNY faculty, including research on animal behavior and earth sciences.
• Queensborough Community College Now STEM Research Academy A two-semester program with spring pre-college science course and 6-week summer research experience at Queensborough Community College, covering biotechnology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, and environmental science.
• Science Enrichment Program (SEP) A ten-month program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center providing underrepresented high school students with cancer biology introduction, lab skills, clinical research training, and an intensive 8-week summer internship.
• Science Leadership Program (SLP) A paid research internship at Hudson River Park Trust for high school and undergraduate students, featuring tiered mentorship model with field science and STEM career skill-building, conducting authentic research using the Park as a field lab.
• Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) A 14-month program at American Museum of Natural History offering NYC high school students opportunity to join ongoing AMNH research projects in conservation biology, evolution, genetics, anthropology, astronomy, astrophysics, earth, and planetary sciences.
• Student Urban Nature (SUN) A paid 6-week summer internship at Natural Areas Conservancy for rising juniors and seniors, focusing on urban ecology field experience with ecology foundations, flora/fauna identification, land stewardship, and ecological research projects.
• Woodland Ecology Research Mentorship (WERM) A 14-month program at Wave Hill offering NYC high school students citywide ecological monitoring in local woodlands with field scientists, including GIS courses, data collection, and independent research projects with mentors.
• York College Now STEM Research Academy A two-semester program at CUNY York College featuring spring Backyard Toxicology class followed by six-week summer research program in July through mid-August, covering mechanical engineering, computer engineering technology, biology, and chemical technology.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,500+ students have graduated from programs since 2013
• +3 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered core, founding and partner.

• American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013AMNH serves as the lead coordinating institution for the Consortium. The Museum's Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) was the original model for the Consortium structure. AMNH continues to convene partners as a community of practice and hosts the annual August Symposium showcasing student research.
• CUNY Lehman CollegefoundingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013One of six founding partner institutions from the Consortium's 2013 launch. Hosts the Lehman College Now STEM Research Academy program.
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning CenterfoundingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013One of six founding partner institutions. Hosts the Urban Barcode Research Program (UBRP) which engages students in DNA barcoding studies of NYC biodiversity.
• Wave HillfoundingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013One of six founding partner institutions. Hosts the Woodland Ecology Research Mentorship (WERM) program for Bronx high school students.
• NYU Tandon School of EngineeringfoundingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013One of six founding partner institutions. Hosts the Applied Research Innovation in Science & Engineering (ARISE) program.
• Columbia University Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior InstitutefoundingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013One of six founding partner institutions. Hosts the Brain Research Apprenticeships in New York at Columbia (BRAINYAC) program focused on neuroscience research.
• CUNY City CollegepartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for City College College Now STEM Research Academy and the HIRES program (CUNY CREST Institute at City College).
• Rockefeller UniversitypartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the Learning at the Bench (LAB) Jumpstart program through RockEDU Science Outreach.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterpartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the Science Enrichment Program (SEP) through the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP).
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory / Columbia Climate SchoolpartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the Secondary School Field Research Program (SSFRP) offering field and laboratory science internships.
• Brooklyn College (CUNY)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for Brooklyn College Now STEM Research Academy.
• Queens College (CUNY)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for Queens College Now STEM Research Academy.
• Queensborough Community College (CUNY)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for Queensborough Community College Now STEM Research Academy.
• City Tech College (CUNY)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for City Tech College Now STEM Research Academy.
• Baruch College (CUNY)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for Baruch College Now STEM Research Academy.
• York College (CUNY)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for York College Now STEM Research Academy.
• LaGuardia Community College (CUNY)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for LaGuardia Community College STEM Research Academy.
• GenspacepartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrooklyn-based nonprofit community lab hosting the BioRocket Internship program in synthetic biology and biotechnology.
• BioBuspartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the BioBus Junior Scientist Internship, a 12-month paid science research internship program with locations in Harlem and community labs.
• Bronx River AlliancepartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the Environmental Enrichment and Leadership for Students (EELS) program offering environmental science career pathway internships.
• Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity (RISE)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the Environmentor Program offering environmental science and marine biology research internships for Rockaway Peninsula students.
• Natural Areas ConservancypartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the Student Urban Nature (SUN) program offering urban ecology internships in Forest Park (Queens) and Greenbelt (Staten Island).
• Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) / Bronx ZoopartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner institution for Project TRUE (Teens Researching Urban Ecology) at the Bronx Zoo.
• Hudson River Park TrustpartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the Science Leadership Program (SLP), a paid research internship leveraging expertise from multiple NYC STEM institutions.
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Einstein Cancer CenterpartnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for the BEYOND ALBERT High School Research Program offering biomedical science and cancer biology research experiences in the Bronx.
• Columbia University (Hypothekids / New York Bioforce)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerColumbia-based program offering workforce development internships providing hands-on lab training for biomedical research and biotech.
• Hk Maker Lab (HYPOTHEkids, Harlem Biospace, Columbia)partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative program introducing young people to biomedical engineering, electronics, and the business of medical device development, with connections to Uganda.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Iridescent: National nonprofit that runs STEM mentoring and family engagement programs for underserved youth. Comparable in targeting underrepresented students with sustained, mentor-driven STEM experiences.
• Summer Science Program (SSP): National nonprofit running intensive, paid summer research programs for high-achieving high school students. Directly comparable in mission (authentic STEM research for high schoolers) though it focuses on residential collegiate-level research rather than citywide consortium distribution.
• Million Girls Moonshot: Initiative focused on closing gender and opportunity gaps in STEM via out-of-school programs and a network of partner organizations. Highly comparable as a STEM-equity network coordinator.
• Citizen Schools: National nonprofit that runs apprenticeship-style extended learning programs partnering with schools and professionals. Comparable in using a partner-network model to provide mentored, project-based experiences to under-resourced students.
• New York Academy of Sciences: NYC-based scientific society that runs STEM programming, fellowships, and equity-focused programs for high school and undergraduate students. Comparable as a NYC STEM-equity convener with similar target demographic and partner-institution model.
• Project SEED (American Chemical Society): Paid summer research program for high school students from low-income backgrounds placed in chemistry labs. Closely comparable as a paid, mentor-driven, equity-focused STEM research internship for high schoolers.
• STEM Next Opportunity Fund: National intermediary that funds and networks STEM equity programs in out-of-school-time settings. Directly comparable in mission and structure (foundation-backed network coordinator for STEM mentoring programs serving underrepresented youth).

Broad incumbents

• MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership: National umbrella organization supporting youth mentoring across all domains. Adjacent in focus on youth mentoring outcomes and network/coalition-building, but broader than STEM-specific research mentoring.
• National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI): Large national STEM-education nonprofit operating AP/STEM teacher training, college readiness, and student programs. Comparable mission and funding profile but operates at much larger national scale across broader program categories.

Regional players

• Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Summer Student Program: Runs paid summer genetics/biomedical research internships for high school and undergraduate students. Comparable in paid mentored research format, but operates as a single-institution program in Maine rather than a multi-institution consortium.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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