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Summer-Fall 2025 AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op Applications Now Open! 

We are happy to share that we are accepting applications for the fifth cohort of the AJC Merit Research Scholarship for the Summer-Fall 2025 Co-op cycle! These Co-ops will begin in July and end in December. 
 
Academically talented and ambitious students can apply to conduct research in the lab or group of a tenured or tenure-track STEM faculty member at a rate comparable to what they’d encounter in industry in two ways:

  1. Submit a proposal to conduct a research co-op with a faculty member with whom they are already working; or
  2. Apply into an approved AJC Merit Research Scholar Co-op position. 

Below is an overview of the eleven faculty-approved positions collaborating with Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. Full job descriptions can be viewed on NUWorks.  Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. 

C. elegans Lifespan AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Javier Apfeld, College of Science, Biology.
Lab/Faculty Website: https://apfeldlab.mystrikingly.com/
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/837a621b063e752d675ea2746732caf2  

Playful Mind Lab AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Leanne Chukoskie, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Human Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Lab/Faculty Website: https://playfulmind.sites.northeastern.edu/
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/d1eddd3ecfb8d025d66b308bf2bab325

Modeling Cell Migration AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Calina Copos, College of Science, Mathematics
Lab/Faculty Website: calinacopos.github.io
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/74afddcc902cd48e815401cfa785100c

AI for Remote Technologies AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Mallesham Dasari, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lab/Faculty Website: https://sinrg.org/
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/0dac986273c138f92b052b843980f0ef

Fast Spectroscopy Camera AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Alberto De la Torre Duran, College of Science, Physics
Lab/Faculty Website: https://www.deltalabnu.org/
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/935e5fc78f09d2eb061979b5d8b83558

Complex Fluids Engineering AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Sara Hashmi, College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Lab/Faculty Website: northeastern.edu/hashmilab
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/6265c2f6c33986ec24dc960d0161632c

Mobile Health Technology AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Stephen Intille, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Health Informatics
Lab/Faculty Website: https://www.mhealthgroup.org/ 
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/351e339ed2462cc1e565dd4a313e3ea9

Air Quality AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Shang Liu, College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Lab/Faculty Website: https://sites.google.com/view/shangliu
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/f678fb24481253d68862bad17bbdb7f4

Mobile Sensing for Health AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Varun Mishra, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Computer Science
Lab/Faculty Website: https://ubiwell.io
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/cfabe0718cc2c31ef57f8809ea9cd564

Neuroscience of Language AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Zhenghan Qi, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Lab/Faculty Website: https://qlab.sites.northeastern.edu/
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/e7c3c7ade5f3467c765a0ca0dcbcd1f1

Data Driven Renewables AJC Merit Research Scholars Co-op
Mentor: Peter Schindler, College of Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Lab/Faculty Website: https://www.d2r2group.com 
NUWorks: https://northeastern-csm.symplicity.com/students/app/jobs/detail/2300d3759d3c24f34530255653a14a29