Kupcinet-Getz Scholarship
Australian second and third year undergraduate students can apply for the Kupcinet-Getz International Science School (KGISS). ISSI is considered a perfect stepping-stone to this course which lasts for about two months.
The Kupcinet-Getz International Science School is run by the Feinberg Graduate School, which is part of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Each summer the school accepts a select number of outstanding undergraduate students to participate in research projects in mathematics, physics, chemistry and the life sciences.
Like ISSI, this is an enrichment program designed for undergraduate students from all over the world who are majoring in the sciences and is another great opportunity to experience science by becoming part of a research group at the Weizmann Institute.
Participation in the Kupcinet-Getz International Science School has had a significant impact on past participants of the program, reinforcing the students’ interest in conducting research in their future careers.
Students in this seven week program will be associated with a laboratory or a theoretical research project under the supervision of an experienced scientist and, for a short period of time, will become a full-fledged member of the scientific team.
In 2010, the Feinberg Graduate School began to administer the program, which was administered earlier by the Academic Secretariat of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Since its inception, over 1,100 overseas students have attended this highly successful program.
For Weizmann Australia, one student, Matthew Goh, has attended both the ISSI and the KGISS, and has now gone on to study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Read his story here.
For more information about this Summer School and to apply, visit the website here or contact Weizmann Australia.
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