DUNE: Building Confidence and Community for Durham’s Future Neuroscience Researchers

DUNE is a full-time, 8-week summer research internship exclusively for high school students from Durham public and charter schools. DUNE students are paired with a graduate student or postdoctoral mentor to conduct hands-on research in an on-campus laboratory at Duke University. Funded through the philanthropic efforts and sponsorship from the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS), the DUNE program aims to welcome and expose high school students to the scientific environment and make the...