About

The MSK Bridge to Biostats Summer Program (B2BSP) is a free, seven-week paid program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for New York City high school students interested in data science, statistics, and computing, running June 29–August 14, 2026. Students commute daily to MSK's midtown Manhattan offices and work under the mentorship of professional biostatisticians on real cancer data analysis projects. The curriculum covers statistics fundamentals, R programming, and structured "statistical thinking" sessions, culminating in a cancer data analysis project and formal presentation. SAT preparation and college advising workshops are also included throughout the seven weeks.

B2BSP is explicitly designed to open quantitative research careers to students from under-resourced New York City communities and historically underrepresented groups in medicine and science. Eligibility is open to rising sophomores through rising seniors — broader than MSK's companion wet lab Summer Student Program — and requires NYC residency and school enrollment, interest in quantitative subjects, a recommendation letter, and an unofficial transcript. The program is paid; exact stipend amount is not published on the primary site. Cohort size is not published.

For a New York City high school student with mathematical aptitude and genuine curiosity about data science or biostatistics, B2BSP offers an unusually direct pathway: mentorship by working biostatisticians, real cancer datasets, and the institutional setting of the world's foremost cancer center — at no cost and with a paycheck.