UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chicago EYES (Educators and Youth Enjoy Science) on Cancer is a cancer research training program for high school and college students interested in careers in biomedicine. The program also engages science educators. 

EYES is funded by an R25 YES grant from the National Cancer Institute.

High School and College Students

For two consecutive summers, EYES participants work full time in the laboratories of established cancer researchers at the university. Rigorous research training is complemented with a cancer-based summer lecture series, year-round career development and skill-building workshops, and a network of faculty and peer mentors dedicated to participants’ success. The program culminates in a research symposium to showcase participants’ work across basic, translational, clinical, and population-based areas of cancer research.

Science Educators

The Cancer Center is excited to offer STEM Education Fellowships to high school science teachers. Fellows work closely with the EYES leadership team and faculty researchers to develop a personalized, yearlong project plan. Projects must include:

  • At least 150 hours of immersive, cancer-related research experience at the University of Chicago
  • Timeline and budget for at least one tangible deliverable to enhance STEM competencies, attitudes, and career aspirations among Chicagoland youth