A science research mentorship for high school students to conduct authentic environmental research on Jamaica Bay and the Rockaway shoreline
Environmentor application portal is officially closed. If you applied to Environmentor, you will receive word from RISE about the interview date. Thank you for your interest.
Environmentor is a science research mentorship program for high school students to conduct authentic research, under the mentorship of scientists from local universities and research institutions, on projects focused on the Rockaway shoreline.
Ninth- to eleventh-grade students who live or attend school in or near the Rockaway peninsula are eligible to apply to Environmentor. Students must live in New York City to be eligible to apply. The program is entirely in person.
Dates: June 5 through August 15, 2024
Location: RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692
Class Days/Times: Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
All applicants who submitted an application will be invited to attend a REQUIRED in-person group interview.
Watch our video to learn more about the impacts of Environmentor.
For more information, contact us at programs@riserockaway.org.
For more information about New York City Science Research Mentoring Consortium, go to www.studentresearchnyc.org.
Below are the research projects Environmentor students worked on last summer.
Special thanks to Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, Science Sand Box/Simons Foundation, and People's United Community Foundation for sponsoring Environmentor.