Overview
The My Streetscape Summer Research Institute is an interdisciplinary research program on urban technology and trust organized by the Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3). This program is designed for 11th-grade high-school students (rising seniors) from New York City and Palm Beach County, FL to hone their interests in engineering and the social sciences, regardless of their level of experience or knowledge.
High school students from New York City can apply for this program through the CS3 track of the E.N.G. program at Columbia University.
High school students from Palm Beach County, FL can apply for this program in partnership with the Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE) at Florida Atlantic University.
Students are paid $17.00 per hour for their participation.
Summer 2026 applications are now open! Please use the links below to apply for the New York or Florida cohort.
Project Descriptions
Student Stories
“This program helped me expand on certain aspects of engineering that I didn’t know much about, especially research. Now I know that speaking directly to the community and finding out their perspectives are methods I’d need to use as an engineer.”
— Christopher Grullon
