Summer research programmes are renowned for encouraging underrepresented minorities (URMs) to pursue STEM careers, but COVID-19 left many students in the United States unable to participate. We created the National Summer Undergraduate Research Project to matchmake students with mentors, enabling 250 URM students to do summer research.

中文翻译：

---

众包虚拟夏季研究机会以支持微生物学的少数群体

夏季研究计划以鼓励代表性不足的少数族裔（URM）从事STEM事业而闻名，但是COVID-19使美国许多学生无法参加。我们创建了国家夏季本科研究项目，以使导师与学生相匹配，使250名URM学生能够进行夏季研究。