Requirements

College/School Eligibility:

  • Arts and Sciences

Class Year Eligibility:

  • First Year (undergrad)
  • Second Year (undergrad)
  • Third Year (undergrad)

Open to:

  • Cornell Undergraduate Students

The Nexus Scholars Program is available to Cornell A&S undergraduate students who are planning to graduate AFTER the summer of 2026. This program is not for seniors graduating in Spring or Summer 2026.

In order to be eligible for the program, students must:

  • Be enrolled full-time at Cornell University as a matriculated student through at least the end of the Fall 2026 semester  

  • Be an undergraduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences at the time of applying and at the start of the Nexus Scholars Program in May 2026

  • Be in good academic and judicial standing 

  • Be available in person in Ithaca during the course of the summer program from Thursday, May 28 - Wednesday, July 29, 2026

  • Be able to work a full-time schedule (up to 40 hours a week) within traditional working hours  

  • Not be enrolled in classes at Cornell or elsewhere over summer 2026 

  • Not be committed to work any other position at Cornell during the program dates 

  • Not be committed to work in any other position outside of Cornell that will conflict with work hours during the program dates

  • Be 18 years old on or older on May 28, 2026

  • International students studying on an F-1 or J-1 visa are typically eligible; international students studying on H-4 or other visas that do not permit work authorization and/or pay are not eligible

  • Possess, or have the ability to possess, a Social Security Number or ITIN