ACS - Project SEED at MSU

ACS project SEED

Project SEED is a summer research program for economically disadvantaged high school students. It was started and continues to be run by the American Chemical Society (ACS-SEED) and is held at academic and industrial labs throughout the United States. The program allows high school juniors and seniors to perform research in a lab for 8-10 weeks during the summer (June - August).

Michigan State University began participating in Project SEED in the summer of 2002 with Professor Babak Borhan as the coordinator. Students who are part of MSU's Project SEED do research within the Chemistry Department and present their findings to other student researchers at the end of the summer. All students are supervised by a professor and work with a graduate student on their assigned project.

Students must qualify for the program both academically and economically. Students participating in the program for the first time will receive a stipend of $2500 and second-year students will receive a stipend of $3000.

In addition to ACS, the program is generously co-sponsored by the following MSU sources: College of Natural Science, Office of the Vice-President for Research and the Office of the Provost.

If you have additional questions regarding MSU Project SEED, please contact Chrysoula Vasileiou at (517)-353-0506 or by email at : vassilio@chemistry.msu.edu

Additional Resources

ACS-Project SEED Handbook

ACS-Project SEED Guidelines

MSU Chemistry-Project SEED Handbook

ACS Project SEED, Program Summaries

Pictures from Project SEED Events

Past Project SEED Participants

SEED 2019

Project SEED, Summer 2019 (left to right): Ali Al Haidari (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. R. Maleczka); Amina Salem (Summer I Okemos High School; worked with Prof. K. Draths); Mirran Salem (Summer II, The early college at LCC; worked with Prof. X. Huang); Ridwan Sheikh-Omar (Summer I, Everett High School; worked with Prof. J. Jackson); Shams Ezz (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. B. Borhan); Sahar Aljazi (Summer II, Everett High School; worked with Prof. A. Wilson); Bandana Rawal (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. R. Ferrier); Noor Al Haidari (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. M. Smith).

SEED2018

Project SEED, Summer 2018 (left to right, front): Faiza Omar (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. X. Huang); Nagham Al-Masraf (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. R. Maleczka); Mohamed Salem (Summer II, The early college at LCC; worked with Prof. J. Jackson); Vivian Ho (Summer II, Everett High School; worked with Prof. R. Beaulac); Kamisha Tuma (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. J. Geiger); Sahar Aljazi (Summer I, Everett High School; worked with Prof. K. Draths); left to right, back: Bandana Rawal (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. D. Proshlyakov); Mirran Salem (Summer I, Okemos High School; worked with Prof. W. Wulff); Ruth Horta (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. B. Borhan); Shams Ezz (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. D. Proshlyakov)

SEED 2017

Project SEED, Summer 2017 (left to right, front): Aya Salih (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. G. Swain); Nagham Al-Masraf (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. J. W. Frost); Maryam Ezz (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. X. Huang); Fardowsa Omar (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. B. Levine); Gadir Mohamed (Summer II, Grand Ledge High School; worked with Prof. W. Wulff); Kamisha Tuma (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. R. E. Maleczka); Ruth Horta (Summer I, Everett High School; worked with Prof. J. Geiger); Vivian Ho (Summer I, Everett High School; worked with J. Jackson); Dhan Bhandari (Summer II, Everett High School; worked with Prof. R. Beaulac); NOT SHOWN: Mohamed Salem (Summer I, Okemos High School, worked with Prof. B. Borhan)

SEED 2016

Project SEED, Summer 2016 (left to right, front): Dayton Buchanan (Summer I, Everett High School, worked with Prof. J. Jackson); Ali Aljazi (Summer II, Everett High School; worked with Prof. X. Huang); Dhan Bhandari(Summer I, Everett High School; worked with Prof. H. Hong); Sabrein Ahmed (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. D. Proshlyakov); Maryam Abbas (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. R. Maleczka); Fardowsa Omar (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. W. Wulff); Reeta Shaffo (Summer II, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. R. Beaulac); [left to right, back]: Jonathan Tuma (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. J. Geiger); Maryam Ezz (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. D. Proshlyakov); Joana Lepuri (Summer I, Utica Academy for International Studies; worked with Prof. B. Borhan).

SEED 2015

Project SEED, Summer 2015 (left, front to back) Sabrein Ahmed (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. D. Proshlyakov); Sara Aljazi (Summer II, Everett High School; worked with Prof. M. Bruening); Mulki Shaikh-Omar (Summer II, Eastern High School; worked with Prof. J. Geiger); Ali Aljazi (Summer I, Everett High School; worked with Prof. B. Borhan); [middle, front to back]: Maryam Abbas (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. R. Maleczka); Marwah Abdulahi (Summer I, East Lansing High School; worked with Prof. J. W. Frost); [right, front to back]: Gadir Mohamed (Summer I, Grand Ledge high School; worked with Prof. J. Geiger); Bukhari Sheikh-Omar (Summer I, Eastern High School; worked with Prof. W. Wulff).

Project SEED, Summer 2014, (back, left to right): Anika Taufiq (Summer I, East Lansing High School); Tabitha Inna (Summer I, East Lansing High School); Reeta Shaffo (Summer I, East Lansing High School); Rehana Muhammadi (Summer I, East Lansing High School); Mulki Sheikh-Omar (Summer I, Eastern High School); Sara Aljazi (Summer I, Everett High School); Cara Jackson (Summer II, Everett High School); (front, left to right): Munzer Elsir (Summer I, East Lansing High School); Bhakti Pokhred (Summer I, Everett High School).

SEED 2013

Project SEED, Summer 2013 (left to right): Prof. Babak Borhan (MSU, Project SEED coordinator/advisor); Cara Jackson (Summer I, Everett High School); Basma Al-Masraf (Summer II, East Lansing High School); Gillian Tappenden (Summer II, Eastern High School); Chrysoula Vasileiou (MSU, Project SEED coordinator); Audrey Tappenden (Summer II, Eastern High School); Sareena Withers (Summer I, East Lansing High School); Juwahir Mohumud (Summer I, East Lansing High School); Alexandra Marinez (Summer I, East Lansing High School); Asha Abdulahi (Summer II, East Lansing High School); Mona Balla (Summer I, East Lansing High School).

SEED 2012

Project SEED, Summer 2012 (left to right, front to back) : Basma Al-Masraf (East Lansing High School); Han San (East Lansing High School); Rebecca Lynn Poole (Perry High School); Asha Abdulahi (East Lansing High School); Elijah Broemer (East Lansing High School); Audrey Tappenden (Eastern High School); Gillian Tappenden (Eastern High School); Chrysoula Vasileiou (MSU, Project SEED coordinator); Prof. Babak Borhan (MSU, Project SEED coordinator/advisor).

SEED2010

Project SEED, Summer 2010 (left to right, back) : Fraul Makonnen Galan (East Lansing High School); Patrick McWilliams (Everett High School); Aaron Beavers (Everett High School); Brian Chiou (East Lansing High School); (left to right, front): Janice Chiou (East Lansing High School); Kiyoto Tanemura (Haslett High School); Mercy Anyika (MSU, Project SEED coordinator); Prof. Babak Borhan (MSU, Project SEED coordinator/advisor).

SEED 2009

Project SEED, Summer 2009 (left to right, back to front) : Prof. Babak Borhan (MSU, Project SEED coordinator/advisor); Patrick McWilliams (Everett High School); Mohammed (East Lansing High School); Eric Fletcher (Jackson High School); Carmin Burrell (MSU graduate student); Mercy Anyika (MSU, Project SEED coordinator); Kelsey Tappenden (Jackson High School); Phillip Atem (Meridian High School).