As a graduate student

1. Professor Saxe is open to taking graduate students for Fall 2026 entry.

2. Potential graduate students should apply through the BCS graduate program application. People who are specifically interested in Saxe Lab should say so (and why) in their application essays. To get a sense of Professor Saxe’s current research interests, please view our research page and her current research statement.

3. Applicants do not need to email Professor Saxe directly before applying to the BCS program. Unfortunately, Professor Saxe is not available to meet one-on-one with applicants, outside of the BCS interview process.

5. If admitted to the BCS PhD program, you can inquire with Professor Saxe about the availability of rotation projects and co-mentoring opportunities by emailing her directly.

As a postdoctoral researcher

1. We are open to considering new post-docs but have no funded positions available at the moment.

2. Potential post-docs can write directly to Professor Saxe, describing their training and interests

As a lab manager/tech

Our Fall 2025 recruitment for lab manager/tech has closed. Recruitment typically occurs every other Spring, so please refer to this page for updates.

As a post-baccalaureate student

We accept post-bac students (a two-year program prior to PhD applications) through the Post-baccalaureate Research Scholars Program in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. This is a fully-funded, non-degree two-year program for underrepresented students who are interested in neuroscience and cognitive science. If you are interested in working at the Saxe Lab during this program, please reach out to our lab manager for more information.

As an MIT UROP

We sometimes list available UROPs at the UROP office, but students can also contact our lab manager to ask if there is a position available. Please include a description of your interests and goals when writing to us.

Typically we ask UROPs to work for credit for their first semester in the lab, while they are mostly being trained. Many of our long-term UROPs are funded by either the UROP office or our grants. UROPs who stay in the lab more than two semesters often get to play significant roles in research projects, and some have earned authorship on published papers.

As a non-MIT undergraduate student

For Wellesley College students interested in the lab, please visit Wellesley College Students | MIT UROP – Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and email the current lab manager to see whether positions are available during the current semester.

We are also open to hosting sophomore and junior college students through MSRP. If you applied to MSRP and would like to work with us, please write to our lab manager through email or the contact form below to let us know that you applied and detail your interests in related projects.

As a high school student

Unfortunately, the Saxe Lab does not accept volunteers or research internships for high school students. If you’d like to work with other groups at MIT, we encourage you to look opportunities through Leah Knox Scholars program in biology, the Research Science Institute, and PRIMES. You can also learn about programs at MIT through tracking outreach.mit.edu.