MENTORING

Requesting an Intern

Engineering, Scientific and Technical staff who wish to mentor a student for the summer should email a request and project description to Colette Flood. 

Project Description Deadlines

• Spring Internships (Jan - May) 
  DUE 31 August
• Summer Internships (Jun - Aug)  
  DUE 12 March
• Fall Internships (Sep - Dec) 
  DUE TBD

Project descriptions should include the following:

• What your group is working on
• A project title
• A project description
• What the intern's role will be
• What the intern can expect to learn
• Specific academic majors/interests
• Any other pertinent background & skills
• Dollar amount of the intern's support that your group can provide [an undergraduate student costs approximately $5,500 forthe summer, $8,000 for fall/spring; a high school student costs $2,000]
• Project ID to charge for intern support (all intern stipend support is unburdened)
• Confirmation that you have a designated work space for the intern including a computer and a desk
• Mentor's name, phone, and email address

Intern Selection

Please note: it is CSEE policy that interns of Lab relatives may not be placed in same division as Lab relative.

Applications for CCI, SULI and VFP programs  are open for review online.  Click on "Review Summer 2012 Applicants" button for instructions on how to view applicants for CCI, SULI, VFP Programs.

Send ranked preferences, so that if your first choice candidate is not available, we may proceed to alternate selections. Please email Colette Flood, Internship Program Manager.

Please remember that mentors may not make offers to students directly. Only CSEE staff can make offers within DOE's guidelines and constraints.

Applications for high school students in the BLIPS program will be available for review by potential mentors in March.

To preserve the national range of the program, no more than 10% of DOE provided education funds will be expended on summer students from any single institution.

To maintain the undergraduate focus of the program, only 5% of DOE provided education funds will be expended on participants drawn from among "graduating seniors."

Requirements

Mentor must

• be LBNL staff (guests may co-mentor with a staff member)
• be at Lab for duration of internship
• be responsible for on-the-job safety training
• review and approve intern’s deliverables (posters, papers, etc)
• complete necessary EHS training for mentors and supervisors