MENTORING

Requesting an Intern

Engineering, Scientific and Technical staff who wish to mentor a student should email a contact Colette Flood for questions about internships, mentoring, placements, etc.

Intern Selection Deadlines

Only labs selected as first choice by applicant can make offers the first 20 days (approx.) after applications open for mentor review/offers for SULI, CCI and VFP programs. After which, second choice labs can make offers to applicants. Consequently, we recommend mentors submit offer requests prior to date when second choice labs can make offers, to ensure you don't lose the opportunity to mentor a student to another lab.

Only one offer can be extended to an applicant, once an offer is made to an applicant, no other offers can be made.

Spring Internships (Jan - May) 

• Applications available for review/offers by 1st choice labs 12 Oct
• All labs can make offers to all applicants beginning 8 Nov
• Intern selections and offer requests DUE 29 November

Summer Internships (Jun - Aug) 

• Applications available for review/offers by 1st choice labs 11 Feb
  
• All labs can make offers to all applicants beginning 22 Feb
• Intern selections and offer requests DUE 15 March

• Applications available for review/offers 10 Dec
  
• Intern selections and offer requests DUE 11 May
  

Fall Internships (Sep - Dec) 

• Applications available for review/offers by 1st choice labs 14 June
• All labs can make offers to all applicants beginning TBD Jul
• Intern selections and offer requests DUE 31 July

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 VFPprograms  are open for review online.  Click on "Review CCI, SULI & VFP Applicants Tutorial" button for instructions on how to view applicants for CCI, SULI, VFP Programs.

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

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
• Acknowledge WDTS support in presentations and publications accordingly:

  SULI
  When acknowledging WDTS support, please use the following statement - "This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) under the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program."

  CCI
  When acknowledging WDTS support, please use the following statement - "This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) under the Community College Internship (CCI) program."

  VFP
  When acknowledging WDTS support, please use the following statement - "This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) under the Visiting Faculty Program (VFP)."

Additional Information

• CSEE Mentor Handbook - BLUR, CCI, SULI & VFP