High School
HSSPP — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provides talented high school students from the San Francisco Bay Area with summer work experiences in science, computing sciences, technology and related areas.
Biotech Partners — serves to link Berkeley Lab investigators with students participating in Biotech Academies at Berkeley High School and Life Academy in Oakland as well as those in the Biotech Certificate program at Laney Community College in Oakland for internship opportunities targeting skilled entry level technical career positions.
Undergraduate
DOE Community College Initiative (CCI) — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provides talented high school students from the San Francisco Bay Area with summer work experiences in science, computing sciences, technology and related areas.
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) — summer SULI is a ten-week program primarily focused on hands-on research experiences for students from across the nation.
Faculty and Student Teams Program (FaST) is an opportunity to prepare students from colleges and universities with limited prior research capabilities and those institutions serving minorities underrepresented in the fields of science for careers in science, engineering, computer science, and technology and for their own professional development.
Biology Scholars Program (BSP) The Biology Scholars Program (BSP) is an undergraduate program at UC Berkeley designed to promote the success of students from economic, gender, ethnic and cultural groups historically underrepresented in the biological sciences.
STAR (Science Teacher and Researcher) The California State University in partnership with Department of Energy national research laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center is announcing the 2008 Science Teacher and Researcher (STAR) pre-service science teacher summer research program.
NIH Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities
For NIH grant recipients, a supplement may be submitted at any time. Supplements include support for high school students, undergraduates, graduate research assistants, post-graduate training opporunties as well as for investigators developing independent research careers.
Teacher
Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education (IISME) is an 8 week summer internship opportunity that provides teachers with experiences and tools they need to adapt their practices and change their schools so that all students are prepared to be lifelong learners, responsible citizens and productive employees.
Pre-Service Teacher (PST) are paid internships in Science, Math, and Technology for students that have decided on a teaching career in one of these disciplines. Students work with scientists or engineers on projects related to the laboratories' research programs and have the mentorship of a Master Teacher who is currently working in K-12 education.
| Program | Funding source | When to apply | Duration of internship | Contact |
| HSSPP | LBNL (by division) | By March 7, 2008 | 6 weeks (6/20 — 8/5) | Joe Crippen x5816 JRCrippen@lbl.gov |
| Biotech Partners (high school student) | LBNL | March 31, 2008 | 8 weeks (July — August); 20 h/week | Ghanya Thomas ghanya.thomas.b@bayer.com |
| Biotech Partners (community college student) | LBNL | See above | Varies; 20 h/ week during school yr, 40 h/ week during summer | Trudy Pack trudy.pack.b@bayer.com |
| CCI | DOE Office of Science | before March 17, 2008 | 10 weeks (May-August) | Susan Brady x5325 SABrady@lbl.gov |
| SULI | DOE Office of Science | See above | 10 weeks (summer) or 16 weeks (fall or spring) | See above |
| FaST | DOE/NSF | See above | 10 weeks (summer) | See above |
| Pre-Service Teacher | DOE Office of Science | See above | 10 weeks (summer) | See above |
| BSP | HHMI & Moore Foundation | before March 17, 2008 | 8-week min/option for year-round | Alissa Myrick amyrick@berkeley.edu |
| STAR | DOE/CSU | before March 10, 2008 | 8-weeks for those intending to be teachers contact: | Susan Elrod, (805) 746-2859 selrod@calpoly.edu |
