Announcing the 2009 Summer Student Science Internships at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, VA, that are available through the Quality Education for
Minorities (QEM) Network. We are requesting your assistance in calling these internship opportunities to the attention of eligible science and engineering undergraduate and graduate students at your institution. The ten-week summer component of the Internship will take place May 25-July 31, 2009.
Of special interest to NSF this summer are students majoring in one of the
following areas:
-Computer science
-Computer science Junior or senior with experience in Java programming
and/or database course
-Geosciences/ Environmental science
--Biology at least (5) needed
-Atmospheric science/ meteorology
-Mathematics
-Chemical, mechanical, electrical, biomedical engineering
-Political science, journalism (someone with creative writing experience,
with a science background)
-Social science
-Science education
Each internship will provide round-trip airfare, assistance with local
transportation costs, summer housing on a local college campus, and a
stipend ($3,000 for undergraduate students and $4,000 for graduate
students), payable in three installments.
To be eligible for science internships at NSF, an applicant must be a
citizen or national of the United States and must be a rising junior or
senior, or a graduate student, currently enrolled in a science or
engineering degree program at a minority-serving institution or at a
non-minority institution with a track record in producing science and/or
engineering graduates from underrepresented groups. Other eligibility
requirements are listed in the application packet.
During the internship, following a one-week orientation at QEM, science
student interns will be mentored by NSF program officers who are involved in
implementing science policies and in managing/ directing programs focused on
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
The interns will have opportunities to further develop their research,
communications (oral and written), and other professional skills as well as
to become a part of a peer network that includes students from across the
country who are serving as summer interns in other QEM or NSF internship
programs. Interns will be expected to prepare, and discuss with their
mentors, individual development plans; conduct a research project under the
guidance of their mentors; submit mid-term and final written reports to QEM;
and make oral presentations throughout the summer.
On-line copies of the application are available for download at:
http://qemnetwork.qem.org/internship.htm, along with additional Program information. To be considered, applications must be received on or by the extended Program deadline date: Friday, March 13, 2009.
For more information on this opportunity or other summer science internships, contact Kerry Kidwell-Slak in the Shriver Center or kerryk@umbc.edu.