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2-week marine conservation study abroad program July 21-Aug 3, 2024 with Dr. Leslie Ruyle and Dr. Izzy Hirji along the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

Applications open now!

Sentara RMH School of Medical Laboratory Science

This course is a 12-month program of didactic and practical training. Students are under the direct supervision of the program director and education coordinator. Formal lectures on the theory of various laboratory tests are given by certified medical laboratory scientists and physicians. Students spend time in a classroom setting, then rotate through all the departments in the clinical laboratory.

Applications open now!

Sentara RMH School of Histotechnology

This is a 12-month course that includes six months of lecture and student lab followed by six months of rotation through a hospital histology lab. Rotations will be in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Immunohistochemistry Lab, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Histology, and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Histology Lab. Block teaching will be utilized in the didactic segment of the program with progression of courses from Fixation, Processing/Embedding, and Microtomy to Staining.

Applications open now!

Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) - UTMB Health

The UTMB PREP program is for academically talented post-baccalaureate individuals from groups underrepresented in the sciences who are highly motivated to pursue a PhD and desire additional research experience and career skills training prior to applying to PhD Programs. UTMB PREP is designed to immerse students in a top tier research environment coupled with multi-level mentoring and academic skills activities to enhance scholars’ competitiveness for graduate school. If you are nearing or have recently completed your bachelor’s degree and desire a PhD in biomedical sciences, UTMB PREP could be for you!

Applications open now!

Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) - Certificate Program

This certificate program is for academically talented post-baccalaureate individuals in the sciences who are highly motivated to pursue a PhD and desire additional research experience and career skills training prior to applying to PhD programs. It is designed to immerse students in a top tier research environment coupled with multi-level mentoring and academic skills activities to enhance scholar’s competitiveness for graduate school. Scholars must have completed their BS degree less than 3 years before entering this certificate program.

Application Deadline: April 22, 2024

 NCIRD Public Health Internship Program

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the major agencies and operations
component of the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC works to protect America from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable, or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same. The mission of the NCIRD is the prevention of disease, disability, and death through immunization and by control of respiratory and related diseases...

Application Deadline: April 26, 2024

Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN)

The goal of the Simons Foundation’s Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program is to spark and sustain interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students whose backgrounds and experiences are underrepresented in science. SURFiN provides funds for paid research assistantships for undergraduate students living near participating laboratories in the U.S., Canada, and Europe that are supported by the Simons Foundation’s Autism and Neuroscience division. SURFiN undergraduate fellows will gain hands-on in-person research experience during the 2024–2025 academic year with direct mentorship, typically from early-career scientists, such as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

Application Deadline: May 1, 2024

Summer Bridge(s) Graduate Pipeline Programs

The Office of Online Education and Expanded Programs offers a 5-week summer program that is built to expose motivated undergraduate juniors and seniors and post baccalaureates to the field of health informatics, biotechnology, medical cannabis therapeutics, and Justice-Involved Care.

We offer four tracks: Bridges to Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship, Bridge to Health Informatics, Bridge to Justice-Involved Care, and Bridge to Medical Cannabis Therapeutics with virtual learning formats and synchronous meetings. Participants who successfully complete this 5-week summer program will receive a stipend and guaranteed admission into the 14-month online Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI), the 1-year online Master of Science in Biotechnology (MSBT),  the 1-year online Master of Science in Biotechnology with a concentration in Medical Cannabis Therapeutics (MSBT-MCT) program, and the 1-year Master of Administration in Justice-Involved Care (MAJIC) along with a scholarship.

Application Deadline: May 5, 2024

Zintellect

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (NM-LEEP) matches entrepreneurs with seed capital, a large network of mentors, customers, and investors and the unique expertise and resources of Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia). Sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratory in partnership with Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, National Institute of Standards and Technology – Manufacturing Extension Partnership and US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, New Mexico LEEP provides a tailored business curriculum, technical support, and unique national lab expertise and facilities with the goal of commercializing critical deeptech innovations that impact our national security in the clean energy, biotech, advanced materials, Al and advanced computing, and space sectors.

Application Deadline: May 7, 2024

ReelDX Summer Internship

ReelDX is offering a pre-med Summer Internship. A 3-month commitment where students are asked to work remote for at minimum 5 hours per week. 

Application Deadline: May 10, 2024

UCAR Next Generation Fellowship

The UCAR Next Generation graduate Fellowship is a prestigious, multi-faceted opportunity to explore the interplay between the areas of scientific researchdiversity and inclusion, and public policy within the field of Earth Systems Science. Fellows engage with, and learn from UCAR’s leaders in these three arenas while participating in dedicated professional development and leadership training opportunities.

Application Deadline: May 31, 2024


Zintellect

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (NM-LEEP) matches entrepreneurs with seed capital, a large network of mentors, customers, and investors and the unique expertise and resources of Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia). Sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratory in partnership with Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, National Institute of Standards and Technology – Manufacturing Extension Partnership and US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, New Mexico LEEP provides a tailored business curriculum, technical support, and unique national lab expertise and facilities with the goal of commercializing critical deeptech innovations that impact our national security in the clean energy, biotech, advanced materials, Al and advanced computing, and space sectors.

Application Deadline: May 7, 2024

UCAR Next Generation Fellowship

The UCAR Next Generation graduate Fellowship is a prestigious, multi-faceted opportunity to explore the interplay between the areas of scientific researchdiversity and inclusion, and public policy within the field of Earth Systems Science. Fellows engage with, and learn from UCAR’s leaders in these three arenas while participating in dedicated professional development and leadership training opportunities.

Application Deadline: May 31, 2024

Community Engaged Internship (CEI) - Sea Grant

Sea Grant's Community Engaged Internship (CEI) aims to broaden pariticipation in coastal, ocean and marine sciences by offering paid internships to students from under-resourced, underrepresented and/or indigenous and tribal populations. The CEI is a national program partnering with Sea Grant at colleges and universities in all coastal states.

Applications for Fall are open now!

The goal of the Simons Foundation’s Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program is to spark and sustain interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students whose backgrounds and experiences are underrepresented in science. SURFiN provides funds for paid research assistantships for undergraduate students living near participating laboratories in the U.S., Canada, and Europe that are supported by the Simons Foundation’s Autism and Neuroscience division. SURFiN undergraduate fellows will gain hands-on in-person research experience during the 2024–2025 academic year with direct mentorship, typically from early-career scientists, such as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

Application Deadline: May 1, 2024

NCIRD Public Health Internship Program

CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease (NCIRD) Public Health Internship Program offers unique and exceptional educational training, research, and professional development opportunities for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). Interns will engage with CDC subject matter experts and receive on-the-job training that can assist them, especially if they choose to seek and attain public health careers that help to promote health, prevent diseases, and empower members of their community to live healthier lives.

Application Deadline: April 26, 2024

NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab)

Multiple openings for various internship opportunities in the National Renewable Energy Lab

Application Deadlines Vary

Zintellect

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (NM-LEEP) matches entrepreneurs with seed capital, a large network of mentors, customers, and investors and the unique expertise and resources of Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia). Sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratory in partnership with Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, National Institute of Standards and Technology – Manufacturing Extension Partnership and US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, New Mexico LEEP provides a tailored business curriculum, technical support, and unique national lab expertise and facilities with the goal of commercializing critical deeptech innovations that impact our national security in the clean energy, biotech, advanced materials, Al and advanced computing, and space sectors.

Application Deadline: May 7, 2024

UCAR Next Generation Fellowship

The UCAR Next Generation graduate Fellowship is a prestigious, multi-faceted opportunity to explore the interplay between the areas of scientific researchdiversity and inclusion, and public policy within the field of Earth Systems Science. Fellows engage with, and learn from UCAR’s leaders in these three arenas while participating in dedicated professional development and leadership training opportunities.

Application Deadline: May 31, 2024



 Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) - UTMB Health

The UTMB PREP program is for academically talented post-baccalaureate individuals from groups underrepresented in the sciences who are highly motivated to pursue a PhD and desire additional research experience and career skills training prior to applying to PhD Programs. UTMB PREP is designed to immerse students in a top tier research environment coupled with multi-level mentoring and academic skills activities to enhance scholars’ competitiveness for graduate school. If you are nearing or have recently completed your bachelor’s degree and desire a PhD in biomedical sciences, UTMB PREP could be for you!

Applications open now!

Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN)

The goal of the Simons Foundation’s Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program is to spark and sustain interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students whose backgrounds and experiences are underrepresented in science. SURFiN provides funds for paid research assistantships for undergraduate students living near participating laboratories in the U.S., Canada, and Europe that are supported by the Simons Foundation’s Autism and Neuroscience division. SURFiN undergraduate fellows will gain hands-on in-person research experience during the 2024–2025 academic year with direct mentorship, typically from early-career scientists, such as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

Application Deadline: May 1, 2024

Zintellect

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (NM-LEEP) matches entrepreneurs with seed capital, a large network of mentors, customers, and investors and the unique expertise and resources of Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia). Sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratory in partnership with Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, National Institute of Standards and Technology – Manufacturing Extension Partnership and US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, New Mexico LEEP provides a tailored business curriculum, technical support, and unique national lab expertise and facilities with the goal of commercializing critical deeptech innovations that impact our national security in the clean energy, biotech, advanced materials, Al and advanced computing, and space sectors.

Application Deadline: May 7, 2024

UCAR Next Generation Fellowship

The UCAR Next Generation graduate Fellowship is a prestigious, multi-faceted opportunity to explore the interplay between the areas of scientific researchdiversity and inclusion, and public policy within the field of Earth Systems Science. Fellows engage with, and learn from UCAR’s leaders in these three arenas while participating in dedicated professional development and leadership training opportunities.

Application Deadline: May 31, 2024

Plasma Physics and Engineering Internship - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Participants will conduct research this summer with plasma/fusion scientists from undergraduate institutions throughout the US (universities, colleges, and other educational research institutions). 

Application Open: March 2024

Community College Internship - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

The Community College Internship (CCI) program at PPPL is for students interested in technical careers relevant to plasma physics and fusion energy research. Students perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting PPPL’s research and participate in the Intro to Plasma and Fusion course hosted by PPPL. 

Fall 2024 Application Open: March 2024

Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program at PPPL is for undergraduates interested in performing plasma physics and fusion energy research. Students perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting PPPL’s research and participate in the Intro to Plasma and Fusion course hosted by PPPL.

Fall 2024 Application Open: March 2024

U.S. Quantum Information Science Summer School

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will host the second US QIS Summer School facilitated by the US Department of Energy National Quantum Information Science Research Centers from July 15 to 26, 2024.

The summer school is an in-residence learning experience for outstanding graduate and undergraduate students and early-career scientists seeking hands-on experience with quantum science and technology in a laboratory setting. The curriculum will be taught at a graduate level.

Applications open now!

Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) - UTMB Health

 The UTMB PREP program is for academically talented post-baccalaureate individuals from groups underrepresented in the sciences who are highly motivated to pursue a PhD and desire additional research experience and career skills training prior to applying to PhD Programs. UTMB PREP is designed to immerse students in a top tier research environment coupled with multi-level mentoring and academic skills activities to enhance scholars’ competitiveness for graduate school. If you are nearing or have recently completed your bachelor’s degree and desire a PhD in biomedical sciences, UTMB PREP could be for you!

Applications open now!

Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN)

The goal of the Simons Foundation’s Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program is to spark and sustain interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students whose backgrounds and experiences are underrepresented in science. SURFiN provides funds for paid research assistantships for undergraduate students living near participating laboratories in the U.S., Canada, and Europe that are supported by the Simons Foundation’s Autism and Neuroscience division. SURFiN undergraduate fellows will gain hands-on in-person research experience during the 2024–2025 academic year with direct mentorship, typically from early-career scientists, such as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

Application Deadline: May 1, 2024

Zintellect

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (NM-LEEP) matches entrepreneurs with seed capital, a large network of mentors, customers, and investors and the unique expertise and resources of Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia). Sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratory in partnership with Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, National Institute of Standards and Technology – Manufacturing Extension Partnership and US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, New Mexico LEEP provides a tailored business curriculum, technical support, and unique national lab expertise and facilities with the goal of commercializing critical deeptech innovations that impact our national security in the clean energy, biotech, advanced materials, Al and advanced computing, and space sectors.

Application Deadline: May 7, 2024

UCAR Next Generation Fellowship

The UCAR Next Generation graduate Fellowship is a prestigious, multi-faceted opportunity to explore the interplay between the areas of scientific researchdiversity and inclusion, and public policy within the field of Earth Systems Science. Fellows engage with, and learn from UCAR’s leaders in these three arenas while participating in dedicated professional development and leadership training opportunities.

Application Deadline: May 31, 2024