The Office of Science / Office of
Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) is pleased to
announce that it is accepting applications to its 2015 Summer Term
internship/fellowship programs. These programs, which offer
opportunities for direct engagement in scientific research and
technology featuring specialized instrumentation; large-scale,
multidisciplinary efforts; and/or scientific user facilities, are
available for undergraduate students enrolled at community colleges
and/or four-year institutions, and for visiting faculty. Selected
students or faculty participate at one of 17 DOE
Laboratories/Facilities, receive stipends, and may qualify for travel
and housing assistance.
Applications
for these competitive programs must be completed and submitted online
by 5:00 PM ET on January 9, 2015 (including all required application
materials and recommendations). The 2015 Summer Term placements are for
10 weeks duration in a May to August timeframe.
The three programs accepting applications are:
·The
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program encourages
undergraduate students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences, under the
guidance of laboratory/facility staff scientists or engineers, on
projects supporting the DOE mission. More information about SULI and
access to the online application is at http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/.
·The
Community College Internship (CCI) program encourages community college
students to enter technical careers relevant to the DOE mission by
providing technical training experiences at the DOE Labs. Students work
on technologies or instrumentation projects or major research
facilities related to ongoing R&D programs. More information about
CCI and access to the online application is at http://science.energy.gov/wdts/cci/.
·The
Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) seeks to increase the research
competitiveness of faculty members and their students at institutions
historically underrepresented in the research community in order to
expand the workforce vital to the DOE mission areas. In this program,
selected university/college faculty members collaborate with DOE
laboratory research staff on a research project of mutual interest.
Faculty member participants may invite up to two students (one of which
may be a graduate student) to participate in the research project.
Applicants establish their collaborations with laboratory research staff
in advance of applying and must submit a co-developed research proposal
as part of the application. Students apply separately at the invitation
of the faculty member. More information about the VFP and access to the
online application is at http://science.energy.gov/wdts/vfp/.
The
SULI, CCI and VFP programs are sponsored and managed by the DOE Office
of Science / Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and
Scientists. The Department of Energy's Office of Science is the single
largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the
United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing
challenges of our time.
