Fermilab Summer Internships in Science and Technology, Deadline: February 19, 2010

The Summer Internships in Science and Technology (SIST) program focuses on giving opportunities in science and technology to undergraduate college students currently enrolled in four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Internships are offered to students majoring in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. These internships offer a chance for approximately fifteen college students to work with Fermilab scientists or engineers on a project within the context of laboratory research.

The SIST program provides the opportunity to work with scientists and engineers at the nation's pre-eminent high energy physics laboratory. There is no "busy work" here -- here is your chance to dig in to an exciting project and make real contributions towards furthering our understanding of the universe!

The twelve-week program consists of a work assignment, an academic lecture series, and a final report that the intern presents orally to the Fermilab staff and submits to the Laboratory in writing. (Check out the presentations and papers from 2009, 2008 and 2007.) There are no grades or quizzes. The SIST Committee will follow the intern's progress to help ensure his/her maximum benefit from the program.

This 12 week program offers competitive pay, furnished apartments, rental cars, and more which is detailed in the Fact Sheet. This year the program runs from May 19th through August 6th.

The SIST program is open to undergraduates currently enrolled in four-year colleges and universities in the United States.

Internships are offered to students majoring in Physics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. The program can accept only U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and foreign nationals holding pre- or post-graduation OPT.

To apply to the program download and complete the application form and upload the data to the SIST server (complete instructions are included in the form). Please download the application here.

You will also need to arrange to have two letters of recommendation and an official transcript submitted before your application is considered to be complete.

Top applicants will be contacted for a phone or videoconference interview the first week of March and our finalists will be notified on Friday March 5th 2010.