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External Summer Research and Internship Opportunities in Chemistry
CSB/SJU Undergraduate Research Program - Academic Year and Summer
We have a very active program of research in several areas, both in the summer and through the academic year. Click here for brief descriptions of projects. Applications for summer 2007 will be available in February.
Chemistry & Materials Science
NSF/REU Programs - Sponsored by National Science Foundation. At various institutions around the country and international sites (see second link). International REU sites will sometimes hire graduated seniors. Probably the largest single list of research opportunities available.
Recent participants: Justin Wilkes ‘06, Jennifer Webber ‘06 Erica Layer ’05 Ben Steil ‘00
National Institute of Standards & Technology - materials science and engineering
IBM-Almaden Program in Materials Science - Recent participant: Matt Nugent '00; sophomores encouraged.
University of Minnesota Lando Program - Recent participants: Saul McBroom '98, Matt Hiemenz '03 Noah Retka ‘05
University of Akron, College of Polymer Science - another area with very high employment rates. $6000 summer stipend!
Health-Related Research
University of Minnesota LSSURP Program - Recent participants: Alissa Carrow ‘06
NIH Summer Internships - National Institutes of Health. Recent participant: Trish Valusek '97, Laura Bruzek '00, Jake Jedynak '00
Cancer Research at Eppley Institute - Recent participants: Shawn Alderman '99, Francis Insaidoo '99
Research at Mayo Clinic Recent participants: Carissa Dege ’06, Steve Henle ’05 Andrea Meuleners ‘05
Biomedical Research at Medical College of Wisconsin -will consider applications from first year students - rare opportunity!
University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School - Recent participant: Laura Bruzek '00
University of Kansas, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department - Recent participants: Nikki Tuma '01, Aaron Mohs '02
University of Iowa, Medical Scientist Training Program- Current MD-PhD student: Dan Ferraro '00
Energy, Environment, Planetary Science
National Labs -Los Alamos, Sandia, Lawrence Livermore - semester and summer programs:
Department of Energy- about a dozen sites around the country; research in energy and the environment.
Ames Laboratory - Recent Participant: Ryan Olson '00
Argonne National Lab - research in areas related to energy and the environment:
Nuclear Chemistry Internships - Recent participants: Brooke Kraft ‘06
NASA - Goddard Space Center - Recent participants: Dan Besemann '97, Alexis Brunner '97
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute - Recent participant: Chris Brueske '00
Related Corporate Internship Opportunities:
The great big ACS Directory of Undergraduate Internship Experiences (have you joined ACS yet?!!!)
Ecolab - Recent participant: Gina Fasching ’04 Jessica Schommer '02
3M - Recent participant: Minh Ha '02