Internships

Time Sensitive Deadlines

Summer Program for MS students:

The Northrop Grumman Summer Engineering Camp (application due 5/1)

A two-week camp in which students explore aerospace, electrical, civil and mechanical engineering with hands-on activities such as rockets, circuits, bridges, and robots. Students also explore computer science by learning to create video games and write apps. Northrop Grumman Summer Engineering Camp (previously Viterbi Summer Engineering camp and the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp) serves 32 students each year and has been a part of USC Viterbi for over 10 years.

For more information go to:

https://viterbipk12.usc.edu/camp/

Summer Program for HS students:

EXPLORE (application due 4/16)

Externships Providing Leadership Opportunities in Research and Education (EXPLORE) Program matches gifted and advanced high school students with distinguished mentors, hands-on research opportunities, and professional experience in their field of interest. With the support and guidance of volunteer mentors and IEA staff, students learn about working in a variety of professional settings and advance their skills through the pursuit of knowledge and exposure to optimally challenging learning experiences. Students not only experience growth intellectually and personally, but are able to make pertinent and lasting connections with their mentors and like-minded peers.

For more information go to:

https://educationaladvancement.org/programs/iea-explore/

The Annenberg Youth Academy (application due 3/16)

The Annenberg Youth Academy for Media and Civic Engagement is a four-week summer intensive academy for 26 talented high school students from the communities surrounding the USC University Park and Health Science Campuses. Students are exposed to the equivalent of first-year college level courses and develop a rich conceptual understanding and practice of the necessary role that media communications and journalism play in fashioning civic-minded thought leaders and innovators.

For more information go to:

https://annenberg.usc.edu/research/idea/annenberg-youth-academy/annenberg-youth-academy-media-and-civic-engagement

Mission Engineering at USC (application due May 1)

Spend two weeks this July exploring various disciplines offered in engineering, including aerospace, biomedical, civil, computer science, and mechanical engineering. Gain engineering skills by designing, building, and testing team-oriented, hands-on projects. Mission Engineering has been a part of USC Viterbi for 11 years.

For more information go to:

https://viterbipk12.usc.edu/missionengineering/

Girls Who Code (application due Feb 16)

The Summer Immersion Program is a FREE 7-week summer program for 10th–11th grade girls (rising juniors and seniors) to learn computer science, gain exposure to tech jobs, and join a supportive sisterhood of thousands of girls across the US! The Summer Immersion Program is an introductory Computer Science course, and no previous experience is required. We welcome all eligible applicants who have an interest in technology and a willingness to learn!

For more information go to:

https://girlswhocode.fluidreview.com/

Internships and Summer Camps

STANFORD MEDICAL YOUTH SCIENCE PROGRAM (SMYSP)

http://smysp.stanford.edu/education/summerPrograms.html

STANFORD SPLASH!

www.stanfordesp.org

STANFORD unpaid internships for high school students

https://oso.stanford.edu/programs/111-unpaid-internships-for-high-school-students

Brown University, Providence, RI: Summer@Brown

http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Continuing_Studies/pc/index.php

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Disease Detective Camp

(tuition-free; non-residential; rising junior and seniors)

http://www.cdc.gov/gcc/exhibit/camp.htm

The Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project

http://clylp.org/programs/

Childrens Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA: Summer Research Program

http://www.chori.org/Education/Summer_Internship_Program/summer_internship.html

City of Hope, Duarte, CA: Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy

(high school and undergraduate students; generous stipend, but no housing provided)

http://www.cityofhope.org/education/summer-student-academy/Pages/default.aspx

Clark University, Worcester, MA: Summer Science Program (tuition-free)

http://www.clarku.edu/admissions/specialprograms/summerscienceprogram/index.cfm

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: Telluride Association Summer Programs for High School Students

http://www.tellurideassociation.org/default.html

Duke University, Durham, NC: Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP)

(programs from 4th to 12th grade; financial aid may be available)

http://www.tip.duke.edu/index.html

Foothill College, Los Altos, CA: STEM Summer Camp

(program for women and under-represented students who are currently sophomores, juniors, and seniors; tuition-free)

http://www.foothill.edu/sli/STEM_summer_camps.html

George Washington University, Washington, DC: Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program

http://www.usaeop.com/programs/SEAP/index.htm

Health Jobs Start Here, California: Internships & Volunteering (list of various medical internships and volunteer opportunities throughout California)

http://www.healthjobsstarthere.com/resources/experience/find

InnerSpark, Sacramento, CA: California State Summer School for the Arts

http://www.csssa.org/home.html

Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons, Washington, DC: National Hispanic Youth Initiative

(stipend and program-related expenses paid)

http://www.icps.org/Default.aspx?tabid=2078

Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, Baltimore, MD: Summer Programs

http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/grades7above.html

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA: Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science Program (MITES)

(tuition-free; rising seniors)

http://web.mit.edu/mites/MITES_Home.html

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA: Research Science Institute

http://www.cee.org/rsi/index.shtml

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA: Women’s Technology Program

http://wtp.mit.edu/

Mentoring in Medicine and Science, Oakland, CA: Medical Immersion Summer Academy

(non-residential, fee-based)

http://misahealth.org/misa/

Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI: Summer Youth Program

http://youthprograms.mtu.edu/

Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA: Coca-Cola Pre-College Leadership Program

(residential; male sophomore and junior students or seniors who are applying to Morehouse)

http://www.morehouse.edu/centers/leadershipcenter/ccleadership.html

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD: The National Space Club Scholars Program

(non-residential; sophomores only)

http://www.spaceclub.org/scholars.html

National Institute on Drug Abuse: 2008 Summer Research with NIDA

(minority high school and undergraduate students)

http://www.nida.nih.gov/PDF/SPOSummer.pdf

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease’s (NIDDK): Short-term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) (sophomore, junior and seniors)

http://stepup.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC: The Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces

http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/research_scholar.html

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA)

http://www.ledascholars.org/

QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship (providing scholarships to various summer programs)

http://www.questbridge.org/access/collegepreptext/

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY: Biology & Biotechnology Paid Co-op/Internships

(NOTE: this contains a detailed list of many internship opportunities, including some for high school students)

http://people.rit.edu/gtfsbi/Symp/summer.htm

Smith College, Northampton, MA: Smith College Summer Science & Engineering Program (for girls)

http://www.smith.edu/summerprograms/ssep/

Spelman College, Atlanta, GA: Howard Hughes Biomedical Summer Science Program

(for rising senior high school females)

http://www.spelman.edu/academics/programs/biology/howardhughes_summer.shtml

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center: Youth Opportunity Program

(summer internship employment)

http://www-public.slac.stanford.edu/hr/jobs/YopProgram.asp?catid=0200

Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Asian Liver Center Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) on Asian and Pacific Islander Health

(residential program)

http://liver.stanford.edu/YLC/

Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Office of Science Outreach

(list of science-based outreach programs at Stanford University)

http://oso.stanford.edu/

Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Stanford Medical Youth Science Program

(tuition-free residential program for low-income sophomore and junior high-school students)

http://smysp.stanford.edu/

Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Summer Math and Science Honors Academy (SMASH)

(tuition-free residential program for high achieving, low-income high-school students of color)

http://www.lpfi.org/smash

Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Summer Residential Camps

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/hds/scs/youth/

Stanford University Center for Clinical Immunology (CCIS), Stanford, CA: Stanford Institutes of Medical Research (SIMR) Summer Internship Program

http://ccis.stanford.edu/

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX: Clark Summers Program

http://www.clarkscholars.ttu.edu/home.htm

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD: Meyerhoff Scholars Program (high school seniors interested in pursuing Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degrees in STEM fields)

http://www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff/

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Pursuit of High Education (PoHE) sponsored by the Hmong Student Association at Berkeley (free residential program open to all high schools students with an emphasis on the Hmong student population)

http://hsab.berkeley.edu/?page_id=119

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: Summer Math and Science Honors Academy (SMASH) (free residential program for high achieving, low-income high-school students of color)

http://www.lpfi.org/smash

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA: Summer Sessions and Special Programs

http://www.summer.ucla.edu/Institutes/GeneralInfo/highschool.htm

University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA: Summer Programs

http://summerprograms.ucsd.edu/

University of Houston, Houston, TX: Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES)

http://www.egr.uh.edu/promes/?e=camps

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: GEMS – Girls Engaged in Math and Science

http://gems.ncsa.uiuc.edu/index.html

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI: Telluride Association Summer Programs for High School Students

http://www.tellurideassociation.org/default.html

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA: Summer & Special Programs

http://www.usc.edu/dept/admissions/programs/summer//

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada: Faculty of Medicine's Youth Summer Program (MED YSP)

http://www.ysp.utoronto.ca/medicine

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY: Summer High School Institute

http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/provost/hsi/

University of Southern Florida Area Health Education Center (USF AHEC), Tampa, FL: Health Professions Summer Academy (residential program for local junior and senior students; minority and underrepresented students highly encouraged to apply)

http://health.usf.edu/ahec/HighSchool/Students-summeracademy.htm

USDA Agricultural Research Service: Summer Internships and Research Apprenticeships

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Careers/Careers.htm?docid=5927&modecode=53-25-00-00&page=2

YouSTEM for San Francisco Bay Area: Local opportunities for K-12 students in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (K-12 resource list)

http://youstem.org/main/discover/

PROGRAMS COLLEGES (UNDERGRAD AND GRAD)

Childrens Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA: Summer Research Program

http://www.chori.org/Education/Summer_Internship_Program/summer_internship.html

George Washington University, Washington, DC: Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program

http://www.usaeop.com/programs/SEAP/index.htm

Harvard Medical School: Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program (10-week paid undergraduate internship with housing provided for out-of-area participants)

http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1105067856139-273/2014+Harvard+Medical+School+internship+ad-1.pdf

Health Jobs Start Here, California: Internships & Volunteering (list of various medical internships and volunteer opportunities throughout California)

http://www.healthjobsstarthere.com/resources/experience/find

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation/Howard University, Washington, DC: Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program (undergraduate seniors or recent graduates)

http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/bjscholars/index.cfm

Institute for Responsible Citizenship (African American male sophomore)

http://www.i4rc.org/announcement.htm

Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons, Washington, DC: National Hispanic Youth Initiative (stipend and program-related expenses paid)

http://www.icps.org/Default.aspx?tabid=2078

The Latin American School of Medicine: Medical School Scholarship Program

http://www.ifconews.org/MedicalSchool/main.htm

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Summer Fellowships (graduate)

http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/2637.cfm

My HealthCareer Navigator: Internships (a resource list for undergraduate and graduate students)

http://myhealthcareernavigator.com/page/internships

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Summer Research with NIDA (minority high school and undergraduate students)

http://www.nida.nih.gov/PDF/SPOSummer.pdf

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease’s (NIDDK): Short-term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) (sophomore, junior and seniors)

http://stepup.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY: Biology & Biotechnology Paid Co-op/Internships

(NOTE: this contains a detailed list of many internship opportunities at colleges across the United States)

http://people.rit.edu/gtfsbi/Symp/summer.htm

Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Office of Science Outreach (list of science-based outreach programs at Stanford University)

http://oso.stanford.edu/

Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Stanford Summer Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)(residential program for undergraduate students)

http://coe.stanford.edu/pre-med/sshcop.html

Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Stanford Summer Research Program/Amgen Scholars Program (SSRP) (residential program for undergraduate students)

http://ssrp.stanford.edu/

Stanford University, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance (SUMMA) (pre-medical conference)

http://summa.stanford.edu/

Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) (at various colleges for freshman and sophomore college students)

http://www.smdep.org/

Summer Opportunities for ALANA Undergraduate Students (African American, Latino/a, Asian American and Native American undergraduates)

http://www.doorsofopportunity.org/

University of Maryland, College Park, MD: Women in Engineering Leadership Enhancement, Application and Design (LEAD) Academies (females and males; juniors and seniors)

http://www.wie.umd.edu/precollege/lead.html

University of Maryland, College Park, MD: Youth Scholars Program (rising juniors and seniors)

http://oes.umd.edu/s/ysp/

University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, College Park, MD: Summer Research Initiative (rising juniors and seniors)

http://www.bsos.umd.edu/dean/summer.html

University of Georgia Graduate School, Athens, GA: Summer Undergraduate Research Program(under-represented undergraduate students)

http://www.grad.uga.edu/outreach&diversity/surp.html

USDA Agricultural Research Service: Summer Internships and Research Apprenticeships

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Careers/Careers.htm?docid=5927&modecode=53-25-00-00&page=2

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