Co-op/Internship Opportunities
for 2009
for
High
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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK (2008) Scholarship and Internship Opportunities - Scroll down to ANTHC Summer Internship for "approximately 25 high school and undergraduate students and graduate students who are Alaska Native or American Indian permanent Alaskan residents" - contact information at bottom of this site
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (2008) Summer Science for Seniors Program - "Students from any school in the Houston area are eligible for the program"
Baylor University, Waco, TX (2008) High School Summer Science Research Program "Applications will be accepted for the 2008 program beginning December 1, 2007 and are due by March 5, 2008"
Berry Botanic Garden, Portland, OR (2009) Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering (ASE) Program - "Each summer, The Berry Botanic Garden selects one or more high school students " -
Boston University, Boston, MA (2008) High School Honors Program
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY (2008) Garden Apprentice Program for High School Students - not sure if this is a paid position
Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA (2009) "Information for next summer's program will be posted on the website in January 2009 " - High School Student Internships "Requirements: Marin County High School Student with priority given to juniors and seniors "
Cardiopulmonary
Research Science and Technology Institute, Dallas, TX (2008)
Student Intern Research
Program
Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Camen, NJ (2009) "Positions are available each summer..... Summer Internships
Cornell University, Nanobiotechnology Center, Ithaca, NY (2008) Summer Internship Program for High School Students
Cornell University, Plant Genome Research Program, Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY (2008) Application is for 2008 Summer Research Internship - scroll down to High School Summer Internships
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (2008) High School Summer Research Internship Program
Duke University, Durham, NC (2008) Howard Hughes Precollege Program in the Biological Sciences for juniors and seniors from Durham and Orange County (NC) schools and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (2008) Public Health summer Research Apprenticeship Program Boston residency or attendance of a Boston city school is required.
Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianopolis, IN (2008) Summer Student Internship Program "Preference will be given to college undergraduate and graduate students, but high school students (seniors) can also apply"
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL (2008) Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge (SPARK) "Students are eligible the summer before their senior year in high school until they graduate from college."
Human BioMolecular Research Institute, San Diego, CA (2008) High School Summer Internships - not sure if this is a paid opportunity
Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN (2008) Summer Research Program
Iowa State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ames, IA (2008) George Washington Carver (GWC) Internship Program
J. Craig Venter Institute [a merger of The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG)], Rockville, MD (2008) Internship Program
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (2008) High School Student Research Participation Program
Magee Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (2008) Summer Internship Program for High School Students
Maine Space Grant Consortium, Augusta, ME (2008) Maine Research Internships for Teachers and Students (MERITS) - scroll down to Summer 2008 Program is now open for High School Students!! - not sure if this is a paid opportunity
Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, NY (2008) Summer Fellowship Program - "Exceptionally talented gifted high school students will also be considered for the program"
MD Anderson Cancer Center, School of Health Sciences, Houston, TX (2008) The Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation 45th Annual High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences
Medical College of Wisconsin, Multicultural Student Affairs, Milwaukee, WI - (2008) scroll down to High School Programs - Apprenticeship In Medicine (AIM)
Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL (2008) Public Horticulture Internship (description, application) "life sciences area, including Biology, Environmental Science or Ecology"
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME (2008) High School Research Fellowships
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH (2008) Lewis' Educational and Research Collaborative Internship Program - scroll down to High School Program - not sure this is a paid internship
National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD (2008) Werner H. Kirsten Student Intern Program
National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (2009)
"The application
for the 2009 summer program will open mid-November
2008." Research
Training Programs for High School Students
National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD (2009) "The application for the 2009 summer program will open mid-November 2008." Summer Internships
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Bethesda, MD (2009) "The application for the 2009 summer program will open mid-November 2008" Summer Student Program "...for students sixteen years of age or older who are currently enrolled at least half-time in high school or an accredited U.S. college or university. Students who have been accepted into a college or university program may also apply"
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC (2009) "The application for the 2009 summer program will open mid-November 2008" Summers of Discovery "..given to outstanding high school, ....students interested in pursuing careers in the biomedical/ biological sciences"
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD (2009) - "The application for the 2009 summer program will open mid-November 2008." Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences "a unique opportunity for academically talented high-school, ...students "
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (2009) "The application for the 2009 summer program will open mid-November 2008." High School Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (more details)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Biotechnology Activities, Bethesda, MD (2008) SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (scroll down)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD (directions) (2008) Summer Internship Program (news release) (PDF version) "for students 16 years of age or older who are enrolled at least half-time in high school, have finished high school, or are attending an accredited U.S. college or university"
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD (2008) Summer Research with NIDA for Underrepresented Minority Students
North Shore Long Island Research Institute, Manhasset, NY (2008) Academic Programs - scroll down to Student Internship Program - not sure if this is a paid opportunity
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA (2008) High School Summer Internship
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA (2008) 2008 High School Marine Education Internship (for high school juniors and seniors)
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY (2008) Summer Opportunities for High School Students
Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, San Diego, CA (2008) High School Summer Enrichment Program for students from the San Diego area
San Diego Zoo, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, San Diego, CA (2008) Job Opportunities Scroll down to Summer Internships for High School & College Students in the Education Department - "Positions are usually posted online around March of each year"
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (2008) High School Student Research Education Program for enrolled in their junior or senior years in a high school in San Diego County - "Applications for 2008 will be posted in January"
Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Clinical Immunology, Stanford, CA (2008) CCIS/ITI Summer Student Intern Program for Bay Area high school students interested in biology.
State University of New York College at Oneonta, Biological Field Station, Cooperstown, NY (2008) - Internships Available for High School & College Students
The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA (2008) Summer Internship third paragraph under The Scientific Scholars Program includes the following components: - "The Summer Internship offers an eight-week paid internship, during which students are paired with Forsyth researchers as mentors." - Application for 2008
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (2008) High School Internship Program (during school year, September-May)
The Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, CA (2008) Genomic Biology Internship Program for High School Students
Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ (2008) TGen Summer Internship Program - be enrolled in an Arizona accredited high school
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Center for Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD - (2008) - High School Summer Internship Program
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C. (and many other locations) (2008) Summer Intern Program
University of California Davis Health System, Department of Pathology, Sacramento, CA (2008) 2008 application - Edmondson Fellowship Summer Program
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT - (2008) High School Student Research Apprentice Program
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT - (2008) Pre-college Enrichment Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry, Comprehensive Center for Inflammatory Disorders, Chapel Hill, NC (2008) Research Opportunities for High School Students
U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC (2008) Student Educational Employment Program
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (2008) Research Internship Program
Whitney Laboratory, St. Augustine, FL (2008) Pre-collegiate Program, For information, contact Jessica Roberts-Misterly, (jessica@whitney.ufl.edu), Education Coordinator at the Whitney Laboratory
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA (2008) High School programs - scroll down to 2008 Summer Fellowship Program in Biomedical Research for High School Students Sponsored by the Hassel Foundation & GlaxoSmithKline June 23 - August 15