Co-op/Internship Opportunities
for 2010
for
High School Students
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Organizations listed below that have already updated their sites for 2010, or offer opportunities on an annual basis will be indicated by a (2010) after the co-op link. You are welcome to look at the 2009 details still listed for organizations that have not updated yet. Check back frequently for 2010 updates that will be posted as they become available.

To view information for any organization listed below:
a. Point and click with your mouse on the organization's homepage link to go to its homepage (for a university or college, you might want to go further to the homepage of the sponsoring department or program at that university or college, if it is not already the "homepage" link that is provided here).
b. Point and click with your mouse on program description to get the details for the internship offered by that organization or to the website from which you can then access the co-op/internship/research postings

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK (2009) scroll down to ANTHC Summer Internship Program - "ANTHC Education and Development department awards nine-week paid summer internships to approximately twenty-five (25) high school and undergraduate students who are Alaska Native or American Indian permanent Alaskan residents" - "...providing work experience in a range of medical professions..."

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (2009) Summer Science for Seniors Program - "Students from any school in the Houston area are eligible for the program"

Baylor University, Waco, TX (2010) High School Summer Science Research Program - "Please be sure to visit our website on December 15, 2009 for updated information about the 2010 program."

Berry Botanic Garden, Portland, OR (2010) Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering (ASE) Program - "The Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering (ASE) Program offers paid internships! Each summer, The Berry Botanic Garden selects one or more high school students from their pool of applicants to work with the Conservation Program. Join us for computer, laboratory and field research."

Boston University, Boston, MA (2010) High School Honors Program - "Please be sure to visit our website on December 15, 2009 for updated information about the 2010 program." - not sure if this is a paid program

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY - co-op (2010) Horticulture Internships

Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA - co-op (2009) High school student must be residing in Marin County, CA

Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute, Dallas, TX (2009) Student Intern Research Program

City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA - (2009) Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy - "City of Hope welcomes high school and college students who meet the following criteria: • Students must be at least 16 years old. • Students should have completed high school courses in chemistry and biology"

Cornell University, Nanobiotechnology Center, Ithaca, NY (2009) Summer Internship Program for High School Students

Cornell University, Plant Genome Research Program, Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY (2010) Summer Research Internship - "Select local High School students also participate in a similar internship program for 6-8 weeks." - "Online Application Materials for "2010 Summer Internships in Plant Biology" will be available here November 2, 2009."

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Initiative to Eliminate Cancer Disparities, Boston, MA (2010) The Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) - must be be a Massachusetts resident or attend an institution (high school or college) in Massachusetts - "Please check back after December 1, 2009 for next year's application" -

Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (2010) High School Summer Research Internship Program

Duke University, Durham, NC (2010) 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 (2009) Public Health Summer Research Apprenticeship Program Boston residency or attendance of a Boston city school is required.

Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN (2010) Summer Student Internship Program "Preference will be given to college undergraduate and graduate students, but high school students (seniors) can also apply"

Human BioMolecular Research Institute, San Diego, CA (2010) High School Summer Internships - not sure if this is a paid opportunity - "We will begin accepting applications for our 2010 summer program in the Spring of 2010"

Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN (2009) Summer Research Program

Iowa State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ames, IA (2009) 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 (2009) Internship Program

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (2010) Berkeley Lab Internships for Precollegiate Scholars - A high school junior in the 2009-2010 academic year.. Attending school in one of these San Francisco Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma

Magee Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (2010) Summer Internship Program for High School Students

Maine Space Grant Consortium, Augusta, ME - co-op (2010) Maine Research Internships for Teachers and Students (MERITS) - scroll down to Summer 2010 Program is now open for High School Students!! - not sure if this is a paid opportunity

Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, NY (2010) 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 (2009) The Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation 45th Annual High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences

Medical College of Wisconsin, Office of Student Affairs/Diversity, Milwaukee, WI - (2010) Apprenticeship In Medicine (AIM), application

Medical College of Wisconsin, Office of Student Affairs/Diversity, Milwaukee, WI - (2010) Research Opportunity for Academic Development in Science (ROADS), application

MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD (corporate headquarters) - co-op (2009) these positions appear to be in California

Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME (2010) High School Students scroll down to Summer Research Fellowships

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH (2010) Lewis' Educational and Research Collaborative Internship Program - scroll down to High School Program

National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD (2010) Werner H. Kirsten Student Intern Program - "STUDENT APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN NOVEMBER 6, 2009 "

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (2010) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research - "The application for the 2010 summer program will open mid-November 2009"

National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD (2010) Summer Internships - "The application for the 2010 summer program will open mid-November 2009"

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Bethesda, MD (2010) 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" - "The application for the 2010 summer program will open mid-November 2009"

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC (2010) Summers of Discovery "..given to outstanding high school, ....students interested in pursuing careers in the biomedical/ biological sciences" - "The application for the 2010 summer program will open mid-November 2009"

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD (2010) Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences "a unique opportunity for academically talented high-school, ...students " - "The application for the 2010 summer program will open mid-November 2009"

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (2010) Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research - "..currently enrolled at least half-time in high school.." - "The application for the 2010 summer program will open mid-November 2009"

National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Biotechnology Activities, Bethesda, MD (2010) Summer Internship Opportunities (some 2009 information) - "Students sixteen years of age or older who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and are currently enrolled at least half-time in high school....are eligible to apply" - "The application for the 2010 summer program will open mid-November 2009"

National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD (2009) NIDA's Opportunities for Special Populations - scroll down to Summer Research with NIDA and Summer Internship Program at the Intramural Program Facility - "currently enrolled at least half-time in high school"

Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA (2009) High School Summer Internship

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY (2010) Summer Opportunities for High School Students

Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, San Diego, CA (2009) High School Summer Enrichment Program for students from the San Diego area

Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, San Diego, CA (2009) Life Sciences Summer Institute for students from the San Diego area (appears to be different from above)

Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (2009) High School Student Research Education Program for enrolled in their junior or senior years in a high school in San Diego County

Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (2010) Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program - "The program is open to students around the US, but, there are limited funds available for transportation and no funds available for housing. A stipend of $1,500 is provided" 2010 Application

State University of New York College at Oneonta, Biological Field Station, Cooperstown, NY (2010) Internships Available for High School & College Students - "Applications will be available for 2010 Internships in January 2010"

State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action, Syracuse, NY (2009) President's Summer Internship / Mentoring Program - "open to under-represented minority college bound high school seniors (Native American, African American, Hispanic/Latino American) from the Syracuse metropolitan area"

The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA (2010) Scientific Scholars Program

The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (2010) High School Internship Program (during school year, September-May) - "open to local high school students" not sure if this is a paid opportunity

Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ (2010) Helios Scholars Program - open to exceptional high school students...enrolled in an Arizona accredited high school

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Center for Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD - (2009) - High School Summer Internship Program

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C. (and many other locations) (2009) Summer Intern Program

University of California Davis Health System, Department of Pathology, Sacramento, CA - co-op (2009) Edmondson Fellowship Summer Program

University of California-San Francisco, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, San Francisco, CA (2009) Biomedical and Health Sciences Internship for High School Students - not sure if this is a paid opportunity

University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT - (2010) High School Student Research Apprentice Program

University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT - (2010) Pre-college Enrichment Program

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Omaha, NE (2009) Travis B. Lewis Scholarship Award

University of Washington, Genomics Outreach for Minorities Project, Seattle, WA - (2009) High school Programs - scroll down to ALVA Summer Research Program - application

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (2009) Research Internship Program "Financial assistance in the form of stipends may be available but cannot be guaranteed."

Whitney Laboratory, St. Augustine, FL (2010) Pre-collegiate Program, For information, contact Barbara Battelle (battelle@whitney.ufl.edu) at the Laboratory

Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA (2009) High School programs - scroll down to 2009 Summer Fellowship Program in Biomedical Research for High School Students Sponsored by the Hassel Foundation & GlaxoSmithKline June 23 - August 15, then scroll further down to find details for the 2009 program - "The deadline for submission (of application) is March 31, 2009"