Co-op/Internship Opportunities
for 2010
with
Private Companies
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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.

This website has selected co-ops from the larger Biology & Biotechnology Co-op Opportunities on the Web website that are offered by private, for-profit companies in the Life Sciences. Often these companies offer opportunities year-round, usually pay more than most non-profit organizations and universities, and have less "restrictions" on eligibility. However, some of the positions offered by these organizations are routine in nature, although still related to life sciences.

In addition to the valuable experience and good pay that a Co-op or Internship will give you, very many of the Opportunities listed on this website also provide Travel Reimbursement, Housing and Meals. So, don't let concerns about living expenses or the location of an organization posted on this website prevent you from checking out an exciting and challenging Co-op or Internship position!! If travel support, housing and meals are provided, this information will almost always be included in the details about the Co-op or Internship that can be found by clicking on the co-op website next to the organization's name and location.

To view information for any organization listed below:
a. Point and click with your mouse on the organization's name 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 co-op to go to co-op/internship/research postings for that organization or to the website from which you can then access the co-op/internship/research postings

Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, - co-op (2010)
Amgen, San Francisco, CA, Thousand Oaks, CA, Longmont, CO, West Greenwich, RI, Seattle, WA - co-op (2009) select Intern as Contract Type

Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY - co-op (2009)
Baxter (several locations) - co-op (2009)
Beckman Coulter, several locations - co-op (2010) click on www.beckmancoulter.com, click on Search for Jobs, select Internship in Employment Status: box, select Search Now button below, then click
on Submit button - most positions that appear do not have starting dates
Biogen Idec, San Diego, CA, Cambridge/Wellesley, MA & Research Triangle Park, NC - co-op (2010) "Biogen Idec will review resumes year-round. For summer internships, please submit your resume by the end of March."
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA, co-op (2010) "Bio-Rad plans to reinstate the program in the summer of 2010"
Boehringer Ingelheim, Corp., Bridgeport/Danbury, CT - co-op (general information) (2009) co-op SEARCH - click on Search Openings, then enter "internship" in the Keyword box - some 2009 opportunities are listed such as Summer Internship - Medical and Summer Internship - Research & Development - Biology

Colgate-Palmolive Co, Piscataway, NJ - co-op (2010) 2010-Colgate-Palmolive - Research & Development Summer Internship Program

Dow Agrosciences, Indianapolis, IN - co-op (2010)

Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, IN - co-op (2010) select Internship as Job Type
The Leadership Alliance, Providence, RI - co-op (2010) Summer Research Early Identification Program at 21 participating universities and Eli Lilly Co., Indianapolis, IN

Genentech, South San Francisco, CA - co-op (2010)
Genzyme Corp, Framingham, MA - co-op (2010) Enter Intern in the "Search by Keyword" box
Gilead, Foster City, CA - co-op SEARCH (2009) select Intern/Placement as Position Type:
GlaxoSmithKline, several locations in North Carolina and Pennsylvania - co-op SEARCH (2010) Select Co-op and/or Internship as Position Type - many positions are for 6 months

J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD [a merger of The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG)] - co-op (2009)
Johnson & Johnson, several locations - co-op (2010) Select Undergraduate, then scroll down and select Candidate Type (Undergraduate), then select Region, Country, Language, press Go button, scroll down to see Search Results

MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD - co-op (2009) Enter Intern in "Enter Keyword(s)" box
Merck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ and West Point, PA - co-op (2010) Merck Manufacturing Science Intern
Merck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ and West Point, PA - co-op Search (2010) use "intern" as the keyword
Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, MA, - co-op (2009) Student Intern Oncology Biochemistry - "Student in a degree program for B.A. or B.S. in biology or biochemistry (or related discipline)"
Millipore, Temecula, CA; Billerica & Burlington & Danvers, MA; St. Charles, MO; Jaffrey, NH - co-op (2010) Millipore’s University Partnership Program for students at Tufts, UC San Diego, UMass Amherst, UMass Lowell, University of New Hampshire, Washington University – St Louis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Monsanto (several locations) - co-op Search (2010) use "internship" as keyword

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA - co-op (2010) "Placement may be in a variety of laboratory settings focusing on specific disease areas, pathway discovery, or new technologies.
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Emeryville, CA - co-op (2010) "..in the Oncology and Chemistry departments.."

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Boulder, CO & Farmingdale, NY - co-op (2009)

Pfizer Global Research and Development, LaJolla, CA, Groton, CT, Cambridge, MA, Ann Arbor, MI, St. Louis, MO - co-op (2009)
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc, many locations - co-op Search (2010) select Search openings, then select Internship/Co-op as Position Type - several May-August 2010 positions are listed
Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH - co-op (2009)

R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN - co-op (2009) several life science internships listed; check each one for details

Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO - co-op, more details and "add to job cart" application (2009)

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Deerfield, IL - co-op (2009)
TechSea International, Inc, Seattle WA, - co-op (2009) "NOW HIRING FOR 2009" - Alaskan Fisheries Observer Program (more details) "aboard commercial vessels fishing in the waters of Alaska."
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME - co-op, application information (2010) Summer Student Program - research areas
Theravance, South San Francisco, CA - co-op (2010) "Resume submission for internships are accepted from early January until the positions have been filled."

United Negro College Fund & Merck& Co., Inc., UNCF•MERCK Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards, co-op, application (2010) $35,000 scholarship awards. Each award consists of: Tuition scholarship up to $25,000 and Two summer internships totaling $10,000

Zymogenetics, Seattle, WA - co-op (2010)