Get paid to conduct research this summer

Whether it is Chapel Hill, Baltimore, Boston, Berkeley or here in Ashland, many of our science majors take part in internships to conduct research during the summers. These positions will pay you and provide room and board to conduct research at locations all around the country, offering important experiences for future job searching, or admission to graduate school and professional schools like medical and physical therapy school. Last summer five AU students conducted research and other science-based internships off-campus, with another ten working in Kettering Science Center labs.

Most summer research programs have application deadlines in February. That makes the holiday break a good time to complete and submit applications before the spring semester begins. You will typically need one or two letters of recommendation, so talk with professors to line those up before the holiday break. Check back with this blog for updates and check out the listing of National Science Foundation funded programs across the country.  Another place to search for opportunities is on the Ohio Means Internships webpage, or by using the "summer research internships" tag on this site.

And as always, talk to your faculty advisor if you need help or have questions.

Some recent opportunities we have heard about:

• National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network undergraduate research program
• Harvard Forest summer research program
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln summer research program
• University of Cincinatti summer surgery and neuroscience experiential programs
• Stone Laboratories on Lake Erie
• Collegiate Leaders in Environmental Health at the CDC
• Department of Energy scholars program
• Micky Leland Energy Fellowship
• US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) HS-STEM summer internships