Deadline Soon: Apply for DOE College Student, Faculty Programs

 
Published: 10 January 2022

The Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists, within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science, is currently accepting applications for its undergraduate student, community college student, and visiting faculty research/training programs.

For all three programs, applications for the 10-week summer 2022 term (May through August) are due Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at 5 p.m. Eastern time.

The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program encourages the pursuit of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers by providing research opportunities at DOE laboratories/facilities. Selected undergraduate students and recent college graduates, with guidance from laboratory/facility staff scientists or engineers, work on research supporting the DOE mission.

In the summer of 2021, SULI interns helped scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York prepare for the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER), now underway. The TRACER campaign is being conducted by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. Before TRACER’s October 1 launch, the Brookhaven interns dug into existing data sets to better understand the weather, clouds, and precipitation in the Houston, Texas, area.

The Community College Internships (CCI) program provides technical training experiences at DOE laboratories for community college students.

Similar to the SULI program, CCI interns receive guidance from laboratory staff scientists or engineers as they work on technologies, instrumentation projects, or major research facilities supporting DOE’s mission.

The Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) seeks to increase the research competitiveness of faculty members and their students at institutions historically underrepresented in the research community and expand the workforce vital to DOE mission areas.

Selected university/college faculty members collaborate with DOE laboratory research staff on a research project of mutual interest. Faculty member participants may invite up to two students (one can be a graduate student) to participate in the project.

For more information about the VFP, CCI, and SULI programs, including eligibility requirements and how to apply, go to the Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists website.

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ARM is a DOE Office of Science user facility operated by nine DOE national laboratories.