<p>Here are a couple of links to summer programs. Most of the deadlines have passed, though.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ams.org/employment/reu.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ams.org/employment/reu.html</a>
<a href="http://www.aamc.org/members/great/summerlinks.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org/members/great/summerlinks.htm</a></p>
<p>It's also a good idea to contact your local college/research institution/hospital. There are many high schoolers and early college students that get paid positions for the summer. Of course, if you are willing to volunteer you have an even better chance...everyone likes free labor.</p>
<p>I participated in an NSF program for biomedical engineering. It was an excellent experience.</p>
<p>hey i realize that the deadline to apply for the NIH internship has passed, but does anyone know if you can still apply for the NCI? I went to the list of coordinators and it says the dealine for NCI is june 1 under all the names. </p>
<p>hoberto -- the two links in your post are all for undergrads, do you happen to know if any of those programs accept high school students?</p>
<p>Sorry, SuperGeek, I think those types of programs take undergrads, but like I said earlier, you could still contact the institution and offer to volunteer or work in one of the labs. You would probably have better luck if you contact the lab's PI directly.</p>
<p>NCI doesn't have a deadline, so you can still apply. I suggest you contact PI's immediately, as many spots have probably already been filled.</p>
<p>How do you contact the PIs?</p>
<p>Also, I thought that you only need to submit an application; why do you need to contact the PIs?</p>
<p>b/c the system is set up so that if a PI doesn't look at your application, you essentially won't be considered and you'll get an automatic rejection. The best way to get a PI to consider you is to contact them and tell them about your interest in their lab. Like I said, many labs have already filled up, sometimes from returning students. Some labs only take college students, which makes it even harder for new high school students to get a position. </p>
<p>If you look in the FAQs or something on the application site, the instructions say something to the extent of "we strongly urge you to contact a PI if you are interested in their lab"....so they're actually pretty explicit about it. There's a list of the institutions as well as links to their websites, and you can probably find directories of PIs on those sites.</p>
<p>fyi- getting internships, no matter what the company/institution, is always like this. you have to make personal contacts, or else you're just another applicant. <em>steps down from soapbox</em></p>
<p>hope that helps</p>
<p>Should I email every PI in sight, or should I do them one at a time?</p>
<p>The first is more convenient, but the second one is probably is more sincere.</p>
<p>(By the way, thank you asterstar for your advice)</p>
<p>thegreatgatsby,</p>
<p>I'm excited for you and your interest in this! Most research institutions list the research areas, faculty/staff and contact information on their websites. You should learn a little bit about each PIs interest and pick few that sound interesting to you and send an email to them. Be professional and point out why you like their area of research and why you would be an asset to the lab. I would only send a few at a time and try to tailor your letters to each PI rather than sending a form letter.</p>
<p>If you have large hospital nearby there is probably research going on there. You could use the same approach above with the MDs at the hospital. </p>
<p>You want to be sure to look into places that don't have specific educational programs, too, like a local biotech company. </p>
<p>If you don't hear anything you might have some luck asking some grad students if you could shadow them for a few weeks over the summer. It wouldn't be paid work but you'd get some experience. </p>
<p>Asterstar is definitely correct, if you don't make the contacts personally your application will never make it out of the human resources department.</p>
<p>Please keep us posted on how this works out for you.</p>
<p>this is kinda off-topic, but....is anyone on this site currently definitely going to NIH and hasn't yet found housing? Whether it's in a dorm, or with internsdc, I'd like to possibly room with someone who's also doing NIH and near my age level. PM me if you're interested, and let me know your housing plans...</p>
<p>I sent an email to one of the principal investigators a week ago, and he still has not replied. Should I resend my email, or should I email someone else? I haven't sent in my application though, but I guess it doesn't matter until I get one of the PIs to respond. This is so frustrating!</p>
<p>when do they tell us if we got in... i got an email saying that the application was being reviewed and that they answer before may 15 or soemthing...does anyone kno when they let u kno?</p>