Summer programs & internships

<p>Here are some summer programs that (to a greater or lesser degree) target URM students. Most are very selective and scholarship based, though you often have to provide transportation to the site. Please post other summer opportunities that you know about!</p>

<p>CMU Summer Academy for Mathematics + Science (SAMS): for rising jrs and srs, 6 weeks long:</p>

<p>SAMS:</a> The Summer Academy for Mathematics + Science</p>

<p>CMU AP/EA program: for rising srs, 6 weeks long:</p>

<p>APEA</a> - Carnegie Mellon Summer Programs for Diversity</p>

<p>MIT Minority Introduction to Engineering & Science (MITES): for rising srs, 6 weeks:</p>

<p>MIT</a> MITES Program</p>

<p>Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program: for rising srs and college freshmen, 8 weeks long, stipend:</p>

<p>Summer</a> Student Program - The Jackson Laboratory</p>

<p>Cornell Nanobiotechnology Summer Internship program: for rising jrs and srs, 4 weeks long, while they did so in the past, they no longer explicitly recruit URM students:</p>

<p>NBTC:</a> Research Areas</p>

<p>Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar: for rising jrs, 6 weeks long, while targeted at AA students, they also accept other historical minorities as well as high school sophomores with an interest in African Amercian studies:</p>

<p>Telluride</a> Association: Our Programs: For High School Students: Sophomore Seminar (TASS): Apply</p>

<p>RPI PREFACE Summer program: for rising jrs and srs, 2 weeks long:</p>

<p>PREFACE</a> Summer Program - 2009 : Dean of Students Office, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</p>

<p>LEAD Summer Programs: </p>

<p><a href="http://www.leadprogram.org/programs/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.leadprogram.org/programs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>National Institute on Drug Abuse Summer Research program: must be at least 15 yo, 8-10 weeks long, applicants under the age of 18 can only be placed at research sites within daily-commuting distance from their home.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/SPOSummer.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/SPOSummer.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Wow. Wish I had know about this earlier.</p>

<p>This is an interesting program for Hispanic students at Notre Dame. All expenses are paid including transportation, food, room, and board. I learned a lot and met a lot of people. All who went with me have gotten into Notre Dame if they applied and others have gotten into Stanford, Yale, etc. It's a great program</p>

<p>Latino</a> Community Leadership Seminar // Pre-College Programs University of Notre Dame</p>

<p>there is also an African American Scholars program at Notre Dame and another program geared for all students. They are one week long and underwritten by Notre Dame</p>

<p>I found a nice site that has digest of summer internships for college students, particularly minority ones. I like this list because is isn't just a name with website link. It tells more about the program, where it is located, if housing is provided, and the stipend. </p>

<p>Doorsofopportunity.org</p>

<p>This post gave me some great opportunities for this summer. Although I was already applying to MITES I did not know about the other ones and had been looking for more free ones. Too bad about the Jackson Laboratory at Cornell because application deadline passed. Still some great programs here. Shout out to Entomom for the links.</p>

<p>You're welcome! Best of luck with Mites and the rest, they look like great programs.</p>

<p>Kettering University Academically Interested Minorities (AIM) program: for rising srs interested in engineering; 5 weeks long:</p>

<p>Academically</a> Interested Minorities - AIM - Kettering University</p>

<p>The Upward Bound programs are federally funded through many universities. There are the local programs that exist all year long and their are also regional programs for the summer.</p>

<p>If you Google Upward Bound Math and Science Regonal Centers quite a few should pop up. There is one at Embry-Riddle in Prescott AZ, another in Knoxville, and others depending on who applied for funding in the 3 to 5 year cycle. It falls under the TRIO umbrella for funding. </p>

<p>Preference is given to URMs OR first-generation OR low-income.</p>

<p>Kat</p>

<p>Thanks kat!</p>

<p>I think I'll look into some of these. Thanks for sharing.</p>

<p>Adding Future Latino Leaders Law Camp:</p>

<p>[Future</a> Latino Leaders Law Camp | Hispanic National Bar Foundation](<a href=“http://www.hnbf.org/content/future-latino-leaders]Future”>http://www.hnbf.org/content/future-latino-leaders)</p>

<p>9-day long camp in DC sponsored by the Hispanic National Bar Association. This is a free, scholarship supported program with $50 application fee (fee waivers available for demonstrated need). Eligibility requirements:</p>

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<p>The STARS program is available to teachers and students in the Dallas / Fort Worth area. Housing is not provided; you need to be able to commute every day to UT Southwestern (next to Parkland Hospital in Dallas).</p>

<p>My daughter really enjoyed the program this past summer. </p>

<p>[Summer</a> Research Oppotunities - STARS Program - UT Southwestern Medical Center](<a href=“http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/programs/stars/programs/summer-research-opportunities.html]Summer”>Summer Research Opportunities: STARS Program - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX)</p>

<p>YESS at Caltech no longer exists. My S wanted to apply for the summer of 2011 but the campus hosted the LEAD program instead.</p>

<p>^Thanks, I will update that in the OP.</p>

<p>Entomon-thanks so much for adding that Latino law camp. I just had a Latino sophomore ask me yesterday if I knew any Latino law camps so your post is very timely. Thank you.</p>

<p>DD went to the LEAD Computer Science Institute this past summer. It is being held in place of YESS. Google is sponsoring the stidents.</p>

<p>^The Law camp tip came from another helpful member who’s child attended and had an excellent experience.</p>