During the eight-week program, each undergraduate intern will be matched with a mentor and gain first-hand experience working collaboratively with top researchers in the country.  Additionally, interns will participate in weekly group meetings to develop oral presentation skills, attend special seminars, and present their results at an end-of-summer poster session.  The summer internship program is open to any UC Santa Barbara or California community college student.  Eligible students must be majoring in science, engineering, social science or humanities, and enrolled as a sophomore, junior or senior in Fall 2007.

“Summers are an excellent time to take advance an education outside of the classroom,” said CNS Education Coordinator Meredith Murr.  “We hope that by reaching out to not only our UCSB community, but to community college students and underrepresented student groups, we will be able to bring every perspective to the table.  This is a wonderful opportunity for not just UCSB students, but for community college students, to become engaged in some of the country’s top-level research.”

Interns will receive a stipend of $2,800 and up to $800 for housing.  Application deadline is April 15, 2007.  More information can be found at http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/education-public-engagement-5/.  If you would like to contact us about the internship program, please email Meredith Murr at murr@cns.ucsb.edu.