Chemistry Student Internship Resources FAQ
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Last-modified: 24 October 2001
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CHEMISTRY STUDENT INTERNSHIP RESOURCES FAQ
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This FAQ contains information about Internet resources for undergraduate
and graduate student internships, fellowships, and other resources. It is
posted monthly to the Usenet groups sci.chem, sci.research.careers,
misc.jobs.fields.chemistry, sci.answers, and news.answers The latest
version can be obtained either from those groups, or via FTP from the FAQ
archive site at rtfm.mit.edu.
Comments, contributions, and corrections are invited and encouraged. Feel
free to point out broken links in follow-ups to this post.
Changes:
Changed FAQ location URLs in "How do I Get.."
Expanded site descriptions throughout
Extrensive dead link cleansing
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Subject: How Do I Get This FAQ?
World Wide Web
With a WWW browser, select one of the URL addresses below.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sci/chem-faq/intern/
http://www.pasteur.fr/infosci/FAQ/sci/chem-faq/intern
Anonymous FTP
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/sci/chem-faq/
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/sci/chem-faq/
ftp://ftp.sinica.edu.tw/pub/doc/USENET-FAQ/news/answers/sci/chem-faq/
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Subject: What Is In This FAQ?
1. Where Do I Find General Resources for Internships?
2. Where Can I Find and Intenship in Academia?
2.1 NSF REU Program
2.2 Other Academic Internship Programs
3. What Government Research Labs Have Internship Programs?
4. Where Can I Find Out About Funding for Fellowships?
4.1 U. S. National Science Foundation
4.2 U. S. National Institutes of Health
5. Where Can I Find Employment Listings for Internships?
5.1 Chemistry and Related Job Boards
5.2 General Job Boards
6. What Usenet Groups Have Chemistry Internship Information?
6.1 misc.jobs.fields.chemistry
6.2 sci.research.careers
6.3 sci.chem
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Subject: 1. Where Do I Find General Resources for Internships?
Chemstudent.com
Co-ops, internships and summer research experience in chemistry and related
fields. Extensive listing of NSF REU sites and a discussion board.
http://www.chemstudent.com/
University of Iowa Co-ops and Internships for Chemistry
Many links to external internship Web sites (also see chemstudent.com)
http://www.uiowa.edu/~oxygen/coops.htm
LSU Online Resources for Internships in Chemistry
The Web site associated with this FAQ with the latest FAQ version and links to
Internet resources.
http://ch335c.chem.lsu.edu/resources/chemintern/
Open Directory Chemistry Employment Page
A section of the Open Directory Project, a Yahoo-like directory where sections
are compiled by different editors. There is also a more general science employment
section.
http://dmoz.org/Science/Chemistry/Employment/
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Subject: 2. Where Can I Find an Intenship in Academia?
2.1 NSF REU Program
The United States National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(REU) program provides support for undergraduate students in science and engineering
research projects in an academic setting. REU grants come in two types: 1) REU Sites and
2) REU Supplements. REU sites are typically organized around a common theme and are often
offered during summer months. Recruitment of students from outside the host institution
is encouraged. REU Supplements are associated with individual NSF awards and are typically
limited to one or two undergraduate students.
NSF REU Home Page
Home page for all REU programs. Keep a close eye on this site in the spring if you are
interested. The time between award announcement by NSF and site application deadlines
is often quite short.
http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu/
Recent NSF REU Sites in Chemistry
No, that isn't a typo in the URL, just a holdover from the 1998 site list.,
http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu/reu98che.htm
NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
Funding opportunities for both teachers and students.
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/due/
2.2 Other Academic Internship Programs
The pages below are specific to the given institution, but may provide useful general
information and links to other resources.
Ball State University
http://www.bsu.edu/csh/chemistry/internships.html
Indiana University Summer Internship
http://chemlearn.chem.indiana.edu/sumrntrn/menu.htm
Oregon State University Chemistry Internships
http://www.chem.orst.edu/Advising/internships.htm
Pace University Chemistry Internship Program
http://www.pace.edu/dyson/academics/chemistryplv/intrnshp.htm
University of Texas, Arlington Industrial Internship
http://utachem.uta.edu/html/industrial_internship.html
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Subject: 3. What Government Research Labs Have Internship Programs?
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Student and intern opportunities at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR).
http://www.cdc.gov/hrmo/intern.htm
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Internship and fellowship information for all DOE sites.
http://www.hr.doe.gov/pers/intern.htm
U.S. DOE ORISE
United States Department of Energy Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education
programs for undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, and faculty in science,
mathematics, and engineering. Collaborate with researchers in state-of-the-art
government research facilities.
http://www.orau.gov/orise.htm
U.S. DOE Science Education Programs
Undergraduate Internships such as the Energy Research Undergraduate
Laboratory Fellowships (ERULF).
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/sci_ed.htm
U.S. DOE/EMSL Collaboratory for Undergraduate Research and Education (CURE)
Collaborative undergraduate research a the DOE Environmental Molecular
Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
in Richland, Washington.
http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/docs/collab/
U.S. Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Undergraduate Research
Semester (URS) Program is no longer funded, but the Web page still
contains useful information about undergraduate research oppotunities
at LANL.
http://set.lanl.gov/programs/urs/URSLosAlamos.htm
National Academy of Sciences Internship Program
A program for science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law
students that focuses on science and technology policy and the interactions
of science, technology, and government.
http://www4.nas.edu/pd/nrc-ip.nsf/
U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This summer and fall program is imited to undergraduate juniors and seniors at US
institutions students with interests in engineering, mathematics, computer science
or physical/life sciences are eligible.
http://education.nasa.gov/usrp/
U. S. National Institutes of Health Student Programs
http://www.training.nih.gov/student/index.asp
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Science Foundation
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program is for students majoring in
science, mathematics and engineering. Summer research is carried out at the NIST
facilities near Washington, D.C.
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/due/
U. S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Student Internships
NREL is DOE's laboratory for renewable energy research & development and is located
in Golden, Colorado.
http://www.nrel.gov/hr/employment/rpp/ipp.html
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Subject: 4. Where Can I Find Out About Funding for Fellowships?
4.1 U. S. National Science Foundation
Division of Undergraduate Education
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE/start.htm
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
This NSF on-line document contains the application instructions for the NSF 'pre-doc'
award (HTML or PDF format).
http://www.hr.doe.gov/pers/intern.htm
4.2 U. S. National Institutes of Health
Predoctoral Intramural Research Training Award
The NIH IRTA fellowship allows for predoctoral study for a period of time at the NIH
facility in Bethesda, Maryland.
http://www.training.nih.gov/student/Pre-IRTA/previewpredoc.asp
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Subject: 5. Where Can I Find Employment Listings for Internships?
5.1 Chemistry and Related Job Boards
ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Grants and Fellowships Page
http://www.acs-analytical.duq.edu/awards_grants_fellowships.html
ACS Jobspectrum
JobSpectrum is an American Chemical Society sponsored job board.
http://www.jobspectrum.org/
Chemistry and Industry Job Page
Job page at Chemistry and Industry magazine.
http://ci.mond.org/jobs/home.html
ChemWeb
Chemweb has a job page, but you must sign up to get access.
http://ChemWeb.com/
Links for Chemists Job Resource Page
Part of the WWW Virtual Library
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/chemjobs.html
Medzilla Science and Medicine Jobs
A large Web site with extensive search and post features. Some spillover from
biomed and pharma into chemistry.
http://www.medzilla.com/
sci.techniques.spectroscopy Job Page
Several links to physics and spectroscopy job sites.
http://lolita.colorado.edu/faq/jobs/jobs.htm
5.2 General Job Boards
Jobtrak
http://www.jobtrak.com/
Joboptions
http://www.joboptions.com/
Monster Job Board
http://www.monster.com/
Yahoo! Careers
http://careers.yahoo.com/
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Subject: 6. What Usenet Groups Have Chemistry Internship Information?
An excellent resource for general information on Usenet can be found at
http://www.faqs.org/usenet/
6.1 misc.jobs.fields.chemistry
"Miscellaneous job-related discussions; vacancy notifications; applicant
resumes; positions wanted. This [group] is for the discussion of
miscellaneous job-related issues that are of interest to the chemical
profession."
Local
news:misc.jobs.fields.chemistry
World Wide Web
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=misc.jobs.fields.chemistry
6.2 sci.research.careers
"dedicated to the discussion of issues relevant to scientific research
careers -- finding a good research position, getting funding, getting
tenure, pros and cons of working in academia, industry, and government,
career-related issues in graduate school, etc."
Local
news:sci.research.careers
World Wide Web
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=sci.research.careers
6.3 sci.chem
"sci.chem is a discussion group, and it covers the scientific discussion
of all issues concerning chemistry."
Local
news:sci.chem
World Wide Web
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=sci.chem
sci.chem FAQ
http://www.orang-utan.com/
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sci/chem-faq/part1/preamble.html
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Copyright 2001 Kermit K. Murray
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