The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now accepting applications for its 10 week HS-STEM Summer Research Internship Program. Students will be place at Argonne, Idaho, Berkeley, Livermore, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia National Laboratories; as well as at Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Customs and Borders Protection Laboratories and Scientific Services, Naval Research Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, National Security Technologies Remote Sensing Laboratory, Transportation Security Laboratory, and other possible locations. Undergraduate students receive a $5,000 stipend plus travel expenses.
Areas of Research: Engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological/life sciences, environmental science, emergency and incident management, social sciences, and more.
U.S. citizenship required
Deadline for applications: January 6, 2014
For more information contact:
Carlos Reinhold, Carlos.Reinhold@orau.org 865.576.7567 or visit
http://www.orau.gov/dhseducation/internships/stories-hsstem.htm
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