Finding and applying for summer RESEARCH internships

1. Finding and applying for summer RESEARCH internships December 2016 Contact: Roxanne Malé-Brune, male-bru@ohio.edu, 7-1227

2. Workshop Overview • What am I trying to get out of this internship? • How do I find internships on campus? • How do I find external internship opportunities? • How do I apply for internships?

3. What am I trying to get out of this internship? • Testing driving your career options? • Experience in a particular field or method? • Publications/Presentations? • Money? • Other?

4. How Do I Find Internal Internship Opportunities? • Talk to your professors about their research. • Go to the department website, search for faculty and their research. • Go to the Student Expo, April 06, 2017.

5. Tips for Internal Internships • Ask if you will be paid. • Many faculty will only pay after the 1st semester. • Some will only offer summer internships if you also commit to working in the Fall. • Ask how many hours are you expected to work. • Typically the minimum is 10 hours per week during the academic year. The max is now 25 hours.

6. Tips for Internal Internships • Talk with other students in the lab. • See if the environment is right for you. • Make sure you discuss your expectations with the faculty mentor.

7. How Do I Find External Internship Opportunities? Go to: www.ohio.edu/studentresearch Click: Fellowships/Research Internships Click: List of Summer Internships

8. www.ohio.edu/studentresearch

9. Click: List of Summer Internships

10. http://www.ohio.edu/fellowships/internships.cfm

11. http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/index.aspx Click undergraduate tab, then select paid summer research and internships for undergraduates

12. http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/index.aspx Click undergraduate tab, then select paid summer research and internships for undergraduates

13. http://www.science.gov/

14. https://www.zintellect.com

15. https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp NSF REUs have opportunities in several disciplines

16. NSF REUs – Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

17. Other STEM Internships CDC (1/27): for juniors or seniors in environmental studies; physical, biological, chemical and/or environmental health to also include emergency preparedness, environmental justice, sustainability, and/or global health environmental studies; environmental, physical, biological chemical and/or social sciences https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/details/2773 ORISE (1/20): undergraduate students in chemistry and biology. Students will work on projects associated with developing and applying new analytical methods to characterize and quantitate biochemical markers that are relevant in environmental exposures and chronic diseases https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/details/2708 ORISE/HOMELAND SECURITY (12/7): undergraduates majoring in STEM. http://www.orau.gov/dhseducation/internships/

18. Other STEM Internships AIRFORCE RESEARCH LAB (12/31): undergraduates majoring in STEM http://www.orau.org/Maryland/repperger.html ARMY INSTITUTE FOR SURGICAL RESEARCH: undergraduates majoring in science, engineering or medical career fields to participate in research directed at improving the care of injured military service members and society at large. https://www.orau.org/Maryland/isr.html

19. Didn’t Find What You Want? Check out PIVOT

20. PIVOT Database • Search the database by: • Grants, fellowships, summer internships • academic discipline, academic level, nationality, and more. • Register at http://www.cos.com • Note, the first time you must use a computer connected to the OU network. • Once you confirm your registration you can then use your username and password to sign into PIVOT, http://pivot.cos.com from any computer. • Check out the instructional video

21. http://www.cos.com Click “Login to you PIVOT account” Log on or Sign In Go to Advanced Search

22. http://www.cos.com

23. http://www.cos.com • All fields: type “summer internship” • Amount: leave blank • Deadlines: leave blank • Limited submission: leave blank • Citizenship or residency: • leave blank if US; • if not US use drop down menu and uncheck US citizenship box at top of page

24. http://www.cos.com • Funding Type: Use drop down menu to select • Artistic pursuit; or • Research; • Also select Training, scholarship or fellowship • Keyword: • First time, click browse and figure out where your field is listed. • When typing in box do not hit enter key; wait for keyword to pop up and then select line and hit enter • Requirements: • Select undergraduate student; and women or minority (if applicable)

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31. Applying for Internships • Typically you will need: • Resume/CV • Letter of Recommendation(s) • Transcript • Plus, sometimes you will: • fill out a form with short essays. • need a Personal Statement

32. Resume/CV • These are very discipline-specific. • Resources: • Faculty advisor • Faculty mentor (if already doing research) • Career and Leadership Development Center

33. Personal Statement • Personal Statement explains: • How you decided what you want to do (point A) • Your career path (point B) • How you have proactively gained expertise to take you from point A to point B.

34. Personal Statement • Always follow the guidelines. • For this essay, ask yourself: • “what skills do I need to be successful?” • Technical skills – cite: • Special/advanced classes • Research • Internships • Job experiences • Soft skills, e.g., • Communication • Leadership • Teamwork

35. Personal Statement • For each experience, state: • What did you do? • include a context to when e.g., “as a freshman, I” • and duration “for 40 hours during fall semester” • What did you achieve? • How did it benefit others? • How did it benefit you? (skills/insights learned)

36. Personal Statement • Include specific examples of any research and/or professional activities in which you have participated. • Consider stating: • Objectives of the project • for quantitative research: hypothesis; • for qualitative research: research questions; • for other experiences: mission/goal • Timeline • duration and chronology during UG or G career • Your Role: (leader, team member) • Methodology (scientific language, but no jargon!)

37. Personal Statement (cont’d) • How did your research further the knowledge in your field? • Skills Gained/Lessons/Learned? • Reference your publications/presentations/significant fellowships/grants. • Broader Impacts: How did research or other experience benefit society?

38. Reference Letter • Always follow the guidelines. • Typically, recommenders should use letterhead and include the following information: • Name • Title of reference writer • Department • Institution or organization • Include details explaining: • the nature of the relationship to the applicant; • statements about the applicant's academic, research and workforce potential

39. Transcript Always follow the guidelines. If the program allows you to use non-official transcripts, then you can use a DARS. BUT make sure the DARS is complete. I prefer to request a copy of an official transcript, scan it and upload it.