Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
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Summer Research Internships

The application period for the 2013 summer internship is closed

Open to high school students preparing to enter their junior or senior year, the Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) Summer Research Internship offers aspiring scientists an immersive laboratory experience with MPFI researchers.

This six-week internship is especially designed for students with an interest in the structure and function of the human brain, and how advanced imaging technologies may be used to visualize microscopic molecular processes inside the brain.

Interns will participate in research projects alongside MPFI scientists, prepare a written scientific abstract based on their research project and deliver a short presentation at the end of the summer.

 

Program Details & Requirements

  • Applicants must be available to work full time (Mon-Fri, 40 hours per week) for the entire six-week period.
  • Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent residents who will begin their junior or senior years in a Palm Beach County high school in the Fall of the year they're applying.
  • Applicants must be 16 years of age or older by the start date of the summer internship.
  • Interns will receive a gross compensation of $8/hour.
  • While students of all ethnic and cultural groups are accepted into the program, a special emphasis is placed on identifying and recruiting students who are historically underrepresented in the sciences (e.g., African-American, Hispanic, Native Pacific Islander, or Native American students).

Application Process

  • Applicants are required to complete the online application form by no later than March 4, 2013, and also submit the following supplementary materials:
    • A current informal academic transcript
    • Letters of recommendation from two science teachers, or one teacher and the school principal/vice principal

    • Supplementary materials may be submitted via:
      • E-mail:
        
       If submitting materials via email, please include student's first & last name in the subject line
        
      Mail: Max Planck Florida Institute
      High School Summer Internship Program
      PO Box 998
      Jupiter, FL 33468-0998