[Geog_Jobs] Internships at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

[Sinha, Gaurav]

If any undergrad with strong GIS and programming skills wants to apply to this internship opportunity, please contact me. I have news from a friend at the Oak Ridge National Labs that GIS is considered as one of the STEM skills and they are looking for such people. He asked me to recommend some students. 


Application should go through this web site:
http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/ Hard deadline is Jan 10th 2014 (no exceptions), citizens only.

The program sounds very much STEM-oriented and that sometimes scares many geographers aways.  However, GIS is included as one of the skills.  The applicant should specify his preferred DOE lab.  The labs will be able to see the list of applicants in February and choose students they like.  If a student wants to go to a specific group or a person at one of the labs then he should e-mail that person in addition to application.  To get an idea what we are doing and what students will be doing see http://www.ornl.gov/gist

Below is a standards announcement:

Applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Summer Department of Energy (DOE) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI), Community College Internship (CCI) and Visiting Faculty (VF) programs!

If you are aware of students or faculty that may be interested in a summer internship (dates are June2 - August 8, 2014), please have them visit http://science.energy.gov/wdts/ to apply or obtain additional information!  The application deadline is 5:00 p.m. ET on January 10 - applications received after this time WILL NOT be considered for placement.  Summer appointments are 10 weeks in duration and selected applicants must be available to participate for the entire appointment period.

The SULI program encourages undergraduate students to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers by providing research experiences at DOE laboratories. The Community College Internship
(CCI) program seeks to encourage community college students to enter technical careers relevant to the DOE mission by providing technical training experiences at the DOE laboratories. The Visiting Faculty
(VF) program seeks to increase the research competitiveness of faculty members and their students at institutions historically underrepresented in the research community in order to expand the workforce vital to the DOE mission areas.

The viewing system for mentor selection should open in February.