Funding provided by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) allows the Center for Systems Biology to provide highly motivated undergraduate students internship opportunities in several Faculty groups.

Internships pay $12.00 per hour.

We do not provide Visas, housing or travel to Seattle for undergraduate internships.

You must commit to 40 hours per week for an eight week period for your undergraduate internship – the dates are the beginning of the third week in June to the end of the second week in August.

A. Eligibility
Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors are encouraged to apply.

We do not accept recent university or college graduates.

B. Selection
The undergraduate intern process is very competitive and is based on overall qualifications and interests, as well as available positions per lab group. Your written responses required in the Application form are a component of the selection process.

Your application will be reviewed by the Faculty and/or project mentors and you will be contacted for further screening.

C. To Apply
The undergraduate intern Application form will be posted in January 2009.

1. Complete all sections of the Application form found on ISB Careers Internships and email it to Human Resources at hr@systemsbiology.org with:
   • Scanned copies of a recent – e.g. current semester – official transcript that demonstrate your courses and grades;
   • A list of previous employers and paid and unpaid internships;
   • Two paragraphs describing your research and career goals and why you chose these goals;
   • A paragraph describing a current research challenge in cellular biology, biomedical research, bioinformatics or computational biology and why you are interested in this challenge;
   • A letter of recommendation from an internship or previous employer – e.g. a research or non research employer
   • Our voluntary EEO questionnaire