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.

We are seeking, above all, enthusiasm and passion for science: for learning, for questioning, and for contributing to science and research. We are seeking interns with an interest in biology, as well as engineering/math - systems biology by definition is interdisciplinary. We are seeking interns with experience in, or passion about, education.

Interns are volunteers. We will work with your program/department to attempt to get you college/university credit for your summer internship at ISB.

The intern program includes a mentored research project, a week of lab training, weekly seminar series, group intern working group exercises and a final ISB poster session.

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

Intern program dates are Monday June 4 to Friday August 24, 2012.

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

B. Selection
The undergraduate intern process is competitive. Interns are selected by (in no order) - mix of your classes and your course load, grades, extra-curricular and volunteer activities, work experience, previous lab experience, written responses on the application, and your work and/or personal references.

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 June 2012.

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 your recent – e.g. current semester – official transcript that demonstrate your courses and grades;
   • A list of all previous including all jobs, volunteer activities employers and paid and unpaid internships;
   • Two paragraphs about why you want to intern at ISB;
   • A paragraph about a current research challenge and why you are interested in this challenge;
   • Two letters of recommendation. One of these letters can be a personal recommendation.