Summer Internships: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) 2015 HS-STEM
Application deadline: December 22, 2014
Apply here
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sponsors a 10-week summer internship program for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (HS-STEM) Disciplines. The program provides students with quality research experiences at federal research facilities located across the country and allows students the opportunity to establish connections with DHS professionals. It is open to students in a broad spectrum of HS-STEM Disciplines and DHS mission-relevant Research Areas.
Undergraduate students receive a $6,000 stipend plus travel expenses.
Graduate students receive a $7,000 stipend plus travel expenses.
10-week research experiences are offered at:
- Argonne
- Berkeley
- Livermore
- Los Alamos
- Oak Ridge
- Pacific Northwest
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute
- Coast Guard Research and Development Center
- Customs and Borders Protection Laboratories and Scientific Services
- Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Engineer Research and Development Center
- National Security Technologies Remote Sensing Laboratory
- Transportation Security Laboratory and more.
Areas of research:
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biological / Life Sciences
- Environmental Science
- Emergency and Incident Management
- Social Sciences and more.
*U.S. citizenship required
Detailed information about the internships can be found at: http://www.orau.gov/dhseducation/internships/
A poster is located at: http://www.orau.gov/dhseducation/internships/files/hs-stem-2015-poster.pdf
Previous participants’ testimonials can be found at http://www.orau.gov/dhseducation/internships/stories-hsstem.html
DHS has partnered with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) to manage the program. For questions please email at [email protected]
