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COMMITMENT, STIPEND & TRAVEL
- Interns will spend 40 h/wk under the direction of a CBST researcher.
- Students are awarded $500/wk for the duration of their summer internship. This stipend is intended
to cover the cost of living, including housing, food and local
transportation during the internship (see more information at Housing and Living)
- For students coming from out of the Sacramento/Davis area, travel expenses will also be covered, i.e. plane ticket or mileage costs. In these cases, please be aware of the location of the research lab to make your decision on housing location. In any case there are hourly shuttles available from the UC Davis campus to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.
INTERNSHIP EXIT REQUIREMENTS
- Students are expected to attend a Seminar Series (two hours per week) that includes the following topics: Concepts in Biophotonics, Challenging Stereotypes, Professional Opportunities Within Biophotonics (research, industry, education), Networking/Interview Skills, Presentation Skills, among others.
- Attending the CBST Annual Retreat is mandatory for interns.
- The Seminar Series ends with an Internship Research Meeting, a session where interns give scientific presentations
on their research project (15 min. Power Point presentations). Researchers, postdocs and graduate students, that assist the interns as Primary or Secondary Mentors, are
invited to attend.
- At the end of the summer, students are expected to submit 2 paragraphs to be posted in the CBST web-site (see examples at CBST 2007 Summer Internship Program):
a. Abstract of research (maximum 250 words).
b. Summary of professional and personal experience during the Internship
(maximum 250 words), including seminars, activities, CBST Retreat, working in
the laboratory, living in the area, meeting other interns, etc.
(maximum 250 words), including seminars, activities, CBST Retreat, working in
the laboratory, living in the area, meeting other interns, etc.
At the end of the internship students should participate in a Personal Interview (10-20 min) with an CBST external evaluator. This interview is intended to help evaluate the program and it is not an evaluation of the interns performance during the summer.
Potential Areas of Research for Summer Interns
Housing and Living in the area
What previous interns said about the program:
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