George Mason University (GMU), with the support of a National Science Foundation (NSF) International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant, will sponsor four undergraduate students for a Summer program of research and study at CERN. Participating students will be selected from the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area and the Northern Virginia Community College. Preference in the selection process will be given to students rising to junior or senior standing in Fall 2012, and to those with more advanced physics knowledge and computing and/or engineering skills. For additional details, please consult: http://physics.gmu.edu/~rubinp/ires/ The application procedure can be found at: http://physics.gmu.edu/~rubinp/ires/ap.html This year, the program will run from 11 June to 10 August. The application deadline is Friday, 17 February 2012.
The Langley Aerospace Research Student Scholars (LARSS) Program http://www.nianet.org/larss is a paid, unique, highly competitive, year round (3 sessions -- fall, spring, and summer) research internship program for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). For 25 years, the LARSS program and the NASA Langley Research Center have helped preserve U.S. leadership in engineering and science by providing exceptional students the opportunity to work with Langley researchers on some of the Nation’s most important, difficult, and challenging problems that require multi-disciplinary and collaborative solutions. LARSS is also a nationally ranked internship program. In 2011, the staff of Vault-Career Intelligence reviewed over 800 national internships and named LARSS one of its top 10 best internship programs. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship; full-time student status at an accredited U.S. college or university; classification as a rising undergraduate junior or senior, or graduate student (master’s or doctoral level) by the start of the summer session; and a cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. The 10-week summer session begins on Monday, June 4, and ends Friday, August 10, 2012. Students participate in a variety of tours, lectures, and social events designed to achieve the “outcomes” established for the LARSS program. The summer session culminates with students presenting the results of their research in a variety of forums to various audiences.