Applications are invited for ARS Summer Internship for 2016 academic year. To be considered for funding, the faculty member must ha...
Applications are invited for ARS Summer Internship for 2016 academic year. To be considered for funding, the faculty member must have an active Hatch, Hatch Multistate, or McIntire-Stennis project during the summer of 2016. Five internships will be awarded this year, each with $5000 of student labor (approximately 15 weeks, limited to UW-Madison undergraduate students) and $500 of supplies to be spent at the station on the student project. Internship application deadline is December 11, 2015.
Course Level: Internship
Internship Provider: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Internship can be taken at: USA
Eligibility: Funding is intended to support an undergraduate student full-time for the summer with about half of the time spent on an individual research project in conjunction with a CALS faculty member and about half-time spent on a variety of station activities under the direction of the superintendent. Some stations may be able to provide housing options. Credits for internship experience may be possible by separate arrangements with the student’s on campus advisor. As part of the student work with the superintendents, a poster presentation should be assembled that can become part of the station’s permanent displays.
-To be considered for funding, the faculty member must have an active Hatch, Hatch Multistate, or McIntire-Stennis project during the summer of 2016. The internship must be related to the faculty member’s current Hatch, Hatch-Multistate or McIntire-Stennis project. The project description section should include an overview of the student’s research project, an explanation of how the student’s project contributes to the faculty member’s Hatch, Hatch-Multistate or McIntire-Stennis project and how the student and the station benefit from the proposed activities. The project description section of the application should not exceed two pages.
Internship Open for International Students: US applicants are eligible t apply for this internship programme.
Is this paid internship? Yes, five internships will be awarded this year, each with $5000 of student labor (approximately 15 weeks, limited to UW-Madison undergraduate students) and $500 of supplies to be spent at the station on the student project.
Internship Description: The objective of the Agricultural Research Stations’ Summer Internship program is to foster relationships between UW-Madison departments and station personnel. At the same time, the opportunity provides UW Madison undergraduate students a chance to become involved in applied research projects as they consider their career plans. These internships should be used as a recruitment tool and have a direct benefit to a student. To be considered for funding, the faculty member must have an active Hatch, Hatch Multistate, or McIntire-Stennis project during the summer of 2016. Five internships will be awarded this year, each with $5000 of student labor (approximately 15 weeks, limited to UW-Madison undergraduate students) and $500 of supplies to be spent at the station on the student project. Last year, projects were awarded at Arlington (2 awards), Hancock, Marshfield and West Madison.
Number of awards offered: Five internships will be awarded this year.
Internship Duration: Internship is awarded for the duration of 15 weeks.
Notification: Announcements will be made by early January.
How to Apply: Applications for the summer 2016 should be submitted electronically with all required signatures toarsinternships-at-cals.wisc.edu. Applications should not be submitted via WISPER. If a student is already identified, please include their name. Applications will be accepted until December 11 with announcements made by early January.
Internship Application Deadline: Internship application deadline is December 11, 2015.
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