Internship Placement

The internship placement decisions are the result of a collaborative process involving each interns unique interests and career objectives, the SCILL advisors and internship PI/mentors who collaborate to assure a successful match.

Year 1, Fall Semester: Identify and Internship site

• Research internship host site labs.
• Identify unique interests.
• Attend seminar featuring speakers from hosts site labs.
• Students interact with guest speakers from potential internship sites and further research internship options on the collaborator’s websites.

Year 1, Spring Semester: 

• Students submit prioritized list of 5 potential internship labs.
• Student cover letters, CV's and other materials are made available to internship PI's.
• SCILL coordinator facilitates interview schedule.
• Students are interviewed at 3 different internship sites.
• Students are placed in internships.
• Decisions on internship placements are made with mutual interests of the student, PI/mentors and SCILL advisors.

Year 1, Summer

• Human ESC Workshop at Stanford 
• Internship start