High School Summer Internship
Paytan Biogeochemisty Lab

The High School Internship Program

High school students spend 8-10 weeks (15-30 hours each week) in the summer working in different science laboratories. The students work on research projects and are supervised directly by graduate students or post docs. This program enables graduate students to serve as mentors, prepares high schools students for college and serves to strengthen the partnership between UCSC and local high schools. The application period is between Feburary and April each year.

*2013 application period is closed now.

For more information about the High School Internship program, students, teachers or parents may contact Dr. Adina Paytan at apaytan@ucsc.edu

For info about SIP, another UCSC highschool internship program in the fields of Astronomy/Astrophysics and other STEM fields, click here.

High school interns Yvonne and Lillian in the lab	High school intern Sophie working at Long Marine Lab
High school intern Wesley at the computer	Cleo Chung, a summer intern from Los Altos High School, prepares samples