Student Benefits
Opportunities to engage in university-level research.
Develop a one-on-one relationship with a faculty mentor.
Learn skills and information that will help you succeed in college.
Financial - paid employment (up to 15 hours per week during the Academic Year; up to 40 hours per week during the summer).
Travel expenses for summer off-campus internships.

  For opportunities in the 2006/7 academic year complete the STUDENT INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE and submit it to Program Director Dr. Warren Sherman at the address shown near the bottom of this page.
 
For a copy of Regulations & Guidelines for student participation in on-campus internships click here. If you are interested in one of these internships during the Fall or Spring semesters or for the Summer, first contact one of the SCORE faculty, or other faculty in the departments of Biological Sciences or Chemistry and Physics who have an active research laboratory. Their recommendation is the first step in the ASPIRE application process.

For information about off-campus summer internships at research-intensive universities, along with summer travel and pay, contact Program Director Dr. Sherman (see below).

ASPIRE students at a program evaluation meeting, February 14, 2006

  At the end of each semester and summer session, students and their faculty mentors are required to submit a short evaluation and progress report on the research internship.  To download the student form, please click here;  for the faculty mentor's form, click here.

*Recent placements for off-campus summer internships have included: Argonne Natl. Laboratory, University of Alabama, Brown University, University of California-Berkeley, University of Chicago, Cornell University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Northwestern University, Northwestern Medical Center, and rUniversity of Wisconsin.  For a listing of other opportunities for off-campus summer internships visit the JUSTGARCIAHILL website managed by Hunter College or contact Dr. Sherman.