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Internships and Career Exploration

Through internship and career exploration opportunities, Bryn Mawr students engage in meaningful endeavors with problem solving, critical thinking and leadership opportunities that not only cultivate their own interests, but also deepen connections, partnerships and engagement within our local community.

Career exploration experiences are open to all Upper School students. If interested in specific opportunities outside of the list below, please fill out this form.

Employers interested in hosting a Bryn Mawr student for an opportunity should fill out this form. Thank you!

Career Exploration Opportunities

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Additional and Humanities Opportunities
- Digital Marketing Intern with Vitalup. We are looking for interns to work part time in several areas of our agency including social media marketing, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and website design/extension.
- Albrecht Fellowship for High School Students: The application deadline is November 15th. The application can be found here. The fellowship introduces students to issues of global importance and engages them in thought-provoking discussions on the role of AI, disinformation, immigration, sustainability, global affairs and more.
- Bank of America Student Leaders Program: Applications open! Deadline is January 17, 2024
- International Research Institute of North Carolina
- United States Senate Youth Program
- National Student Leadership Conference Summer Programs
- US Sentate Page Program
- Maryland General Assembly Student Page Program
- The Concordia Review History Camp
- Smithsonian Internships
- Shirley Povich Sports Journalism Summer Camp: A week-long summer camp that aims to provide learning tools and inspiration to high school students interested in sports media. Leading members of the Washington and Baltimore sports media community have made this camp possible, offering guidance and participation for the event, which will be held at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism from July 8 - 12. Only 50 spots available!
Artificial Intelligence
- University of Maryland: AI4ALL Applications are open! Apply here by April 26, 2024
- INSPIRIT AI: AI Scholars Live Online: Applications open! Spring 2024 deadline is January 15, 2024; Summer 2024 deadline is January 31, 2024
Astronomy/Physics
- Summer Science Program (SSP)
  Applications are open! Deadline is February 16, 2024
- The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) STEM Development Opportunities
  The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) STEM Development Opportunities Portal accepts requests from students and organizations seeking STEM experiences with STScI staff throughout the year. These experiences can include job shadowing, internships, and ongoing mentoring programs. STScI is committed to making connections with local students who have an interest in science, math, engineering, technology, business, and creative disciplines.
- Goddard Space Flight Center: Internships for High School Students
- Youth for Astronomy and Engineering
- NASA OSSI Internship
  Deadline: February 2, 2024
- Clemson and PARI Space Exploration Camps: Clemson University and the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute have partnered to create new Summer Research Experiences.
- NASA STEM Opportunities: Find Internships, College and Pre-College experiences, Educator experiences, and other opportunities related to NASA missions.
- Advanced Physics Summer Program: This program, designed for high school students (rising 9th-12th graders), will include awesome experiences you can use in the future! Participants will get to solder, code, learn about career options, and more. With interesting research, speakers, lab tours, STEM professional development, and networking activities the Advanced Physics Summer Program is a blast.
Creative Writing
- Summer Writer's Camps: Registration for Summer 2024 will open February 19
- Goucher College Young Writers: Early Registration due by May 1
Biology/Medicine
- NIH SIP (Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Sciences)
  Applications for Summer 2024 open mid-November 2023. Deadline: March 1 (but early applications are strongly advised). There is no centralized selection process; applications are reviewed by individual PIs who select their own summer interns and provide the funding to support them. Students interested in biology, engineering, epidemiology, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, nursing, physics, computer science, bioinformatics, and other health-related fields are invited to apply. PIs begin interviewing candidates and offering positions in early January and the selection process is completed by April 1, 2024.
- DNA Learning Center (DNALC) at Cold Spring Harbor Lab: Summer Programs
- National Cancer Institute Summer Internships in Maryland
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Opportunities for High School Students: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine hosts multiple summer experiences helping local teens explore biomedical, medical, and health-related careers.
- ISPEED in Biomedical Engineering: Admissions information for summer 2024 will be available beginning in December.
Engineering
- MIT’s MITES Program: Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science: Applications are open!
- MIT’s WTP: Women’s Technology Program: Application deadline is January 15.
- WIE Change the World: One week engineering program for women. The Women in Engineering Program in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) is excited to offer the WIE Change the World summer program geared toward high school women, but open to all, who are considering majoring in engineering and potentially pursuing it as a career. This week-long program will introduce participants to the various disciplines of engineering through engaging lessons and lectures, hands-on activities, team challenges, and conversations with faculty, staff, and students in the Clark School of Engineering. The curriculum focuses on introducing the fundamental principles and concepts of engineering as well as the impact of engineering on society through experiential learning opportunities. 10th-12th Grade can apply!
- Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation Programs
- Department of Defense: Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP)
  Update: Applications open!
- SEAP Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program
  Applications Open: August 1 - November 1
Environmental Science
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: Volunteer with SERC
- SEI’s Pre-College Field Studies Experience: Sewanee Environmental Institute
- Environmental Science Summer Research Experience for Young Women (ESSRE) Program at Roland Park Country School. Applications will open in December.
- Student Conservation Association: National Conservation Crew
- The Maryland Zoo at Baltimore: Teen Volunteering
- University of Pennsylvania: Teen Research and Education in Environmental Science (TREES)
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Student Leadership Summer Expeditions
General STEM
- STEMcx: Paid High School Internships for Minorities in STEM: Applications for paid summer internships typically open in January and the deadline to apply if February 28th. Follow them on social media to stay up-to-date.
- Maryland STEM Festival: The event typically runs from October - November.
- ARMY Educational Outreach Program: Spend your summer in a university research lab or in one of the U.S. Army Research Laboratories and Centers through this unique internship opportunity. You will experience firsthand the innovation and research that is driving the future of our country. View Summer 2024 opportunities here.
- Summer High School Intern Program with the National Institute of Standards and Technology: SHIP is an eight-week, unpaid educational internship. Students need to provide their own housing and transportation. Students interested in science can spend their summers in our labs at the Boulder, Co or the Gaithersburg, MD campuses through NIST’s Summer High School Intern Program (SHIP). You’ll learn from top scientists at NIST and work on your own research project. Applications close the first week of February.
- Center for Excellence in Education at MIT: RSI (Research Science Institute)
  Deadline: December 13, 2023 - Admissions Guidelines
- HHMI Jump Start Program at UMD
  Deadline: Qualified students will be accepted on a rolling basis through April 15, or until the program fills.
- Earthwatch Institute
- Carnegie Mellon: The Summer Academy for Mathematics + Science (SAMS)
  Deadline: March 1
- University of Pennsylvania: Summer Academy in Applied Science and Technology
  Deadline: February 19
- Morgan State University: Summer Academy of Mathematics and Science
  Applications Open! Priority Deadline: February 28, 2024 General Deadline: March 31, 2024
- University of Maryland: Cyber Defense Training Camp. The summer 2024 applications will open January 2024.
- National Cyberwatch Center: Summer CyberSTEM Programs
Marine Science
- National Aquarium Internships and Volunteering
- Woods Hole Science Aquarium Summer Internship Program
  Update: The program is on hiatus. We look forward to accepting applications in 2024. We will call for applications on social media – @NOAAFish_NEFSC on Twitter and @NOAAFishNEMA on Facebook.
- Fundy Marine Science Institute: Whale Camp
- The Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program: The Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program is a paid summer internship and mentoring program for high schools students, which is sponsored by the American Fisheries Society (AFS). Our vision is to stimulate interest in careers in fisheries science and management among groups underrepresented in the fisheries professions today. Applications Open: November 14, 2023 and close January 16, 2024

Summer STEM Fellowship Program

Bryn Mawr’s Summer STEM Fellowship program is open to rising seniors interested in real-world, hands-on, experiential research opportunities with some of Baltimore’s leading STEM institutions. The selected fellows meet throughout the year as a cohort to learn from each other and present a symposium-style poster to share with the community following their summer experience.

STEM Fellowship Opportunities

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Chemistry
- University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Investigating potential metal pollution in Baltimore City soil samples, students will collect, measure and analyze samples and assess findings in connection to geography, local history and social justice.
- Johns Hopkins Medicine: Students will study signaling pathways in cancer cells with a research group to determine how cancer and non-cancer cells respond to stressors, such as chemotherapies and radiation therapies.
Environmental Science
- Stevenson University, Fine School Of The Sciences: Work on a new collaboration with several forest ecologists seeking to explore the vertical structure and overstory biodiversity, biomass, and habitat use in trees of common species in our region.
Neurobiology
- Johns Hopkins Medical, Psychiatry Neurobiology Division: Students will learn the basics of neuroscience and neurodegenerative diseases throughout the program and perform hands-on biological lab techniques on a daily basis.
- University of Maryland School of Medicine: Work in a molecular neurobiology research lab on a project related to brain aging and injury.
Chemical/Biomolecular Engineering
- Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering: Work in a lab where researchers aim to expand the repertoire of protein therapeutics by redesigning naturally occurring proteins and engineering new molecules to overcome the deficiencies of existing drugs.
- Johns Hopkins University, Laboratory for Biomembranes and Transport of Drug Delivery Systems: Students cover various topics including fluorescence, liposomes, viscosity measurement, and cell culture, and learn basic wet lab techniques.