IGS Summer Internships For High School
and College Students

Undergraduate Summer Research Internships

For undergraduate (and graduate) students, we provide opportunities for summer research. These experiences may be bioinformatics-based, laboratory-based, or a combination of the two. Activities may include lab experiments, high-throughput data generation, omics data analysis, and/or programming.

Internships are full-time and generally last 8-10 weeks, although specific details will be arranged between students and their mentors. Potential research areas include cancer, infectious disease, microbiome, and big data applications.

Specific areas available each summer depend on the availability of faculty mentors. Each student will work with a faculty member and/or a member of their research group. At the end of the summer, all interns will participate in an intern symposium and give oral presentations on their projects.

We anticipate having approximately 10 openings for interns – please note that we always get more applicants than we have available slots, so placement in the program is not guaranteed.

To apply, fill out the form at the link below and provide your resume and a cover letter describing your interests and why you wish to work at IGS.

Applications are due by March 3rd 2025.

IGS High School Summer Bioinformatics Program

This is a 5-week program held in a hybrid format, meaning that students can join either in-person or remotely. A group of 12-15 students will participate in the program together.

Types of topics and activities covered in the program:

• Introduction to Omics and Bioinformatics
• Python programming
• Command line interactions within the Linux Operating System
• Analysis of genomic and/or transcriptomic data using bioinformatics tools
• Career information
• Campus/IGS tours
• Lab visits and activities

All students in the program will also pick a biology or bioinformatics topic of choice (for example: echolocation, sequence alignment tools, bacterial toxins), engage in independent study on the topic (via literature review, database searches, use of NCBI resources, writing a program), and prepare a 10-15 minute oral presentation which they will present at the end of the 5 weeks.

General schedule: Each morning (Mon-Fri) there will be synchronous lessons, demonstrations, or group activities from 10:00-12:00 (Eastern). These sessions will be both in-person at IGS and simultaneously shared on zoom for remote students. Each afternoon students will work independently on exercises or tasks related to the morning content or their independent study project.

The expectation is that students will spend ~30 hours per week on program tasks.

A more specific and finalized schedule will be available in the spring.

Dates: Exact dates for the 5 weeks of the program have not been finalized, but will fall within this window: June 30 2025 - August 8 2025.

To apply, fill out the form at the link below and provide your resume and a cover letter describing your interests and why you wish to work at IGS. Note that we generally get more applicants than we have available slots, thus placement in the program is not guaranteed.

Applications are due by March 3rd 2025.