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Programs

Fermilab provides internships for teachers and students who apply directly to Fermilab or through the Department of Energy. Fermilab also has international partnerships with institutions in foreign countries that are responsible for selecting students. Below are the internship programs for which Fermilab selects the students.

Secondary School Teacher and High School Student Programs

• TRAC - Teacher Research Associates Program

  

  Fermilab's Program for STEM teachers.

• QuarkNet Summer Research Program

  

  Current 10-12th grade students with preference to 11th graders.

• TARGET - Fermilab's Science and Engineering Program

  

  For 10th & 11th graders in Illinois.

Undergraduate Programs

Use the program chart to help you choose the right program for you.
Program Chart - Former Interns

• CCI - Community College Internships

  

  For community college students.

• Helen Edwards Summer Internship (formerly PARTI)

  

  For physics & engineering majors in European countries.

• Lee Teng Undergraduate Internship

  

  For juniors and exceptional sophomores in physics or engineering at U.S. institutions.

• SIST - Summer Internships in Science and Technology

  

  For under-
  represented minorities majoring in STEM fields at 4-year U.S. colleges.

• SULI - Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship

  

  For U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents in physics or engineering.

• VetTech Internship Program

  

  For military veterans to intern as a technician to provide routine technical support for an experiment or group.

Graduate and Faculty Programs

• GEM - Graduate Fellowships in Engineering and Science

  

  For Hispanic, Native American and Black U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

• VFP - Visiting Faculty Program

  

  For faculty members with option to bring students.

Programs Converted to International Partnerships or Retired

• DOE ACTS - Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (No longer active)

  

  U.S. Dept. of Energy's Program for STEM teachers

• IPM - Internship for Physics Majors (No longer active)

  

  For foreign students in US & non-US universities & majoring in physics.

• Italians (INFN, DOE, SSSA, ISSNAF, CAIF) (Converted to International Partnership)

  

  For Italian physics & engineering grads

• PST - Pre-Service Teacher Internship (No longer active)

  

  For STEM pre-service teachers

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