[bioundgrd] Fwd: FW: 2010 Life Sciences Internship Challenge

[Janice Chang]

>From: "Steven Lerman" <lerman at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: FW: 2010 Internship Challenge
>Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:39:53 -0500
>
>2010 Summer Internship Challenge
>
>Dear Colleague,
>The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center would like to inform you 
>about an internship program we are offering for summer 2010, and 
>encourage your institution to help us notify students about this 
>opportunity.
>The Life Sciences Internship Challenge is a workforce development 
>program focused on enhancing the talent pipeline for Massachusetts 
>life sciences companies. The program will provide and fund summer 
>2010 internships for up to 150 students or recent graduates who are 
>considering career opportunities in the life sciences. Host 
>companies will commit to providing a dedicated mentor and meaningful 
>internship opportunity that relates to the academic focus of 
>eligible students. Studies have shown the value and necessity of 
>providing students with internships in the field of life sciences, 
>and we hope that this opportunity to explore a career path will 
>enhance the students' academic training.
>The pilot round of the "Internship Challenge" was met with 
>extraordinary success last summer, with over 500 applications 
>received from students representing 51 different colleges and 
>universities within the Commonwealth. Of those applicants, 104 were 
>offered a paid internship opportunity. The Center will once again be 
>collecting applications from eligible students and organizing them 
>in an online database accessible through our website. Companies and 
>research institutions that agree to host interns will be granted 
>access to review applications and be instructed to contact students 
>directly for interviews. The Center is offering to reimburse 
>companies with 100 or less employees for intern stipends of up to 
>$15 per hour for up to 12 weeks for students selected through the 
>program.
>Any student enrolled in a Massachusetts college or university is 
>eligible to apply, provided that they meet the eligibility 
>requirements. Prospective interns must be undergraduates in a 4-year 
>institution who have or will graduate(d) in 2009, 2010 or 2011, 
>graduate students who have or will graduate(d) in 2009, 2010 or 
>2011, or community college students that have complete(d) their 
>Associate's Degree or Certificate or the equivalent of one year's 
>course work related to the internship placement in 2009 or 2010.
>We kindly ask that you help us reach out to students so that they 
>become aware of this opportunity. For further details, please review 
>the attached FAQ's. We have also attached a flyer that can be posted 
>on campus to help promote the program.
>For further details regarding this program, please visit our 
>website, <http://www.masslifesciences.com/>www.masslifesciences.com.
>If you have questions, please contact Ryan Mudawar at 781-373-7719 
>or 
><mailto:internship at masslifesciences.com>internship at masslifesciences.com.
>Thank you for taking the time to inform your students and help them 
>take advantage of this opportunity. It is with your help that we can 
>once again make this program a success.
>Sincerely,
>
>Susan R. Windham-Bannister, Ph.D.
>President and CEO
>Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
>
>
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