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Internships Available in Scientific Drilling

DOSECC internships are open to college students (graduate or undergraduate) and primary and secondary school teachers. The internship proposal must involve a project where drilling has provided data and/or materials for study. Interns can undertake research related to ongoing or past drilling efforts. Applicants do not have to be attending a DOSECC Member Institution to be considered for this award.

Contact your university’s DOSECC representative (if applicable) if you have questions relating to this internship.

See details on the awardee projects and previous awardees.

Applying for Internships

Instructions for Applicants

Prospective interns should prepare a brief proposal (two pages), and have it reviewed by a faculty sponsor before submitting it to DOSECC. Undergraduates and graduate students are invited to apply, as are primary and secondary school teachers.

The proposal should include a brief statement of the work, the qualifications of the applicant contained in a CV, a discussion of future education or career plans, and a budget. The applicant should also submit a recommendation from a faculty member familiar with his or her qualifications.

The application should be sent to DOSECC by March 1, 2008. Awardees will be announced April 1, 2008.

Instructions for Faculty Sponsors

Faculty sponsors are responsible for providing appropriate training and mentoring. Total budgets between $2,000 and $5,000 are appropriate. Sponsors should discuss possible projects with prospective interns and guide them in preparing the brief proposal.

Faculty wishing to find an intern to sponsor should contact Dennis Nielson or David Zur at the DOSECC corporate offices, indicating the relevant drilling project and the intern's expected contribution. We will post these internship opportunities on the website.

Evaluation of Applications and Announcement of Awards.

Applications will be reviewed by a committee formed by DOSECC’s Board of Directors. The committee will consider the qualifications of the applicant, the appropriateness of the project to the time and resources available, and the potential contributions of the internship to the scientific program or to the applicant's own objectives. Awards will be announced on April 1, 2008.

Dissemination of Results

Interns should plan to present the results of their investigation at the DOSECC annual meeting held June 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. DOSECC will reimburse travel expenses for the intern to attend this meeting. Awardees will be required to submit a digitally formatted project summary for posting on the DOSECC webpage and/or newsletter. Awardees are requested to acknowledge DOSECC as providing funding, in publications resulting from their investigations.

DOSECC may also arrange, and reimburse travel expenses, for a poster or presentation at an oral session of research by interns for an appropriate professional meeting, such as AGU Fall Meeting or GSA.