High School Summer STEM

During the summer, KGI offers a limited number of unpaid internship opportunities to exceptionally motivated and academically strong high school students to learn about the pursuit of a science or engineering related college education and professional career. This internship program runs in parallel with our Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program. Students will be able to participate in SURE program activities such as seminars and workshops as well.

  • The number of positions is limited, depending on the availability of faculty mentors plus approval by the Dean
  • Students have to be age 16 or older at the time of program start to qualify for this program

2024 Dates

June 17 – July 5 or July 8 – 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (times subject to change)

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Intern Spotlight

What is it like to be a high school intern at KGI?

Jhaline Mast worked as an intern during the summer of 2017. She did such a great job that she stayed on during the school year to continue working on her project.

— Jhaline Mast

Deboki Chakravarti and Samena Lutfaeli from the Vivian Webb School worked as interns at KGI during the summer of 2006 as part of the FIBR outreach program. Under the mentorship of Professor Alpan Raval, these two students learned the Python programming language and used Python to perform basic computations on biological network data. Deboki and Samena continued to work on the project in 2007 by implementing novel methods to extract topologically modular structures within biological networks.

— Deboki Chakravarti & Samena Lutfaeli

Asmita Kumar, a former student at Claremont High School, worked as an intern at KGI during the summer of 2005 in the research group of Professor Angelika Niemz. Her main project involved fabricating nanoporous template structures on silicon wafers, and depositing DNA-functionalized gold nanospheres into the surface nanopores through self-assembly. She presented the results of her research project in the form of a poster at the 2005 Southern California Conference of Undergraduate Research (SCCUR) at UC Irvine.

— Asmita Kumar

 

Program Requirements

Application deadline: April 15

An online application form is required that contains questions about your personal and educational background. Additional requirements (below) can be submitted along with your online application or separately:

  • Personal Statement

    Please provide a brief statement of why you are interested in conducting summer research at KGI. Please also describe what you would like to study for your undergraduate degree. And please briefly describe which SURE tracks you are most interested in and why (refer to the SURE web page for list of tracks).

  • Resume

  • Letter of Recommendation (Optional)

    Contact information for one recommender is required during the online application process. This person should be able to evaluate your qualification and potential for success in our program. You can choose to use a professional or academic reference. Only one recommendation is required but additional recommendations may be submitted if desired.

    Recommenders will be contacted via email to submit their recommendation online. If they prefer otherwise they can email or mail a copy to the Admissions Office along with this recommendation form.

  • Transcripts

    Unofficial transcripts may be submitted for evaluation purposes. Official transcripts are not required for admission but may be substituted for unofficial transcripts for admission review.

There is a $20 application fee. If you are in need of an application fee waiver, please contact admissions@kgi.edu.

Students participating in the in-person program sessions are financially responsible for their transportation, housing, and food throughout the program.

The Admissions Committee is made up of faculty and staff who will thoroughly and conscientiously review each application.