Annual Summer Internship Program Trudeau Institute will hold its six-week long Summer Internship Program to introduce a new class of local high school students to biomedical research. The Institute launched this program in 1997. Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, and Tupper Lake private and public high school juniors are invited to submit applications, which include an essay explaining why the student would benefit from a hands-on experience in biomedical research. Members of the research faculty will mentor each student. This program is open to ALL students with an interest in science.
Interest is as important as grade point average.
A panel of Institute scientists will select up to eight students from Saranac Lake High School, Tupper Lake High School, Lake Placid High School and Tri-Lakes area private high schools. Successful students will be notified after April 5, 2001. The program will include attendance at weekly lectures given by Institute staff, Introduction to immunology, B cells and immunity, T cells and immunity, host defense, and mouse models, as well as the assignment of a specific research project directed by the scientist mentors. Other activities involve attendance at seminars given by scientists visiting Trudeau Institute and interaction with all research groups at the Institute. At the conclusion of their six-week program, students present the results of their work to their peers, Trudeau scientists, teachers, parents and program sponsors.