This year the program placed 12 students in positions at some of the nation's top industrial and national laboratories. Established by the APS Committee on Education in 1978, ISIP provides an opportunity for qualified U.S. physics students to broaden their training by working in an industrial environment for 10 weeks during the summer.
Interns receive salaries from their industrial employers.
The primary benefits of the ISIP program include exposure to industrial research and the opportunity to establish important contacts in industry. The program also benefits the participating industrial laboratories. Interns often produce useful results that help advance a company's scientific program, and may return to industry after earning their Ph.D.s. See the announcement on this page for the 1997 Industrial Summer Internship Program. Undergraduates in their senior year and graduate students are eligible.