Entering freshmen who will be attending the Universities of Alaska, Michigan, Minnesota, Clarkson University, Penn State, or Cornell who are Native American or Alaska Native and who are interested in engineering and science fields related to IBM technologies. The IBM ALVA summer internship lasts 10 weeks. Program dates are based on when students finish school, generally mid-June through the third week in August. Students are paid for 40 hours of work, spending 30 hours on the job at IBM and 10 hours in workshops with the mathematics instructor. Transportation to and from the IBM site is paid.
Students pay for food and pre-arranged housing.