Summer Research Opportunities
The Computer Science Department at Carleton College is committed to providing undergraduate students with research opportunities. The majority of our research opportunities take place over the summer, and are paid positions. The standard stipend for 2012 is $4200 for ten weeks of full-time research.
How to apply:
Submit an application to the department. To be eligible, you must be a current Carleton student. Graduating seniors are not eligible. The deadline to apply is 8 a.m. on Monday, January 23, 2012.
You will be asked to indicate your project(s) of interest, submit an unofficial transcript, and list a faculty reference as part of the application process.
Carleton offers a Summer Science Fellow program (see this site for details and an application). The deadline to apply for a Summer Science Fellows position is January 13, 2012.
Students are supported through various grants, including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the National Science Foundation, and the Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars program. (See below for details on the Clare Boothe Luce program.)
Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars Program
The Department of Computer Science is proud to offer the Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars Program, which supports undergraduate research projects in physics, astronomy, and computer science as well as cross-disciplinary research projects in computational physics, geophysics, biophysics, computational chemistry, and physical chemistry. The awards will be given annually to eight women in Computer Science and Physics & Astronomy or related fields. Each recipient will be paid a stipend of $4200 for 10 weeks of summer research, with additional funds allotted for research expenses and travel to meetings to present results. The CBL Research Scholars will take part in cohort activities such as summer lunch meetings, presentation of a poster on their research at Carleton's annual poster session and participation in related CBL activities throughout the academic year following their summer research.
To be eligible, the applicant must be:
- Female interested in computer science, physics, astronomy or related fields.
- U.S. Citizen
- Preference is for 1st or 2nd year students
Clare Boothe Luce, the widow of Henry R. Luce, was a playwright, journalist, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, and the first woman elected to Congress from Connecticut. She appreciated, however, that many women face obstacles in their chosen professions. By establishing this program, she sought to encourage women to enter, study, graduate, and teach in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. More information can be found on the Luce Foundation website.