Internships

Experience A Possible Career

The benefits of doing an internship or externship experience are invaluable. These opportunities not only give you real-world experience, but they also show employers that you have a passion for a particular job field and the initiative to make sure it’s a good fit.

Next steps

Browse our current list of open internships
Review the Internship Guidelines
Prepare Your Application (allow at least 2 weeks)
Apply (by filling out information below)
- First Name*
- Last Name*
- University Email (e.g. xxx@bu.edu)*
- Name of the internship you are interested in:*
- Department*
- Name of Principal Investigator:*
- Principal Investigator's email address:*
- BU Campus*
- Choose the following that best describes your role at BU:*
- Year in Program/Postdoc*
- Expected graduation/expected end of postdoc:*
- Are you a US citizen?*
- If you are not a US citizen, please indicate your visa status:
- Briefly describe your interest in exploring new career areas. What do you hope to learn through this experience? How does this fit into your long-term career goals? (200 words)*
- I understand that these internships are part-time and I will continue to complete my laboratory work in a timely manner. Your PI must agree and give full permission before an internship will be awarded.*
  I understand.
- Please upload the following items as ONE PDF file. 1.) Approval form signed by PI, including confirmation of satisfactory academic performance for graduate students. 2.) Tailored one or two page resume. 3.) Summary page of personality assessment. 4.) Pre-internship Evaluation (link).*
  Max. file size: 100 MB.
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Internships

Business & Administration

Mentoring Circles Coordinator: Higher Ed, Networking
Outcome Capital Internship: Investment Banking
Research Administrator Intern: Grants, Contracts & Research Operations

Communications

GMS Social Media Intern: Summarizing GMS science for Blog Posts.
Career Exploration Panels; Writing Internship: Summarizing Career Panels and Writing Blog Posts.

Policy

Diversity at BUSM: Fix the Pipeline!

Research

Masters Thesis Mentor: Refine Your Mentoring Skills
Clinical Trials Office Internship: Gaining knowledge in Clinical Trial Management

Teaching

Lecturer in Neoplasia: Graduate-level Course
Lecturer in Cell Biology: Graduate-level Course
Practicing Educational Skills in Biochemistry: Prepare exam questions for PA Program

Opportunities are coordinated through the BU’s BEST office and will be listed on this web site and in BU’s BEST newsletters as they become available.

Additional Internships (Not coordinated by BU’s BEST)

GUIDELINES

Eligibility

At the time of application the applicant must be at least a 4^th year bio-medical doctoral student (post-qualifying exam) or postdoctoral research scientist conducting bio-medical research at Boston University.

Applicants must:

Attend the pre-internship workshops or view previously recorded workshops
- Workshops include: Professionalism 101, Intellectual Property: What YOU Should Know, Communication, Managing Up
When applicable, attend the experience-specific workshops described in the Experience application.
Have all required compliance approvals and/or certificates
A completed IDP on file in BU’s BEST office (myIDP or BU IDP)
For graduate students, have satisfactory academic performance defined by PI sign off

Application

To apply for an internship, an applicant should fill out the application. You will be asked to upload the following documents as a single pdf file with your name in the file-name to the end of the application.

Approval Form signed by PI, including confirmation of satisfactory academic performance for graduate students
Tailored one or two page resume (example resume). You can have your resume reviewed before the application by Lauren Celano (schedule a time).
Summary page of a personality assessment (free Myers-Briggs test)
Pre-internship Evaluation

Selection Process

Candidates will be selected based upon the EXPERIENCE site requirements. Qualified applicants will receive an interview with BU’s BEST leadership. BU’s BEST will present qualified applicants to the EXPERIENCE site. The EXPERIENCE site will make the final decision.

Requirements to Maintain the EXPERIENCE

Fulfill the PI agreement
Fulfill all duties assigned in the Experience site

Reporting Back

Mid-term and Post-internship evaluation that includes an evaluation of all learning objectives and EXPERIENCE site
All internship and externship participants will give a presentation/participate in a panel to their peers and BU’s BEST leadership to give feedback about the EXPERIENCE
The EXPERIENCE site will also be surveyed midterm and at the end of the EXPERIENCE