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Minority Awards Program
| Primary Institution: | Smithsonian Institution |
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| Affiliation: | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| City: | Cambridge |
| State: | MA |
| Job Duration: | 10 weeks |
| Class Requirement: | Completed High School |
| Citizenship Requirement: | U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Legal Resident |
| Position Type: | Research |
| Discipline(s): | Astronomy; Astrophysics; Gravitation Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics Chemistry Computational science Elementary Particles and Fields Mathematics Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
| Description: | The Smithsonian Institution provides internships to minority students to participate in Smithsonian scholarly programs. Stipend awards are available for interns to participate in supervised on-going research or museum-related activities for periods of ten weeks. Minority undergraduate and beginning graduate students are encouraged to apply. Applications are due 1 Feb. In recent years, there has been a shortage of applications from physics students. Reasonable applicants have an excellent chance of being selected. |
| Stipend: | 550/week for 10 weeks |
| Benefits: | Travel Reimbursement |
| Application Deadline: | 02/01/2013 |
| Job Website: | http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/MIP/MIPapp.htm |
| Additional Information: | Several Minority Awards Program (MAP) students have worked over a summer with the Precision Astronomy Group at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, which is part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. At PAG we are planning a sounding-rocket-based test of the equivalence principle that would improve upon present tests by four orders of magnitude. We are developing a sub-picometer laser distance gauge, non-stick test mass caging, metal surfaces with very uniform surface potential, and other technology required for the mission. |
Research/Internship Opportunity Contact Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
James Phillips MS63, 60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Email: jphillips@cfa.harvard.edu Phone: 617-495-7360 |
| Secondary Contact: |
Pamela Hudson Veenbaas Office of Fellowships and Internships, Smithsonian Institution 470 L'Enfant Plaza SW Suite 7102, MRC 902 PO Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 Email: siofi@si.edu Phone: 202.633.7070 |
