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2025
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
 in STEM and Public Health Fields
at The Ohio State University
for Ohio Five College Students

 

Application Expected to Open Dec. 20, 2024
Application Deadline: February 15, 2025
Program Dates: May 19-July 25, 2025

The Ohio State University and the Five Colleges of Ohio, Inc., are co-sponsoring paid summer research internships in STEM and public health fields including biochemistry, chemistry, epidemiology, mathematics, microbiology, physics, statistics and semiconductors/materials in Summer 2025 for students at The College of Wooster, Denison University, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, and Ohio Wesleyan University.  The SURE program in an in-person residential experience that began in 2018.

The internships will be 10 weeks from May 19 to July 25, 2025.  Interns will be student research employees of Ohio State University and work in the research groups of faculty members in the departments the Colleges of Arts & Sciences or Public Health.  The program will host up to three interns as part of the Intel-sponsored Center for Advanced Semiconductor Fabrication and Education (CAFE), part of OSU’s Institute for Materials Research (IMR), and up to four interns from the Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS, in Public Health and Medicine).  Interns will conduct individual faculty-mentored projects that support the research priorities of the research group. Students will gain experience working in an R1 university laboratory with senior faculty and OSU undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, an ideal introduction to the graduate school research experience. Students will conclude their internship at a capstone event, where they will present their research to OSU faculty and faculty and administrators from their home institution, followed by a presentation at their home college during the academic year.

The program is open to any Ohio Five college student, with a special focus on students completing their sophomore or junior years. Students may be from any major, but are expected to have completed foundational coursework in the proposed area of research. Those who initiate research programs that they wish to continue as part of their major and its concluding research project may be invited to continue their research activities with OSU following the internship. The program is especially suited to students interested in graduate studies that they may consider pursuing at Ohio State.

Interns will be employed on an hourly basis at $13.68 an hour, corresponding to about $5,200 in gross wages for 38 hours per week for 10 weeks, the typical time of the program.  Housing in a shared double room will be provided by the program, with move-in on May 18, 2025, and move-out on July 26, 2025. Interns are responsible for maintaining health insurance coverage and must comply with all University regulations for conference housing.  Interns are employees of The Ohio State University during the duration of the program and subject to OSU Human Resources policies, including coverage for worker’s compensation for work-related injuries. The program will entail full-time research and is generally not compatible with other employment or coursework (permission for overlapping employment or coursework, including online, is required).

To apply, students should submit an application, transcript, resume, and the name of a faculty member or someone else who knows the student’s scientific ability well who will provide a reference.  The application includes questions about areas of interest, description of previous laboratory or research experience, college coursework in science and mathematics to be completed by the end of this academic year, and plans for the future.  Application materials are due to The Five Colleges of Ohio by February 15, 2025. Applications are submitted online, including the name and email address for a faculty member who will provide a letter of reference. Ohio Five will contact the recommender directly once the application is complete. Selection of the interns will be made by the OSU faculty research leaders.  We expect to hire up to 30 interns; successful candidates will be notified in late March.

Applications from women and members of underrepresented groups are highly encouraged.

The Ohio 5-SURE program is supported by the Five Colleges of Ohio, Inc., the OSU Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Public Health, and the participating departments and divisions in those colleges.  Additional support is provided by CAFE/IMR and the Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science.

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Contact Information

Tracy Rudisill
SURE Application and Administrative Program Coordinator
Director of Operations
Five Colleges of Ohio
(440) 775-5502 | rudisillt@ohio5.org

Nick Rodgers
SURE On-Site Program Coordinator
Admissions Coordinator
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
The Ohio State University
(614) 292-8917 | rodgers.271@osu.edu

Dr. Lindsey Interlante
SURE Executive Program Director
Executive Director
Five Colleges of Ohio
(440) 775-5501 | interlantel@ohio5.org

Dr. Amy Ferketich
SURE Faculty Program Co-Director (Public Health)
Professor
College of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology
The Ohio State University
(614) 292-7326 | ferketich.1@osu.edu

Dr. Thomas J. Magliery
SURE Faculty Program Co-Director (Arts & Sciences)
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
The Ohio State University
(614) 247-8425 | magliery.1@osu.edu