NCSA has a history of nurturing innovative concepts, and some of the best ideas have come from highly motivated, creative undergraduate students. The Students Pushing Innovation (SPIN) internship program was launched to provide University of Illinois undergraduates with the opportunity to participate in hands-on research and contribute to interdisciplinary projects covering focused research areas in Culture and Society, Earth and Environment, Bioinformatics and Health Sciences, Material and Manufacturing, Data and Computational Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, and Digital Agriculture. Applications are due by midnight June 21, 2021.
Program dates: August 23, 2021 – May 4, 2022; Work 5 hours/week for 16 weeks each semester; SPIN interns earn $12.50 per hour and are paid as Undergraduate Hourly employees; Open to any UIUC undergraduate student in good academic standing; No restriction on year of study or major; International students are eligible