The Life Sciences Summer Institute (LSSI) application for the High School Student Research Program is now available by emailing biotech@workforce.org. 

The High School Student Research Program is designed to help increase awareness of the life sciences industry and related field of research to students in the San Diego region. Students learn how to formulate and test hypotheses, prepare experiments, and draw conclusions from those experiments. Students will develop scientific posters reflecting on their experience and highlighting their research and future career goals. 

Students selected to participate are involved in a one-week pre-internship “boot camp” at either Miramar College or Grossmont College followed by a seven-week paid internship at one of our local research institutes including: Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego Supercomputer Center, and The Scripps Research Institute.  

Eligibility Requirements:

·         Applicants must be San Diego County residents and have completed their most recent semester of high school at a public or private high school within San Diego County.

·         Applicants must be at least 16 years of age on or before June 28, 2010

·         Applicants must have successfully completed at least one year each of high school level chemistry and biology.

·         Applicants must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0.

·         Applicants must be able to commit to 40hrs/wk for the duration of the program

Please visit www.matsc.org or www.sandiegoatwork.com for more information on LSSI.