General Information
Entry Point!, a signature program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Project on Science, Technology, and Disability, is a national effort to discover and develop talent among undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities who demonstrated a talent and interest in pursuing a STEM career. The primary goal of the project is to increase the diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce at the professional level. Entry Point! recruits, screens, and refers qualified candidates to company and university research program partners for 10-week summer internships.
Entry Point! provides a wide, national recruitment and screening effort to discover outstanding students with disabilities. Each year, it develops new pools of candidates with the technical knowledge and skills that Entry Point! partners desire. Qualified candidate referrals are sent to workplace partners to make the final hiring decisions. Interns and their managers at partner sites receive support during the program as well as post-placement follow-up and mentoring.
Entry Point! invites partnerships with industry, university research programs, and government agencies in a mutual effort to place students with disabilities in 10-week, paid internships in opportunities geared toward their skills and interests.
Eligibility Guidelines
Industry partners expect students who have demonstrated the skills and talents in their STEM fields. To accomplish this, the best applicants should meet the following criteria:
- Enrollment as a full-time undergraduate or graduate student for the academic term before and after the desired internship
- Must have a disability – apparent or non-apparent
- Must have a grade point average of 3.0 (B) or better
- Must be living in the United States and legally authorized to work in the United States.
Information on the internship requirements can be found on this PDF Flyer.
Application Details
To initiate an application, interested students should complete the online application.
As part of the preliminary application, the following documentation will need to be sent to Laureen Summers at entrypoint@aaas.org.
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Transcripts
Following a preliminary screening review, eligible students may be asked to submit two letters of recommendation from at least one faculty member.
Details:
Research Offering Type
Internship
Undergraduate School
College, Engineering, Nursing, Wharton
Source
External
Contact Information
Questions about the application process should be sent to entrypoint@aaas.org.