Research and Internship Opportunities

Through our Research First Initiative (RFI), we are transforming the way that science and mathematics are taught by enabling students to join faculty-sponsored research teams and learn through actual laboratory experience. The School of Integrative Science and Technology (IST) is also partnered with the Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship, providing our students with unique opportunities to engage with emerging biotech companies for an authentic industry research experience.

IST offers a 6-week, hands-on authentic research experience aimed at attracting and developing talented students from high school, who are interested in pursuing an education in a STEM field.
Upon entering the program students are divided into small research teams that are paired with a faculty mentor conducting actual scientific research.

Victor Jacobsen ’18 (center) shows off working prototype of the Pollen Count & Alert app to Leonard Bielory, M.D., CEO, StarRx Technology Center, LLC (right) and David Joiner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computational Mathematics & Physics (left).