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SCEC 2014 Summer Internships: Application Now Open!

Date: 12/06/2013

Dear SCEC Community Member:

The Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) is accepting applications for its Summer 2014 Undergraduate Internship Programs! Please share this information with your undergraduate students (a sample email is attached below).

If you have any additional questions, please consult the SCEC Internship Programs website at:

http://www.scec.org/internships

...or contact Robert de Groot at degroot@usc.edu or by phone at 213-821-6340.

Thank you again for your continuing support of the SCEC Internship Programs!

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Here's some text you can send to your students:

PAID INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE for UNDERGRADUATES at the Southern California Earthquake Center

The Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) is headquartered at the University of Southern California. Founded in 1991, SCEC has a mission to gather new information about earthquakes in Southern California, integrate this information into a comprehensive and predictive understanding of earthquake phenomena, and communicate this understanding to end-users and the general public in order to increase earthquake awareness, reduce economic losses, and save lives. SCEC is funded by the National Science foundation and the United States Geological Survey.

There are 2 SCEC summer internship programs offered to undergraduate students who are interested in Earth sciences and/or its related fields:

UseIT (Undergraduate Studies in Earthquake Information Technology)

Work as a team to develop technical tools for scientists, educators, and policy makers to communicate important concepts about earthquakes, faults, seismic hazard mitigation, and earthquake risk reduction. Visit the UseIT website for more information about the program: http://scec.usc.edu/internships/useit/

Term & Location: Summer 2014 (8 weeks - 6/9 to 8/1) at the University of Southern California

SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience)

Conduct primary field, laboratory, and/or theoretical research under the supervision of leading scientists in the fields of geophysics, earthquake geology, seismology, tectonics, and geodesy.

Term & Location: Summer 2014, (~10 weeks - Dates determined with mentor) at various SCEC institutions

Applications are being accepted now! To apply, visit:

http://www.scec.org/education/college/internships/application.php

Priority consideration deadline is Monday, February 24, 2014. Stipend: $5000

All interns must have an undergraduate standing and be enrolled as a student during the entire year of 2014 (i.e. you must be in school at least until the end of the Fall 2014 semester/quarter) and must be either a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident. For example, if you are graduating in August 2014 you are not eligible for the program.

To learn more about the specific programs, please visit
http://www.scec.org/internships

Questions? Contact us at: internships@scec.org

We look forward to hearing from you!

- SCEC Internships Team