High School Internships

Now accepting applications!

The University of Arizona's KEYS High School Internship Program offers research internships in the biosciences to motivated high school students with a strong interest in pursuing advanced education or training in the bioscience or biomedical fields.

With help from a variety of UA partners, KEYS is coordinated by the BIO5 Institute and the College of Pharmacy's Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC).

New for summer 2010:

Thanks to a partnership with the Arizona Department of Education, KEYS is now able to offer summer housing to Arizona students outside of the Tucson metro area.

Students from outside of Tucson will stay in University of Arizona residence halls, with KEYS student staff serving as live-in residence assistants.

We are also now able to offer an engineering research track due to strong interest among College of Engineering faculty.

Application Information:

This competitive laboratory research program requires that applicants:

1. have a high school GPA of 3.2 on 4.0 grading scale,
2. be a junior or senior in high school (at least 16 years of age by the first day of the program), and
3. be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

The strongest applicants will have taken classes in biology and chemistry. All of the application materials will be evaluated for the applicant's strengths and special qualifications that demonstrate why the applicant should be selected for an internship.

The 6-week internship program includes:

1. One week of preparatory training classes such as basic lab skills, lab safety,keeping a lab notebook, reading a science a paper, etc.
2. Five weeks for the laboratory research experience (40 hrs/week)
3. Each week, other supplementary learning activities such as journal club, discussion sections, etc. will be included
4. At the end of their internship the students will present a scientific poster summarizing their research.

For more information and to apply: http://keys.pharmacy.arizona.edu/