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

The program is a partnership between multiple programs across the University of Arizona (UA) campus, and is coordinated by the BIO5 Institute and the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC).

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.

In addition, the strongest applicants will have had 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 consists of:

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 (30 hrs/week)
3. Each week during the five weeks of research experience 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 poster or PowerPoint talk summarizing their research.

KEYS High School Internship Brochure

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