Resources

• Research Assistantship
• Sponsor Form

Jefferson Science Associates Minority/Female Undergraduate Research Assistantship

Jefferson Lab is seeking candidates for a research assistantship to provide an opportunity for a minority or female undergraduate student to work on projects that are part of the Lab's research program or directly related to the scientific or engineering aspects of the research program. JSA will provide funds to support the student at the University during the 2018 - 2019 academic year. This project is supported by the JSA Initiatives Fund Program, a commitment from the JSA owners, SURA and PAE Applied Technologies. Initiatives Funds support programs, initiatives, and activities that further the scientific outreach, promote the science, education and technology of the Jefferson Lab and benefit the Lab's extended user community in ways that complement the Lab's basic and applied research missions.

• Students must be enrolled full-time as a junior or senior during the 2018-2019 academic year to be eligible.
• Students must be a physics major.
• Students must be nominated by a faculty member in order to apply for the assistantship.
• JSA will provide a $5,500 stipend to the selected student’s university to pay the student through its student employment program. The assistantship will not provide support for tuition, fees, other such expenses, or to support senior thesis.
• The selected student will work at the university under the guidance of a university faculty member.
• The selected student must submit a project report at the end of the assistantship.
• Additionally, up to $1,500 is available for the selected student to visit Jefferson Lab or to attend a related research workshop.

The nominations will be reviewed by a committee of Jefferson Lab scientists which will select the student to receive the assistantship.

Financial arrangements will be handled by JSA. JSA will contact the University and sponsor when the student awarded the assistantship is selected.

Female/Minority Status

Definitions of these groups are as follows:

• Female
• American Indian or Alaskan Native. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America, and who maintain their culture through a tribe or community.
• Asian or Pacific Islander. A person having origins in any of the original people of the Far East, Southeast Asia, India, or the Pacific Islands. These areas include, for example, China, India, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
• Black (except Hispanic). A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
• Hispanic. A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

How to Apply

Nominations must be submitted by the faculty sponsor before the student may apply. After the faculty member has nominated a student, the student will be sent an email with the with the link to the form to be completed

Faculty nominations must include the following information

• Faculty Name
• Faculty Position
• Department
• University
• Email
• Nominee's Name
• Reason/justification for nomination
• Faculty component due by May 15, 2018

Students nominated must submit the following information:

• Student Name
• Major
• Year in School
• Minority/female classification
• University/Department
• University Sponsor (faculty sponsor)
• Transcript
• Description of the proposed project
• Student component due by May 30, 2018

 

Sponsor click on this link to nominate a student:
SPONSOR NOMINATION FORM

If you have any questions please contact:

Science Education
Jefferson Science Associates
628 Hofstadter Rd., Suite 6
Newport News, VA 23606

Kelly Allmon
Email: allmon@jlab.org
Phone: 757-269-7136

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), has a primary mission is to explore the fundamental nature of confined states of quarks and gluons, including the nucleons that comprise the mass of the visible universe. TJNAF also is a world leader in the development of the superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) technology utilized for the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF). Managing and operating the Lab for the Department of Energy (DOE) is Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA). JSA is a limited liability company created by Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) and PAE Applied Technologies.

This project is supported by the JSA Initiatives Fund Program, a commitment from the JSA owners, SURA and PAE Applied Technologies. Initiatives Funds support programs, initiatives, and activities that further the scientific outreach, promote the science, education and technology of Jefferson Lab and benefit the Lab’s extended user community in ways that complement the Lab’s basic and applied research missions.