At this time, the funding for an 'at large' local high school internship program (which comes from the National Cancer Institute) is experiencing an interruption; we are currently working on a renewal. However, even if this funding is renewed, it will be in the form of an internship program directly tied to specific educational partnership programs that the Hutch is developing with specific schools and communities in the region. Thus, at this time and for next summer there is no direct internship program offered 'at large' to the greater Seattle high school community.
However, we strongly encourage interested students to consider pursuit of a summer job at the Hutch working in a lab or with one of our other research groups. Many students have successfully found temporary summer employment here by putting together a cover letter, resume and a reference and emailing individual laboratory supervisors (called 'Principle Investigators' or 'PIs') requesting consideration for a summer job. These are entry level positions, usually doing something that is easily learned, quite straightforward, often repetitious, but appropriate for someone just starting out in science.
The best way to go about finding names and email addresses of PIs here at the center is through our faculty listing:
www.fhcrc.org/science/investigators.html
In addition, any interested student should register online with the human resources department, and provide a generic employment application (including cover letter and resume) to have on file. This makes the hiring process much simpler for a potential summer employer. The link to go to for that process is found at www.fhcrc.org/about/jobs/.
Please note that summer employment at the center is strictly limited to students who are at least 16 years of age at the start of the summer. As well, minors under the age of 18 are limited to specific classifications of laboratory responsibilities, that strictly avoid exposure to radioactivity, hazardous chemicals, biohazardous agents and human blood or tissue. For more information, please see the Hutchinson Center news article "Experiencing a real life of science at 16" at www.fhcrc.org/about/pubs/center_news/2007/jan/art5.html.
We hope this is helpful information, and encourage students to "go for it" if they are sufficiently motivated and interested to pursue a job here this summer. The Hutchinson Center is a great place to get a first experience of scientific research, and there are many students each year who find a summer job through the basic strategy that outlined above.
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