Internship Sponsors
Thank you for your interest in sponsoring a WISP Research Intern.
Sponsors wishing to sign up for ‘09-’10 academic year can submit their projects via the online registration form and will receive more information later this summer. Please contact Kathy Weaver for more information.
We seek faculty and researchers who are eager to work with pre-major undergraduate women interested in the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We also include the disciplines of environmental studies, physical anthropology, physical geography, neuroscience, and cognitive science in the internship program. Dartmouth offers its undergraduates a rich variety of programs and entrepreneurial ways to get involved with scientific research–including the outstanding opportunities that exist at the engineering and medical schools.
Our program focuses on:
- first year (and some second year) students because of their high motivation, but also their high potential for attrition from the sciences; and
- women students because their overall attrition rate from STEM disciplines is much higher than their male peers.
WISP’s highly respected Research Internship Program was established in 1990-91 to provide a meaningful experience that will positively impact the retention of young women with strong science interests. The program has been sustained by committed faculty sponsors (new and experienced) who are willing to work closely with bright young women and carefully guide and support them though one of their first research experiences. We look forward to working with researchers across all departments to help meet our goal of supporting at least 60 interns each year.Please review the resources on this website to learn more about the program and how you can get involved as a WISP sponsor. Please contact Deb Delmore, Project Coordinator, or Kathy Weaver, Assistant Director if you have any questions.
We look forward to hearing from you!
| Please note: WISP offers paid, part-time internships. We seek financial collaboration with any sponsor who has research funding available to support their intern–in part or fully. Sponsors who wish to work with a second intern must support that student’s wages. WISP has a limited budget to support interns but we welcome faculty-compensated interns into the program because of the benefits to students from group participation. Sponsors who cannot self-support a WISP intern are still invited to participate and will be funded through WISP up to the limits of our program budget. |
Recommended Reading
Benefits of Undergraduate Research Experiences - Russell, Hancock, McCullough
“Sci and Tech Hears Women in STEM” - Boisseau
Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science
and Engineering
Hidden Bias and Implicit Association Tests
Stereotype Threat