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Internship
Enabling Native Researchers and Other Minorities Through Graduate Education Internship Program
ENRGE supports world-class research opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate engineering students enrolled in programs at minority-serving institutions with underrepresented backgrounds—such as Native, Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Latino Americans. The program provides robust professional development, technical trainings, focused mentoring, and hands-on experience in cross-laboratory research and development projects to support workforce development for the clean energy industry.
Be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours as an undergraduate or 9 credit hours as a graduate student. Have maintained a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the last completed semester.
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Program
Faculty-Applied Clean Energy Sciences
The Faculty-Applied Clean Energy Sciences program connects university and college faculty from minority-serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and historically Black colleges and universities with NREL researchers to develop skills in clean energy science. The 10-week program—targeting faculty who serve historically underrepresented populations—aims to empower participants to implement clean energy curriculum into their classrooms.
Must be a United States Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident at the time of applying.
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Field Trip
NREL High School Field Trip
Students will experience an in-depth, hands-on experience, where we will explore the chemistry, physics, and history of solar power. This is a two-hour program.
This program requires a minimum of 15 students and a maximum number of 30 attendees.
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Tour
NREL High School In-Person Tour
Students will experience a more focused tour (one or two facilities), along with an activity or presentation on a predetermined NREL research topic. This is a 1.5-2 hour program.
Minimum of 15 students and a maximum number of 30 attendees.
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Academic year
1.5 - 2 hours
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Tour
NREL High School Programs - Exploring STEM
Join NREL experts in an exploration of topics including engineering, science, and technical fields. Experts will provide a short talk about their education story and what they do at NREL, followed by a demonstration of their work.
Minimum of 8 students for virtual and minimum of 25 students for in person.
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Tour
NREL High School Virtual Tour
A virtual exploration of NREL's state-of-the-art campus provided by the NREL Education Team. Students will learn about NREL's sustainable and energy efficient campus design, as well as the renewable energy research conducted in each building. This tour is hosted on Zoom.
Minimum of 15 students and a maximum number of 30 attendees.
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Program
NREL Postdoctoral Program
The NREL Postdoctoral Program embeds recent Ph.D. graduates with NREL mentors in the lab to conduct advanced research, publish their results, and provide a pathway to careers in scientific innovation. Our postdoctoral researcher appointments are a maximum of 3 years. The assignments are reviewed and extended each year based on program needs, funding availability and performance. During this time, postdoctoral researchers work under the supervision of a senior scholar or a department mentor with access to world-class laboratory equipment.
Proof of a doctoral degree earned within the past 3 years.
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Program
NREL Research Participant Program
Research Participant Program internships are open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students interested in gaining valuable mentoring experience, participating in the lab's research and development programs, and establishing ongoing collaborations.
Undergraduate students must have successfully completed at least 1 year of academic coursework and be enrolled full time in an undergraduate degree program at an accredited institution. Graduate students should be enrolled in a graduate, master's, or doctoral program. All students should plan to continue full-time in the following term and must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
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Program
NREL STEM Teacher and Researcher Program
STEM Teacher and Researcher (STAR) is a 9-week paid summer research experience program for future K–12 STEM teachers. The program pairs aspiring STEM teachers with researchers and scientists at research laboratories such as NREL and allows them to gain firsthand experience in applied research settings. STAR also supports the continued development of our teacher-researcher fellows with ongoing professional development and networking opportunities.
Must have junior level standing by January 1st of the year you plan to apply. Eligible applicants must be from any California State University (CSU) Campus or be a Noyce Scholar from any university across the US.
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Internship
NREL Student Training in Applied Research Internship Program
The NREL Student Training in Applied Research (STAR) Undergraduate Internship program offers undergraduate students and faculty at minority-serving institutions hands-on experience with clean energy research over the course of a year.
Must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and have completed 1 year of coursework toward a bachelor’s degree by the beginning of this internship.
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Summer
10 week internship and 8 months of follow-on work during the academic year
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Program
NREL Teacher Professional Development
NREL is committed to providing professional development opportunities for formal educators who want to integrate renewable energy and energy efficiency components into their curriculum. Educators and scientists from NREL partner with the Colorado School of Mines/Nexus to offer high school teachers from across Colorado a professional development workshop focused on renewable energy education. The materials and curriculum we develop will enable teachers to integrate the latest renewable energy research into their high school chemistry and physics classes.
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