United States of America (Stanford off-campus), United States of America (Stanford on-campus)
Summer Undergraduate Program on Energy Research (SUPER)
Sponsored by
Precourt Institute for Energy
The Precourt Institute for Energy's Summer Undergraduate Program on Energy Research (SUPER) internships provide undergraduates with opportunities to work on faculty-mentored, individualized energy research. Undergraduates delve deeply into one energy topic, while also learning about energy research across Stanford University. The program is designed to inspire students to consider energy as a field of study at Stanford and to prepare them to engage as professionals in solving this real world challenge.
2021 Program Features:
- Program available both spring and summer for students taking their flex quarter
- Stipend to support student researchers; exact amount varies by financial need and project demands.
- On-campus research, if safety allows, will be available only to the class years designated for the given quarter
- Spring: juniors & seniors
- Summer: freshmen & sophomores
- In order to conduct on-campus research, students must live on campus.
- Virtual options will be available both quarters
- Students present results during fall term at the university's Symposia of Undergraduate Research and Public Service (SURPS)
What you will do
- Conduct self-directed research within a larger lab or project
- Regular meetings with research mentor
- Weekly virtual seminar showcasing a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary energy research and discussing current energy news. Faculty will present their research as well as personal stories about how they decided to pursue research in energy.
Eligibility and Requirements:
SUPER is open to all undergraduates taking their flex term who will be enrolled at Stanford through at least Fall 2021.
