IMSI 2021 Summer Internship Program
The IMSI Summer Internship Program is hosted by the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. It builds on the Mathematics Department’s prior success with the PI4 Summer Internship Program, which has been in operation for the past six years. Internships will be hosted primarily by companies and scientific labs in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Internship hosts for the PI4 program in previous years have included AbbVie Innovation Center, Ameren Innovation Center, Bud Analytics Lab, Wolfram Research, Personify, Caterpillar Data Innovation Lab, and the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. Scientific internship hosts have included the University of Illinois departments of Entomology, Speech and Hearing Science, Industrial Engineering, and more. There are a number of descriptions of past internships available.
Structure of the program: There are seven internships available for the summer of 2021. The program will begin with a two week skills workshop (May 28-June 11) on computation and data science using Python and R. Prior coding experience is not required. Students will then be placed in internships for eight weeks during the summer.
COVID-19 impact: It is likely that the ongoing pandemic will result in some or all of the activity related to this program taking place in an online format. Decisions about this will be made closer to the beginning of the program.
Eligibility: This program is open to Ph.D. students in mathematics or statistics programs in the United States who will graduate in August 2021 or later. Women and students from historically underrepresented US minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Participants must be eligible to work in the United States. The program is open to both US and international students based in the US. International students will be responsible for arranging work authorization (e.g. CPT) before starting the program.
Financial support: Costs incurred in traveling to Champaign-Urbana (if required for program participation) can be reimbursed (subject to NSF guidelines). In addition, interns will receive a stipend from IMSI along with salary from the host company. Participants accepted into the program will be provided with more information about the rules for reimbursement and the amount of stipend support.
Summer sublets close to campus are readily available and affordable in Champaign-Urbana. The city bus system is excellent, and one can live here and get to stores and to work without owning a car.
Deadline: The deadline for applications is March 31, 2021.