UCSC Science Internship Program (SIP) for High-School Students: Summer 2012




Projects, Mentors, and Students

Assigned projects for SIP 2012

Click here for Dr. Adina Paytan's High School Internship Program covering the areas of Earth Sciences, Marine Sciences, Oceanography, Geology, etc.




Useful Links

Housing
Key events/deadlines and Discovery Lectures
Orientation session topics (brief outline)
Unix/Logging in/IDL (very basic step-by-step instructions)
IDL tutorial links: list of IDL routines (alphabetical order) and tutorial
Python tutorial links: Getting started and making plots
Astronomy journal reference links: NASA/ADS and arXiv


News Stories

Natalie Portman was an Intel STS Semifinalist!
Intel STS Finalists: UCSC News and Events (SIP 2010)
Castilleja School News Alert and video (SIP 2010)
Story in UCSC News and Events (SIP 2009)


How to Apply

Application procedure for 2012
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR 2012!!!
(Application deadlines were: Friday March 30, 2012 for most projects; open projects were posted in late March/early April so applications for those were due on Friday April 13, 2012)


Relevant Scholarships (not associated with SIP)

Proton Energy Scholarship
Davidson Fellowship




SIP 2011




SIP 2010




SIP 2009




Group Projects / Camps

Various Math & Science Topics: COSMOS (California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science at UCSC - applications are closed for Summer 2012)
NASA's INSPIRE Program --- Research, Education and Careers in STEM Fields