College Students

The undergraduate and graduate internship programs provide more than 350 students and professors from universities around the country each year the opportunity for an authentic research experience. Interns will have access to the Lab’s facilities and leading scientists in their fields to take on scientific challenges and gain experience working in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
- Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage Quantum Computing Summer School
The Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA) Quantum Computing Summer School is a virtual six-week tutorial program introducing college students to the exciting world of quantum information science.
- Community College Internship (CCI)
Community college students are encouraged to enter technical careers by providing a 10 week internship at a Department of Energy national laboratory.
- G.R.E.En. Institute
Students from kindergarten through graduate school perform field work to learn about the local environments on Long Island.
- New York State Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program Mini-Course (CSTEP)
New York State CSTEP students are provided an introductory program to research at Brookhaven National Laboratory during the school winter break.
- Nuclear Chemistry Summer School (NCSS)
The Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of the American Chemical Society provides undergraduate students an opportunity to visit and learn more about nuclear and radiochemistry in a scientific setting.
- Science Communication Internship
Brookhaven's science communication interns interview and write stories about researchers in wide-ranging fields, from nanoscience to nuclear physics.
- Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI)
Undergraduate students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers gain scientific research experience by working with scientists and conducting authentic research.
- WDTS Outreach Mini-Semester Program
Undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students are being provided an extraordinary opportunity supported by the US. Department of Energy (DOE) Workforce Development for Teachers and Students (WDTS) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), to learn, discover and participate in science and technology exploration with experienced scientists and staff.
- Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Predominately Undergraduate Institutions (AGEP-PUI)
The Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is a collaboration between Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University (lead Institution), Farmingdale State College, and Suffolk County Community College. Partners in the AGEP Predominately Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Alliance work toward developing, implementing, studying, institutionalizing, evaluating and disseminating a model for training and supporting for underrepresented STEM doctoral dissertators interested in faculty careers.
- G.R.E.En. Institute
Students from kindergarten through graduate school perform field work to learn about the local environments on Long Island.
- Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP)
Graduate students collaborate with a Brookhaven National Laboratory scientist to enhance research skills with the potential opportunity for scientific publications and support for their graduate thesis or dissertation.
- Nuclear Nonproliferation Safeguards and Security Summer Course (NNSS)
Graduate students are provided an understanding of the foundations of the nuclear nonproliferation regime and U.S. programs and policies developed to meet the emerging nuclear proliferation threats to our security.
- Science Communication Internship
Brookhaven's science communication interns interview and write stories about researchers in wide-ranging fields, from nanoscience to nuclear physics.
- Science Graduate Student Research Program (SCGSR)
Graduate students are provided thesis research opportunities at a Department of Energy national laboratory.