Astronomy

Major and Minor Internship Search Tools

The most up to date listings for internships can be found on LyonNet. With hundreds of active internships (expect more listings late fall-early spring for summer opportunities), we collaborate with 28 other liberal arts colleges to provide a broad range of opportunities. Here you can also sign up to have internships emailed to you by areas of interest by utilizing the “search agent” feature.

Internships-USA, an online database, provides continually updated internship opportunities by topic and geographic area. Access Internships-USA through LyonNet.

Our Career Center and Library provide extensive information about how to search for and secure an internship, visit us and meet with a counselor to talk about the process.

Not sure where to get started? Attend an internship workshop to learn more about how to conduct an effective and efficient search or develop your own opportunity.

All students with majors or minors in sciences or mathematics should consider participating in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at one of the many institutions offering them in the U.S.  REU projects involve active participation by students in ongoing research programs or in research projects designed especially for the purpose. Beginning in November, the NSF Web site lists opportunities by discipline; they include   

  • Astronomical Sciences
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Computer and Information Science and Engineering
  • Cyberinfrastructure
  • Department of Defense (DoD)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Education and Human Resources
  • Engineering, Ethics and Values Studies
  • International Science and Engineering
  • Materials Research
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Ocean Sciences
  • Physics
  • Polar Programs
  • Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Students with science or mathematics majors or minors are especially encouraged to apply for summer funding from the HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program.

Both first-year students and upper class students are eligible to apply. To apply to this program, check the box labeled "HHMI Summer Education Program" on the MHC Universal Application form.
Internships by Discipline

The following listings and information has been supplied directly by the academic departments, for more details about these internships, please contact your faculty advisor.

Astronomy students are also encouraged to apply for funding from the Five College Astronomy Department (FCAD) Summer Research Program, which sometimes has funding for summer student projects. Its deadline is usually in April. Information is usually posted in March on the FCAD site.

Other programs of interest to Astronomy studies include:   

Previous MHC Student Internships

See where other students have interned with this major. For more detailed information, visit the CDC library, where you can read detailed summaries of the students' experiences.