Interns

Winter-Spring 2024: The application period for the Winter-Spring 2024 semester is now closed. Applicants must have a Zoom interview by 5pm on 1/24 to be considered.

If you are a Marin County, California student who will be in grades 9-12 in the fall and would like to be considered for an internship next semester , please read the requirements below and submit your application. If interested, please start your application online (requirements below) and we will contact you to follow up.  Students should use their own email and contact info to apply.

Winter-Spring 2024 Timeline

January 1: We begin to process internship applications
January 20: Deadline to submit MSS internship application online
January 22: Deadline for final receipt of all internship materials
January 24: Internship decisions emailed out by midnight
January 31: First science seminar of 2024

Explore science & technology. Meet a wide variety of STEM professionals.  Gain experience for your resume and college applications. Develop a portfolio. Learn about many areas of science.

Internship Duties: MSS interns attend and assist with  6 Wednesday evening science seminars per semester (there are 12 per year) during which they meet the speakers and assist with various logistical duties. Session dates can be found on our calendar. Sessions take place at Terra Linda High School’s Innovation Hub during the school year. Interns arrive the evening of each session at 7 pm and are free to leave once breakdown is completed (between 8:30 and 9 pm). Specialty internships have additional duties and Zoom meetings during the school year. You can apply online at this link. More details on internship types and requirements below.


Internship Types & Requirements

Casual Track: AV/Event Planning/Art/Mixed: Develop event-management and/or social media management skills. Training provided. Must attend Zoom orientation and assist in person at all six sessions.  These types can also be done on project track (see below) if desired, which requires more time and work.

Application procedure: Fill out online application. Zoom interview.


Project Track: The following require additional application materials and internship requirements.

Science Journalism: Develop a science journalism portfolio. Blog on seminar topics, interview presenters via email. Receive training and feedback from a qualified mentor.   Journalism interns assist at all live seminars and attend six additional Wednesday or Thursday evening Zoom meetings per semester. Zoom orientation and wrap-up. Journalism interns receive  one individualized Zoom meeting during the semester.

Application procedure: Fill out online application. After being contacted by email, select and submit two separate samples of your writing. The samples should be at least 700 words each and do not need to be about science. At least one should be non-fiction.  Zoom interview.

Videography: Develop a science-related videography portfolio. Record, edit, and post 2D (and optionally 3D) video of sessions. Create and post teaser videos. Videography interns assist at all live seminars and attend 4-6 additional Wednesday or Thursday evening Zoom meetings per semester, depending on their progress. Zoom orientation and wrap-up. Videography interns receive one individualized Zoom meeting during the semester.

Application procedure: Fill out online application. After being contacted by email, select and submit two separate  samples of video that you have created (need not be science related, YouTube/Insta ok, editing only ok). Zoom interview.


Casual or Project Track:

Art/Photography: Develop a science-related art/photography portfolio. Take photos at sessions, create art related to session subject matter. Must provide three art samples (need not be science related) and must be able to attend and assist at the sessions. Application procedure and requirements are the same as for Casual if applying for Casual Track. If applying for Project Track, speak with Alfia about what that would entail.

Marin County School-to-Career Internship: Marin Science Seminar internships are potentially applicable to the MCOE StC internship which, when successfully completed, appears on a public school student’s official transcript. Students must apply separately for this internship at their school’s College and Career Center. Requirements are more time-intensive You can get StC internship application materials online or from your school’s School-to-Career representative, to whom they will need to be submitted. Your MSS mentor will also need to fill out forms and sign off on hours for the MCOE StC internship.

Marin County School-to-Career Partnership Info. (including names and emails of school reps)

Marin Science Seminar has been offering internships since 2012. Our past interns are now students at or graduates of Brown, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CalTech, Chico State, Harvard, Humboldt State, MIT, Northwestern, Sacramento State, Samuel Merritt, Scripps College, Seattle University, Sonoma State, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara,  UC Santa Cruz, University of Colorado – Boulder, and Wesleyan. 

 Start your application online now.