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CMI Internship Program 2025

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CMI INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

2025 Call for Applications

The Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI) invites undergraduate and graduate students to apply for our Summer and Fall internship opportunities.

1. Program description

The program is a 2-part internship combining an initial experience at a national lab, university or company with a follow-on experience at a company. Part 1 is a research internship of approximately 10 – 12 weeks for a summer internship and approximately 12 – 14 weeks for a fall internship at a CMI national lab, university or company actively engaged in CMI research. Part 2 is an immersion experience of at least one week at a company that is a CMI team member or affiliate. The purpose of this immersion experience is for the intern to better understand the broad commercial context in which research occurs. Activities could include touring a production facility, visiting an industrial pilot or demonstration plant, shadowing a company professional, and others. Part 2 activities will help the intern understand what companies seek in new materials and processes and what the ingredients are for successful transition of an idea from laboratory to commercialization.    

CMI will provide:

(a) A flat stipend to the intern of $15,000, as well as reimbursement for travel expenses.

(b) Travel funds for both the intern and the mentor to participate in the second part of the internship (the immersion experience at a company).

The CMI project will provide other support for the internship research through its existing funding.

2. Eligibility: Open to both undergraduate and graduate students from any U.S. college or university, as long as they are not currently working on a CMI project. We encourage applications from students from non-CMI institutions, especially those from under-represented groups.

Degrees of interest: chemical engineering, chemistry (inorganic, analytical, physical), chemical science, electrochemistry, material science, physics, metallurgical engineering, social science and environmental science.

3. How to apply:

Apply via Handshake with the following materials:

  1. Your CVs,
  2. A 1-page statement of purpose indicating:
    1. Your preference for a Summer or Fall internship
    2. Your 2 choices of the projects listed in https://iastate.box.com/v/cmi-projects-intern-2025 and the reasons for choosing those projects
  3. Application deadline: March 12, 2025