UNDERGRADS: APPLY FOR A SUMMER AT STANFORD’S CSLI

The Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford University invites applications for an interdisciplinary summer research experience program in the cognitive sciences during summer 2020.

The program focuses on providing students with the experience needed to develop independent projects on language, learning, computation, and cognition. In support of their goal of increasing the diversity of the higher education pipeline, the CSLI especially encourages applicants who come from groups that are historically underrepresented in research careers, and also students without prior research experience and from non-research institutions.

Read more below from their description of the program. Applications are due February 1st, 2020 at 11:59 PST. Apply and learn more on the program’s website.

Current PhD student Jack Duff is an alum of the program (in 2017) and would be happy to answer any questions from interested students.

At the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), interns will work closely with a faculty, postdoc, or grad student mentor on an original cognitive science research project. They will gain experience developing the project, collecting data, and analyzing the results. In addition to their individual projects, interns will attend weekly mentorship meetings and seminars with such topics as reading a scientific paper, introduction to data analysis, statistics and visualization, and presentation skills. The program will culminate with each intern presenting their work to an interdisciplinary audience.

Accepted students will receive on-campus housing and a stipend to cover food, travel, and other expenses.

The topical focus of the program will be on language, learning, computation, and cognition, with an emphasis on giving students the skills they need to complete an independent project. Mentors will be from cognitive science departments across Stanford, including Psychology, Linguistics, Computer Science, and Philosophy.

The program is 8 weeks, from June 22, 2020 to August 14, 2020, and is primarily intended for rising college Juniors and Seniors, though we will consider other applicants as well.

Students should plan to be available for the entirety of the summer program in order to attend training sessions at the beginning of the program and final presentations at the end. In general, interns are expected to be in the lab full-time, 40 hours/week, from 9AM – 5PM, Monday – Friday.

One goal of the internship is to increase the diversity of the higher education pipeline, and we therefore especially encourage applicants who come from groups that are historically underrepresented in research careers. We also welcome applications from students without prior research experience and from non-research institutions.

The CSLI Internship Program is supported in part by the NSF’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.

Dates: June 22, 2020 to August 14, 2020

Location: Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Website (with application link): https://www-csli.stanford.edu/csli-summer-internship-program

Application due date: February 1, 2020, 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time

Qualifications:

This is an interdisciplinary summer program, and we encourage students from a wide range of majors to apply. Previous research experience is not required.

The program is intended for rising college Juniors and Seniors from outside Stanford University, but we will consider all applicants for the program. Stanford undergraduates who are interested in the CSLI program should apply to their department or program’s summer fellowship (e.g. Psychology, Linguistics, Symbolic Systems) and speak with their research mentor about participating.

To be eligible, you must be a documented U.S. citizen, a permanent resident in possession of an alien registration card (I-555), or an international student enrolled in a U.S. undergraduate institution.