The Delaware Energy Institute (DEI) along with the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI) offers summer internships to a select group of motivated undergraduates and officially accepted to UD 1st year graduate students to work on independent research projects under the guidance of a faculty mentor and graduate student or staff scientist.
Opportunities are available for both winter and summer sessions. To apply to the ERI program for either the winter or summer session, please use the appropriate form below:
Winter Session program
Dates: January 7 – February 8, 2019
Submission Deadline: December 1st, 2018
Hours per week: Dependent
Location: University of Delaware, Newark
Summer Session program
Dates: June 10, 2019 – August 16, 2019
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2019
Hours per week: 40
Stipend: $4,000, plus on-campus housing accommodations
Location: University of Delaware, Newark
The summer session program concludes with a poster presentation at the University of Delaware’s Undergraduate Research & Service Scholar Celebratory Symposium in August. In addition, students participate in career-development activities such as research ethics, communication skills, laboratory safety training, and field trips to industry.