Opportunities for Chemistry Majors
There are many opportunities for Duke University Chemistry Majors. Those listed below come from the materials the Department of Undergraduate Studies receives from other universities and business entitites. For more information, see the Chemistry bulletin board across from room 1234 in the French Family Science Center, or click on the link associated with each opportunity.Areas within this page:
Internships/Careers
Graduate Programs
Internships/Careers
Duke Career Center Internship Funding - Internships offer the practical engagement so critical to developing self-awareness, career-field knowledge, confidence, and skills--a critical combination for students making important decisions about their future pursuits. Through the generosity of corporate, individual, and class donors, Duke Career Center is able to offer grants ranging from $600 to $2,500 for students who accept unpaid or low-paying internships.
Education Exchange Corps - a non-profit organization that places college students in summer elementary school classrooms as teaching assistants, and in administrative internships at school district headquarters.
Job Listings
The listings below are the five most recent "Chemist" job postings on Careerjet.com. This list is updated daily from their site.
An additional science jobs site is available at science-jobs-search.com
To use the search engine below, enter a job title, such as "Chemist", and a place, such as "Durham, NC", to search recent job postings. Courtesy of Careerjet.
Summer Research
Trinity Deans' Summer Research Fellowship - Fellowships to support undergraduates in summer research. Students may use the funds toward room and board if staying in Durham to be engaged in their research or toward travel and lodging costs if their research requires their using archives or other resources away from campus.
Vanderbilt Summer Undergraduate Research in Chemical Biology - The Vanderbilt Summer Undergraduate Research in Chemical Biology progam is a ten week hands-on course designed to introduce chemistry, biochemistry and biology students to the research processes and the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary research. Students participate in a mini-symposium on drug discovery, attend seminars given by VICB faculty working across disciplinary lines and participate in weekly discussions on topics such as ethics.
Scholarships
The Merck Index Women in Chemistry Scholarships - $5000 grants to be awarded to outstanding women entering into a graduate program in Synthetic, Organic, or Medicinal Chemistry beginning in the Fall of 2010. Award recipients will receive a travel stipend to attend the ACS meeting and present their research.
Graduate Programs
Graduate Program in Chemistry, Duke University - The fantastic graduate studies program right here at Duke University.
University of Michigan PREP Program - NIH-funded Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) designed to help underrepresented students who want to further prepare for application to top-ranked Ph.D. programs in the biological and biomedical sciences.