CAMINO is a full-support internship program that recruits and supports students with needs who are minoritized and underrepresented in life science fields. Our interns engage with a community of peer scholars and graduate student and faculty mentors to conduct authentic projects alongside their mentors while simultaneously engaging in a suite of support programming that starts the spring before their internship and is designed to help students explore life science careers, build community, and develop skills to support success in their internships, graduate school and beyond. CAMINO scholars develop questions and conduct their research over the span of 8-10 weeks, get support to develop scientific talks about their work and, in a culminating symposium in fall, present their work to an audience of peers, mentors, and faculty.
CAMINO’s process for selecting interns widely solicits applications from students at UCSC who will graduate at least one term beyond the summer internship. Applications emphasize potential rather than past merit and include a resume, references, and a cover letter addressing interest, experience and potential to contribute to diversifying environmental conservation and financial need. CAMINO gathers all available opportunities in a single place and consolidates the annual application process to increase access for students seeking research experience.
Must be an enrolled UCSC student during Spring quarter and the following Fall quarter. Commit to a 40 hour, 8-10 week PAID summer internship. Considering a career in STEM. Have a passion for ecology & conservation
CAMINO's goals are:
1. To support UCSC students from the first day of class to graduation and beyon dby linking them with resources that preparre them for careers or graduate school in ecology and conservation.
2. To provide diverse and well-trained peer, graduate student and faculty mentors.
3. To connect motivated and capable studnet researchers with funded research and field-based opportuinities.
4. To sustain a supportive, inclusive community for students interested in field-based and research opportunities at UCSC.