DEADLINE: December 15, 2017
The prestigious Borlaug-Ruan international internship provides high school students an all-expenses-paid, eight-week hands-on experience, working with world-renowned scientists and policymakers at leading research centers around the globe.
Over the past 19 years, The World Food Prize has sent nearly 300 students on Borlaug-Ruan International Internships at 34 of the top agricultural research centers and institutions around the world in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, including: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkey.
The Borlaug-Ruan International Internship is different from other study abroad internship programs in that students participate in original research projects with acclaimed international scientists while getting a firsthand view of pressing food security issues and nutritional problems in poverty-stricken areas of the developing world.
Through the internship program, the student becomes an integral part of her or his assigned project, spending time in the lab, as well as days or weeks at a time in the field, conducting research and gathering data.
BENEFITS:
Interns do not receive compensation for their work, but their travel to and from the center, lodging, and meal expenses are paid by the World Food Prize Foundation
SELECTION:
Participants in the internship program are chosen through a competitive, multi-state screening and interview process. Intern selection is based on:
- Background and interests of the student applicants.
- Number of research centers available to host interns.
- Project needs of participating research centers.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Any student who has participated in the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute and is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. is eligible to apply.
- Owing to the significant responsibilities imposed under the internship program, applicants must be at least in 11th grade at the time they apply for the internship.
- Students remain eligible to apply for the internship through their freshman year of college.
For more information, and to submit additional application materials by mail:
Crystal Harris
Director, International Internships & Career Development
The World Food Prize Foundation
100 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
Email: [email protected]
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