Unfortunately, the GREAT-NS program will not hosting future cohorts. We encourage students interested to consider other available internship programs including SULI (Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship) or similar opportunities.
The underGraduate Research Educational Academic Traineeships in Nuclear Science (GREAT-NS) @ Berkeley Lab program was an undergraduate internship program taking place at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), San Jose State University (SJSU), the University of California, Merced (UCM) and the University of California, Riverside (UCR). GREAT-NS fellows were mentored through a 1-year traineeship program in Nuclear Science by Berkeley Lab scientists, professors at SJSU, UCM and UCR and made contributions to leading research in:
Low energy nuclear structure
Medical isotope production
Fundamental properties of neutrinos
Nuclear physics for applications in nuclear and homeland security and proliferation detection
Synthesis of new elements
Nuclear data
Relativistic heavy ion physics
Target production for nuclear physics
Trainees will not only had the chance to work side-by-side in world-leading research groups, but were given the resources and opportunities to form connections with their fellow trainees, and also to network broadly in the field of nuclear science. Additionally, the Traineeship program included a series of introductory sessions to learn the basics of nuclear science and the tools used, before signing on to a specific project.
Workforce Development & Education (WD&E) also welcomed GREAT-NS interns into Berkeley Lab’s larger internship community. GREAT-NS interns attended weekly meetings that taught them valuable professional development skills and helped them network with interns across Divisions. At the end of the term, they participated in a Lab-wide poster session and shared their results with peers and mentors.