Join the LEAH Project

Application for our Summer Internships will open in January.

*These are paid internships!!! Youth can earn up to $2,250 during the summer and $2700 during the school year.

What are the Different Internship Opportunities?

  • The STEM Teaching Internship is a paid opportunity that runs during the school year. The application is open now until early October. Click here for the application and more details.

    • Youth are placed in out-of-school time programs to teach STEM curricula to elementary school students.

    • Receive intensive training on classroom behavioral management, lesson planning, professionalism, and STEM topics relevant to LEAH curriculum

    • Provide support to afterschool programs while serving as role models for elementary school students

    • Meet high school students from across Boston and gain a support network

    • Gain exposure to STEM careers and studies

    • Receive support in the college process

    • Participate in an intensive lab at MIT during your summer after 10th or 11th grade

    • Participate in at least 5 STEM events throughout the following school year

    • After the first summer lab experience, receive a placement in an academic, organizational, or corporate lab placement to advance your lab and research skills the following summer

    • Receive a Mentor who works in a STEM field

    • Receive support in the college process

      Learn more about LEAH Knox Scholars here. Applications are open between January-March each year. Summer 2023 applications have closed.

    • Five-week wet lab research experience during the summer designed to introduce you to biology research

    • Job shadowing at biotech companies at Biogen, the host site of the internship, to learn more about various career paths in STEM

    • After the first summer lab experience, receive a placement in an academic, organizational, or corporate lab placement to advance your lab and research skills the following summer

    • Receive a Mentor who works in a STEM field

    • Receive support in the college process

Who can apply?

  • Any Boston-Area Public School student in grades 10-12.

  • Must be 16 years old by the first day of the internship.

  • Must be available to participate in the entire internship program:

    • Summer: 5 days a week, beginning in July and continuing into August

    • School Year: 2-3 days a week, beginning in late October and ending in Mid May

  • Youth should be interested in or curious about STEM, youth leadership, and/or teaching.

    • By the way, STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math! And if you don’t know much about these areas and you’re interested in learning more about them, that’s awesome and you should apply!

  • BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Person of Color) youth are encouraged to apply.

    *These are paid internships. Youth can earn up to $2,250 during the summer and $2700 during the school year.

Gui & Leylani from LEAH Knox work in MIT’s Biology Lab.

Janeil, Christina, and Jennie from LEAH Daly collaboration on an experiment at Biogen’s Community Lab.

 

For more information, email us at leahproject@hria.org.