Apply to Be a 2023 Station1 Fellow!

Are you a bold and creative thinker and an aspiring changemaker who is passionate about applying science and technology to create a more equitable and sustainable world?

Station1 is looking for you!

We invite you to apply to be in the 2023 cohort of the Station1 Frontiers Fellowship (SFF).

As a Station1 Fellow You Will:

• Receive a competitive living expenses stipend and fully-funded instructional costs

• Gain authentic experience through an internship in a leading science and technology company, nonprofit organization or academic research laboratory

• Participate in exciting, state-of-the-art, team-based research and development projects in science and technology (270 hours)

• Engage with a shared curriculum focused on socially-directed science and technology which draws together critical perspectives on history, social studies of science and technology, equity and inclusion, computation in a social context, social change and innovation, sustainability, and ethical reasoning (100 hours)

• Interact with cross-disciplinary guest instructors and mentors from a diversity of fields

• Gain personal and professional experience through both the internship and the formal curriculum that focuses on areas such as intercultural knowledge, inclusive leadership and collaboration, scientific and technical communication, and more

• Receive information and guidance on academic and career pathways

• As program alumni, become part of a network of exceptional professionals in the Station1 community beyond completion of the program.

Be Inspired and Build Your Future

The Station1 Frontiers Fellowship includes science and technology research internships with a social focus - projects that foster thoughtful, responsible, equitable, and ethical development of science and technology fundamentally linked to humanistic concepts and societal concerns. Station1 works closely with accepted applicants to match students to projects in their areas of interest. Station1 offers projects across all STEM majors. Example areas include, but are not limited to, biotechnology, clean technology, agricultural technology, civic technology, digital automation, autonomous aeronautics, and nanoscale materials design.

Pursue Impact through Socially-Directed Science and Technology

Based upon a foundation of inclusion and equity, this model integrates STEM with humanistic fields in order to interrogate, understand, and shape technologically-driven societal impact towards more equitable, ethical, and sustainable outcomes. We live in an era rife with social inequities and planetary perils, as the collective impact of humans threatens life on earth as we know it, radically transforming our societies and ecosystems. While science and technology have contributed enormous benefits to humanity, simultaneously it has also been entangled with and contributed to these formidable challenges. Station1 is addressing these key issues through an emerging and evolving education and research model based on socially-directed science and technology.

Unlock Career Opportunities with an Amazing Internship 

Fellows will be placed in virtual paid internships in leading companies, start-ups, and university research laboratories. The Station1 Frontiers Fellowship internships will give you the preparation you need to be highly competitive for employment in emerging STEM fields, as well as for continuing on to graduate education, if you choose to pursue this career path.

Supportive and Caring Mentors

As a Station1 Fellow, you will receive more than an internship advisor, you will gain a diverse team of exceptional and caring mentors. From the Station1 staff to the shared curriculum instructors to the project mentors, the Station1 team will provide academic, professional, and interpersonal experience and will foster an inclusive, supportive learning environment. As a Station1 Fellow, you will receive much more than technical and academic guidance and learning. Mentors will get to know you personally and will serve as a resource for career advice, planning, and guidance.

The Station1 Experience

The Station1 experience is best reflected in the words of our amazing students, The Station1 Fellows, below:

“Station1 was truly an incredible experience. Being surrounded by amazing interdisciplinary instructors and mentors and my internship was everything I had hoped for. It gave me great exposure to the startup environment. I faced and overcame challenges that allowed me to build my confidence as a researcher in my future endeavors. Thank you Station1 for enabling this opportunity for me.”

“My internship experience was more than I could have ever imagined. With the help of my mentors I learned a great deal about [the] field as a whole. The experience was honestly more than I could have hoped for and I would like to thank the amazing people from my company and the hardworking and dedicated team at Station1.”

“Being a fellow at Station1 has provided me with a unique and visionary way of thinking and seeing the world. I see society in a different outlook and in a broader sense. Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity and experience.”

“The micro-climate in this program is one in which anyone can immediately feel welcomed and acknowledged. It was very rewarding and unexpected to have had as much time/opportunities to interact with the Station1 team as we did, thanks to office hours and other times for one-on-one conversations. It is a very collaborative and uplifting environment, in which I have become highly influenced to carry out these dynamics into whatever space I become a part of. Moreover, I got the chance to learn about graduate school (a conversation I had never felt like I was included in) and I appreciated that each mentor represented a fascinating field/background of research which I could learn from.”

“Station1 has introduced a new perspective for me on how to see the world. They have given me an endless amount of resources for me to succeed in my professional journey. But most important of all, they have given me the foundation for me to create positive change in society.”

“The mentorship, community norms, and atmosphere at my internship were impeccable. I had a wonderful experience there working on approachable challenges that allowed me to build my confidence as an engineer that will help me when working at future opportunities.”

"Station1 has provided the perfect balance of introducing students to research and laboratories while also sitting down and talking about some of the hard social implications that science encompasses simultaneously"

“This was my first internship, and I learned not only technical skills, but how to work on a team in industry, how to do research and approach problems, and establish connections not only with my mentor, but everyone in our office. I thoroughly enjoyed working on cutting edge science while being supported by Station1 to also focus on social impacts.”

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate degree-granting program at an accredited post-secondary institution at the time of application (graduating seniors are eligible);

• Have a genuine interest in science and technology applied to societal impact;

• Be available to participate full-time in hours compatible with program activity time zones for the entire duration of the program (tentative dates: June 4th - August 12th, 2023);

• Have no other work for the full duration of the program (e.g. employment, education (classes), research projects, volunteer work (full-time or part-time), etc.;

• Be proficient in English (the working language for the program) and complete application materials in English.

Station1 strongly encourages students from under-represented backgrounds, first generation to college, low socioeconomic backgrounds, those enrolled at minority-serving institutions and community colleges, or who have not had the opportunity to participate in previous research, internship, or project-based learning to apply. Station1 encourages students who may have applied previously but were not accepted to apply again. There have been cases of students who were not accepted on the first application but were accepted subsequently. While Station1 continues to engage with Fellows from previous cohorts with other opportunities, SFF Alumni are not eligible to participate in the Station1 Frontier Fellowship again.

Station 1 admits students of any race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identification or veteran or disability status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It doesn't discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identification or veteran or disability status in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Join the Exciting Station1 Journey!

2023 SFF APPLICATION IS OPEN

For the convenience of preparing your application, the application questions are provided here as a PDF document. Note: To apply to the program, you must submit the full online application following the link below.

Three letters of recommendation should be submitted separately at the following link:

Questions and inquiries may be directed to sff@station1.org