Suggested Clothing Attire for Students
Female Students: Jeans/slacks, dresses and skirts (3” or less above the knee), acceptable shorts, sneakers/athletic shoes
Do Not Wear: Tight clingy or sheer clothing, “short” shorts, halter or spaghetti strap tops, anything that reveals your belly button area
Male Students: Jeans/pants, acceptable shorts, sneakers/athletic shoes |
The Werner H. Kirsten Student Intern Program (SIP) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Frederick is designed to expose high school
seniors to research and administrative management in a health care environment. The scientific interns experience the basic methods
of cancer research through “hands-on” laboratory training. The students in the Internships in Support of Science/Research are assigned projects in budget, personnel, information
technology, graphics and media.
Students must attend a school within the Frederick, Carroll or Washington County Public School Systems, Saint John’s Catholic Prep (Frederick, MD), Frederick Christian Academy (Frederick, MD), Poolesville High School (Montgomery County, MD) or Jefferson High School (Jefferson County, West Virginia). Students home schooled in the counties participating in the SIP are eligible also.
Scientific interns work full-time (40 hours per week) for eight consecutive weeks during the summer (training period) and receive a stipend of approximately $3,500.
Students in the Internships in Support of Science/Research are not required to work during the summer and, therefore, do not receive a stipend.
All interns work three hours per day during the school year as a student volunteer (no stipend) and receive credit towards their diploma.
To be eligible for the SIP, a student must be at least 16 years of age and a junior in high school (when applying), have an overall grade point average of 3.0 or greater, and the candidate must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Dr. Werner H. Kirsten |
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Dr.
Werner H. Kirsten served as Associate Director of the National Cancer
Institute at Frederick (NCI-Frederick (formerly the NCI-FCRDC)) for
four years until his sudden death in December 1992. Prior to joining
the NCI, Dr. Kirsten was Chairman of the Department of Pathology
at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Dr. Kirsten is best known for his discovery of one of the first known cancer-causing
viruses, the Kirsten sarcoma virus, while at the University of Chicago. Research
on cancer-causing viruses, including the Kirsten virus, led to the discovery
of
human genes that play a role in causing cancer. In addition
to his research at the University of Chicago and his leadership at the
NCI-Frederick, Dr. Kirsten also served an as officer of the Association
of Pathology and the Leukemia Society of America. |
References
Kirsten WH, Mayer LA.
Malignant lymphomas of extrathymic origin induced in rats by murine
erythroblastosis virus.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 1969 Sep;43(3):735-46
Kirsten WH, Schauf V, McCoy J.
Properties of a murine sarcoma virus.
Bibl Haematol. 1970;(36):246-9.
McCoy JL, Fefer A, McCoy NT, Kirsten WH.
Immunobiological studies of tumors induced by murine sarcoma
virus (Kirsten).
Cancer Res. 1972 Feb;32(2):343-9.
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How
to apply for the Student Intern Program (SIP):
Please view the application above and follow instructions to apply to the program. You may contact the appropriate school contact or Emily Molder at 301-846-1106 or e-mail emoler@mail.ncifcrf.gov with questions.
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