The Program
The annual, paid Pawsey Summer Internship Program takes place during the Australian summer, for 10 weeks (late November through mid February). During this time, interns work alongside national and/or international supervisors and collaborators.
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Pawsey Summer Internship
- Do you like a challenge?
- Are you interested in research?
- Are you interested in building technical skills, while using the most powerful public research supercomputer in Australia (and the Southern Hemisphere)?
The Pawsey Summer Internship Program enables students to develop skills in computational science by giving students them the opportunity to immerse themselves in advanced computing research projects. Interns are , being supervised by leading researchers and undertake challenging research projects using resources provided by the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. Supervisors and sponsors benefit from the opportunity to understand the technologies and learn new techniques for their research area.
During their Internship, interns learn not only from their supervisors but also from Pawsey Supercomputing Centre staff, who teach them about good practices of using Pawsey resources, good practices for video and poster creation & presentation, techniques for scientific communication, and more. With the support of Intern Mentors, interns will also form a Community of Practice with other interns.
The Internship Program is ideal for students .
The internships are open to 3rd year, higher undergraduate students (including honours) and Masters students at Australian higher education institutions looking to complement their discipline knowledge with hands-on experience with using the leadership class computing resources at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre.
Applicant Eligibility
The Internship Program is open to 3rd year undergraduate students (including honours) and Masters students at Australian higher education institutions.
Only students who have NOT participated previously in a Pawsey Summer Internship Program are eligible to apply.
To be eligible to apply you must be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or an international student who has full work rights for the 12 weeks duration (does not require visa sponsorship).
Applicants will be assessed on several criteria, including the matching of their skills to specific project skills & location requirements (if any).
What’s it like to be a Pawsey intern?
If you’re wondering what it is like to take part in a Pawsey internship, check out the 2020/2021 internship videos.
Applications
Project applications and intern applications open in June and July, respectively. Go to the appropriate link for more information:
- Project applications
- Intern applications
Pawsey Internships Alumni
Pawsey has hosted many wonderful, talented intern students as part of the Pawsey Summer Internship Program. To see the list of previous students, visit our Alumni page.For more information see the:
- Pawsey Summer Internships: Call for Students
- Pawsey Summer Internships: Call for Projects and Supervisors
- Pawsey Summer Internships: Alumni Page
Learn@Pawsey
Pawsey receives numerous requests for high school student incursions and excursions. To scale our outreach efforts, Pawsey has created Learn@Pawsey (learn.pawsey.org.au).
The goal of Learn@Pawsey is to immerse students into a world data through topics and surveys of interest to them, such as sleep and space. Data is created from students and analysed by students to build skills in one or more of Maths, Digital Technologies, Science, Health, Integrated Studies, and more.
The data is about the students. And because the data is real, the students' questions about the data are real.
Learn@Pawsey has partnered with schools and scientists to create scientists' videos and a variety of teachers' resources, including ideas for activities and assessments (in alignment with Australian curricula). Additionally, students can explore the world of graphs (and soon, python coding). Stay tuned, as the site continues to grow!
For more information see Learn@Pawsey.