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Biogen Idec offers a summer internship program for students in all life science disciplines as well as non-science opportunities such as finance and marketing. Our college internship program is designed to offer opportunities to students who are interested in exploring the biotech industry and a career at Biogen Idec. Through hands-on work experience we offer a supportive, collaborative teaching environment aimed at assisting students to develop their skills and identify their career goals. We seek students who are interested in building a long-term relationship with Biogen Idec.

Through our internship program, we offer students the opportunity to come inside the doors of one of the largest biotech companies in the world - learn first-hand how teamwork, collaboration and commitment to providing the best service to our patients - has helped drive our company to success.

Opportunities are available for both science and non-science assignments and will vary per Biogen Idec location. Typically, opportunities exist in the following areas:

Research: Biochemistry, Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology
Regulatory Affairs
Manufacturing Operations
Cell Culture/Purification
HR/Legal
Finance/IT
Marketing
Business Development

Application Procedure: Resumes for internships are only accepted using the links provided below. Navigate through the pull-down questions - accurately representing your areas of experience and interest. This will assist our hiring managers in identifying the correct match for their needs. All candidates must include a cover letter expressing their field of interest, along with a list of scientific (or relevant) coursework completed. All resumes must be submitted by mid April to be considered for the program. Hiring managers will review resumes and students will be contacted directly if their background is a match to individual department needs. Sorry- we are not able to contact students if there is no interest.

PFIZER

Pfizer Global Research & Development’s (PGRD) internship program offers a wide range of challenging projects involving issues that are critical to our research and development organization. As an intern, you will gain hands-on scientific research, business or technical experience, participating in structured projects under the guidance of a Pfizer mentor.

The goal of this program is for students to experience working in a pharmaceutical company setting, to understand the vital role of research in the drug development process, and perhaps become interested in a career as a researcher.

Our summer internships typically offer full-time (40 hours per week) experiential training opportunities for a period of 12 weeks.

Apply Now!

Applications are now being accepted for PGRD’s 2007 Summer Internship Program. Opportunities are posted as they become available on our careers website:
www.pfizer.com/careers.

Instructions for applying:
- Visit www.pfizer.com/careers
- Click on: the “Find a Career at Pfizer Inc” link
- In the Country Section choose: United States
- Click on the Job Opportunities link
- Indicate your Geographic Location preference - remember that PGRD’s internships are typically available in:

· Groton or New London, CT

· Ann Arbor or Kalamazoo, MI

· St. Louis, MO

· La Jolla, CA

· New York, NY

· Cambridge, MA

- In the Job Preferences section choose: ‘Intern’
- Click: Search
- Current available openings will be listed. Review & apply to relevant opportunities.

- Please remember that Internship openings will be posted as they become available, so we encourage you to continue to check back to learn of new positions that meet your interest.

Program Requirements

Be enrolled as a full time undergraduate or graduate student in a degree program related to our primary research efforts (science, business, computer science, etc)
Maintain solid academic standing (3.0 GPA or above)
Be authorized to be lawfully employed in the U.S.

If you are offered a position and you accept that position, the offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a drug test, completion of a background investigation, and demonstrated evidence that you are eligible to work for any employer in the United States.

Typical Opportunities

Our Summer Internship programs are designed to help students develop and apply their skills and knowledge to prepare for a successful career in the sciences. Pfizer recruiters periodically conduct interviews and post full-time employment and internship opportunities at numerous campuses throughout the US.

A background in any number of disciplines prepares you for a career at Pfizer.

Scientific fields:

· Analytical Chemistry

· Biochemistry

· Organic Chemistry

· Pathology

· Pharmaceutical Sciences

· Biology

· Pharmacokinetics

· Biomedical Engineering

· Pharmacy

· Chemical Engineering

· Comparative Medicine

· Physical Chemistry

· Drug Metabolism

· Toxicology

· Laboratory Animal Medicines

· Vaccine Discovery & Development

· Molecular Biology

· Veterinary Medicine

Non-Science fields:

· Facilities

· Market Assessment

· Legal

· Worldwide Regulatory Affairs

· Finance & Procurement

· Human Resources

· Information Technology

http://www.pfizerrdgrad.com/html/internships3.html

CALPIRG interns earn course credit by working on research projects or campaigns. The purpose of the internship program is to provide the opportunity to take education out of the classroom, to do hands-on work, learn important skills, and make a direct impact on public interest issues. On each of its college campuses, CALPIRG campaigns work closely with university faculty to offer course credit internships that combine classroom learning with hands on experience. CALPIRG offers internships on all of its campaigns.

The primary entry-level internships are:

Organizing Internship
Organizing internships give students an opportunity to coordinate a CALPIRG campaign on campus or in the community. Students work closely with CALPIRG staff to develop coalitions, recruit volunteers, coordinate events and strategize for victory.

Grassroots Internship
Demonstrating public support is integral in winning public interest campaigns. All CALPIRG projects include grassroots organizing, and grassroots interns are an important piece of concentrating public concern and presenting it to decision makers. In years past, grassroots interns have played a crucial role in the gathering of over one million public comments to the president in an effort to protect 60 million acres of pristine National Forests. Student interns worked with the media to educate the community about the plans of four of the world's largest oil companies to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Internet Internship
The internet has become a powerful organizing tool on college campuses. Students increasingly use the internet as their primary medium for news, research, and communication. Internet interns play a key roll in recruiting students, communicating the goals and accomplishments of the chapter, and building support for CALPIRG’s campaigns through email and other online forums.

Media Internship
Alerting the public through the media is a key part of all CALPIRG projects. CALPIRG media interns work to use newspapers, television and radio news to educate the public about issues that concern them. In addition to learning important media skills, interns do great public interest work. In just the past thirteen years alone, media interns have helped to pull over 60 dangerous toys from the shelves through their annual Toy Safety press conferences.

Research Internship
The problems that face our society seem complex and often daunting. CALPIRG research interns take important information, cut through any confusion, and present that information in a way that both educates and activates the campus and the community. In recent years, CALPIRG research has documented consumer scams like high bank and credit card fees.