Summer Internship Mentor Application

SUMMER INTERNSHIP MENTORS

Early Bird Deadline – December 15, 2024 (See details below)
Final Deadline – January 31, 2025

The ASA’s Committee for Improving Racial Diversity and Inclusivity (CIRDI) offers a summer research and internship experience for undergraduate students from identities that are underrepresented in acoustics and the ASA. This includes, but is not limited to, undergraduate students that identify as Black, Latino/a, Native American, Pacific Islander, and Alaskan Native. We are seeking mentors for these students.

The SURIEA program is a 12-week summer program with the core program defined as May 25 – Aug 1. Mentors will have the flexibility to start as early as May 12 and/or end as late as August 15.

The internship program also includes one (1) week of an in-person short course for undergraduate students from various academic backgrounds and in-person internship in academic and industry environments. Interns must also participate at an upcoming ASA meeting where they are encouraged to present about their summer projects.

A brief overview of the mentoring expectations follows:

• Direct in-person mentorship and instruction of the student
• Availability of the mentor to attend ally and mentoring workshops provided by ASA consultants
• Integrate undergraduate students with identities underrepresented in acoustics into your activities and groups, provide opportunities for scientific, practical, and career development
• Maintain relationships with the students in the program remotely and at conferences over the next 1-2 years

To view the complete mentor expectations, go to Mentor Expectations.

Other desirable mentoring contributions include:

• Prior experience with diverse students and employees
• Active group experiences that provide a cohort that can support the students
• Possibility of the local agency to sponsor the internship program

In return, we expect that the mentors and their teams will gain the benefit of new perspectives and will help the Society expand our reach within underrepresented groups. We are already involved in active recruitment of qualified students.

We welcome the involvement of members from all areas of acoustics, including academic and industry partners. We believe that this initiative could be a strong step in the right direction of making the ASA more diverse and inclusive, and we welcome your involvement. We appreciate you giving this your consideration and discussing this with your own acoustics group. Please fill out the mentor application below if you would like to be a SURIEA mentor.

Guaranteed Mentee Match (Early-Bird) Applicant Information

Mentors who can promise student support funds, may be eligible for guaranteed mentee matching.

To be eligible for a guaranteed mentee match, early bird applicants must:

1. Submit their complete application by the early bird deadline of December 8, 2024
2. Guarantee student support in the amount of $9600 total, which includes student stipend and housing allowance
3. Be selected as one of the five (5) SURIEA mentors chosen during the early bird review process

Meeting the early bird deadline and funding requirements does not guarantee selection as one of the five early bird mentors. Selection will be determined by the committee based on project proposals and other application criteria.

Guaranteed Mentee Match mentors will be selected by December 20, 2024.

If your application is not selected during the early bird round, it can automatically be considered during the regular application review process without requiring a new submission. In this case, the funding commitment specified for early bird consideration would not be required unless you choose to maintain it.

We encourage you to reach out to the SURIEA Organizing Committee at summer-experience@acoustics.org if you have questions. Let us hear from you!

The full application can be viewed here [link to SURIEA Mentor Application Sample.pdf], however mentors must apply using the online application.

Read the Mentor FAQ document.

Watch the recorded Mentor FAQ webinar

The full application can be viewed here, however mentors must apply using the online application.