The Pasteur Foundation Internship Program
Opportunity Description:
The Foundation’s goal is to encourage and inspire students in the pursuit of a scientific career and to expose them to an international laboratory experience.
Each year, selected laboratories at the Institut Pasteur host U.S. undergraduate students for a period not to exceed 10 weeks.
- Sample Application: Application [Online]
- General Questions: FAQ [pdf]
- Sample Application Questions: Application Instructions [pdf]
- Sample 2018 Labs: 2018 Summer Internship Labs [pdf]
During the internships, interns will carry out research supervised by a lab mentor. Applicants should be eager to engage with a different culture, and self-sufficient enough to arrange travel and secure housing in Paris. Depending on availability, affordable housing in a residence on campus may be possible. Interns will receive $6,500 to defray travel, housing and living expenses.
Minimum Qualifications and/or Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants must:
- Be undergraduates with an excellent academic record and a strong interest in biosciences and biomedical research (prior lab experience is highly recommended);
- Have completed three full years (six semesters) of college course work by the time the internship commences (be a rising senior);
- Not have received an undergraduate degree at the time of the internship.
- Knowledge of French is not necessary, but a desire to learn it is advisable.
- This program is open to U.S. citizens only. Passport identification will be required
Application Process:
Application Checklist: Application Packet + (2) Letters of Recommendation:
A cover sheet with your name, the names of your two evaluators with their email addresses, and a list indicating the laboratories in which you would like to work, in order of preference.
Two recommendation forms and letters (see “Recommendation Form”)
Letters must be sealed and signed across the seal by the evaluator, if included in the application packet. If mailed directly, the February 20 deadline still applies. Letters may be written by professors, lab mentors, academic advisors or supervisors of your scientific work. Scientific recommenders are preferred when possible. No more than 2 letters will be considered.
The completed, signed form “Application Part 1”
Responses to personal statements/questions “Application Part 2”
A résumé not to exceed one page, including any lab-related experience, achievements and awards.
Official transcript for all undergraduate work completed.
Send the items below to:
Pasteur Foundation, 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1654, New York, NY 10170.
Please do not bind materials in any way.
Apply here.