Holiday Closing

Lyman Plant House will be closed this year for the Smith College holiday break from Monday, 12/23/24 through Friday, 1/3/25. We will reopen the first weekend in January on Saturday the 4th at 9 am. 

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Kew Application Form

Applications are due November 29th, 2024. Please note, once decisions are made and students are awarded the internship, they must immediately begin the visa application process. This will take a few months and requires a valid passport. Have questions? Reach out to Manager of Education Sarah Loomis. 

Home Address
Please upload a concise letter of intent, up to two pages in length (one page is fine), describing how the research experience at Kew will benefit you and fit in with your career plans.
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.

Upload a standard scientific resume including the following:

  1. List of relevant courses taken in biology, chemistry and biochemistry, computer science
  2. List of laboratory skills learned in various courses (be specific and give details)
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.
Please upload your transcript (Workday pdf is fine).
One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.
Please specify names of two references here. Students are responsible for asking faculty to complete the form found at https://bit.ly/KewReference (and also linked below), which includes directions for uploading letters of reference.

Faculty form for letters of reference: https://bit.ly/KewReference