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Mentorship for Environmental Scholars (MES)
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Program Overview
The Mentorship for Environmental Scholars (MES) program, sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), is a 10-week paid summer internship that provides traditionally underrepresented undergraduate students with exposure to laboratory research in the areas of biotechnology, computer science, environmental science, and engineering. MES actively trains and recruits qualified students from Minority Institutions (MIs) to create a pipeline that will pilot them towards DOE management and research positions.
"Once in a lifetime experiences are invaluable. Opportunity, experience, and knowledge are things that one cannot place any type of monetary value on. These three words and so much more are what the Mentorship for Environmental Scholars Program has meant to me."
— Maria Draine, Argonne National Laboratory, MES Program Intern
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A Few Highlights
- 55 student internships have been awarded.
- Many MES interns have presented their research paper at various national and international venues, including the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, the Georgia Academy of Science Conference, the American Society of Agronomy Conference, the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, and the International Safe Water Conference.
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