Partners for Excellence Program

As part of a partnership with the Science Department of the Ann Arbor Public Schools, CILER and NOAA-GLERL sponsor high school interns to work with a GLERL or CILER mentor for a summer. The program targets students between their sophomore and junior years, a period when students start thinking about science as a career path. The program aims to expose them to Great Lakes science and research in a supervised way.

The applicants go through a preliminary selection process by the Ann Arbor Public School system. Each applicant writes an essay that conveys interest in and qualifications for the internship and is recommended by his or her science teacher. Final selections are made after an interview with CILER and GLERL mentors.

Each intern performs research duties such as laboratory set-up, experiment preparation, data analysis, data coding and computer input. At the end of the summer, they summarize their experiences in an essay for the Partners-For-Excellence Program.

For more information on the Partners For Excellence Program, contact Margaret Lansing (Margaret.Lansing@noaa.gov).

Contact Us:

CILER
G110 Dana Building
440 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
Phone: (734) 763-3010

Vision and Mission:

CILER's vision is to enhance the quality of the Great Lakes and its related ecosystem services, through a partnership of universities, NOAA scientists, and other stakeholders.

CILER's mission includes: 1) translating research into productive outcomes through outreach and education; 2) facilitating productive interactions between scientists in the Great Lakes basin, with a primary focus on NOAA partnerships; 3) identifying and characterizing emerging areas of concern for the Great Lakes ecosystem, with applications to all coastal ecosystems; 4) providing a forum for better linking ecosystem responses, sustainable ecosystem services, and decision-making, and; 5) advancing our understanding of, and ability to predict, complex ecosystem processes, responses, and dynamics.