The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) Visiting Scientist Program is offering 10-week summer internships for undergraduate and graduate students.
Why should I apply?
This internship provides the opportunity to independently utilize your skills and engage with experts to move the proposed research forward. As a participant you will:
Where will I be located?
The internship will be at the TSL which is located in Atlantic City, NJ at the William J. Hughes Technical Center.
What are the benefits?
You will receive a stipend based on your academic status:
In addition, you may receive a Housing Allowance and dislocation benefit, if your permanent address is at least 50 miles from the hosting facility.
Security Clearance
You must have or be eligible to obtain and maintain DHS suitability for the duration of your appointment.
Appointment Details
Learn more about the DHS TSL Visiting Scientist Program at https://orise.orau.gov/tsl/.
Administrative Notes
About the Transportation Security Laboratory
The TSL is a DHS Federal Laboratory located at the William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey, and is a part of the Science and Technology Directorate. The core mission is to enhance homeland security by performing research, development, and validation of solutions to detect and mitigate the threat of improvised explosive devices. TSL helps protect our nation’s civilian air transportation systems. By virtue of its accomplished experts, state-of-the-art facilities, and partnerships, TSL offers the homeland security community and transportation security partners the ability to advance detection technology from conception to deployment through applied research, test and evaluation, assessment, certification, and system qualification.
TSL’s staff of more than one hundred employees includes physicists, chemists, engineers and mathematicians who are leaders in explosives detection and mitigation. These talented technical experts have more than 1,000 years of experience collectively. TSL’s team is internationally recognized for their unique ability to advance technology from conception to deployment through applied research, development, prototyping, test and evaluation, certification, and system qualification.
For additional information about the TSL, visit: https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/transportation-security-laboratory.
In order to be considered, applicants must meet each of the following criteria:
Applicants located in or near the Atlantic City International Airport area are encouraged to apply.
A completed application consists of:
All Personal Identification information (e.g., social security numbers, date of birth, etc.) must be redacted from documents prior to uploading into the application. All documents must be in English or include an official English translation.
If you have questions, please send an email to DHSed@orau.org.
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