Noyce Summer Internships

East Tennessee State University Noyce Summer Internships

  
Four undergraduates participated in the Noyce Summer Intern Program during Summer 2025.   Left to right: Rae Jordan (Physics major), Melissa Parsons (Physics major), Angelina Ciaramitaro (Chemistry major), and Aiden Bennett (Chemistry major).

Six ETSU undergraduates participated in the Noyce summer intern program during Summer 2024. From left to right: Alex Bridgforth (Physics/Chemistry double major), Jace Luttrell (Physics major), Allison Rai (Chemistry major), Kevin Reed (Math major), Caleb Nunley (Math major), Torrey Warren (Physics major).

Seven ETSU undergraduates participated in the Noyce summer intern program during summer 2023. From left: Marissa Hankins (Physics), Dakota Barnes (Math), Anthony Vaughn (Physics), Daniel Waters (Physics), Ryan Carlock (Physics), Kevin Willis (Math), and James Daley (Chemistry).

At the present time, we do not having funding for a Noyce summer intern program for summer 2026, thus we are not offering positions for summer 2026.  However, we are hoping to be able to continue the Noyce intern program in later summers if additional funding can be obtained.

In the summers of 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, the ETSU Noyce program ran a 5-week summer intern program for undergraduate Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics majors, in which the interns worked at local science museums/camps/educational facilities.    This program was aimed at students who have not taken any courses through the Education College.   Students who have taken an Education course were not eligible for the Noyce summer intern program.  A total of 31 undergraduates participated in this program over the six summers.  Of those 31 students, 8 (26%) later enrolled in the Masters of Arts in Teaching program.    The Noyce summer intern program provided excellent experience for STEM majors to explore teaching as an option.

The Noyce interns led classroom activities, made presentations, did scientific demonstrations, and assisted the staff of their host organization in a variety of tasks.  The intern program ran for five weeks, from approximately June 1-July 17, approximately 40 hours per week.   Participants received a stipend of $3000.  For interns who live too far from campus to commute, housing was provided in the ETSU dorms free of charge for the duration of the internship (courtesy of the College of Arts and Sciences). 

Seven undergraduates participated in the Noyce intern program during Summer 2022.  Left  to right: Xavier Hurley (Physics), Hannah Blair (Chemistry), Grant Shirley (Math), Hayden Ferguson (Chemistry), Alexandria Marshall (Chemistry), Allen Oudom (Chemistry), and Joshua Filoteo (Physics).

To learn more about their experiences as Noyce interns, watch this 16-minute-long video of interviews of the interns (video created by Jason Jones, ETSU Media Specialist, Academic Technology Services at ETSU).

Potential host organizations include the Hands On Discovery Center in Gray Tennessee, the Renaissance Camp on the ETSU campus, and the Upward Bound program on the ETSU campus.    All ETSU students majoring in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics are eligible, except for graduating seniors and students who have taken a course through the Education College.   This intern program is specifically targeting students who have never taken a course in education. Students must have been enrolled at ETSU in the spring to be eligible as an intern for the following summer, and they must be planning to enroll again during the following fall as undergraduates. 
  Application forms for summer 2026 are NOT available.  The old application form (which is not active) is linked  here. 

Note that the application form asks for two letters of reference from faculty.    Before filling out the application form, ask your references if they are willing to provide a reference for you.  After you submit your application, your recommenders will receive automatic requests for letters of reference from the application software.  This automatic request will come via email from Dr. Beverly Smith, so warn your recommenders to expect this email.    Since the members of the Noyce team will be reviewing the applications, do not ask anyone on the Noyce team (Dr. Beverly Smith, Dr. Scott Kirkby, Dr. Moin Uddin, or Dr. Jamie Price) for a letter of reference.  Instead, ask other faculty members.
The Noyce application form will also ask for an unofficial copy of your ETSU transcript, in pdf format.  To produce this document, go to Goldlink, and display your transcript in your browser.  Then hit the "print" button, and in the "destination" box, hit the "pdf" option.   Then save the file.

Four undergraduates participated as Noyce interns during summer 2021.  From left to right: Simeon Ignace (Physics/Math double major), Colby Cox (Physics major), Amber Elizabeth Rutherford (Math Major), and Joseph Porter (Engineering/Health Sciences double major). 

Last updated: 2/5/2026 BJS