Opportunities to learn with TIMESTEP:
Professional Development Presentations & Workshops
TIMESTEP hosts weekly meetings throughout the school year on a variety of topics relevant to students from the first year of studies through graduation. These meetings offer discipline-specific professional development support from peers, graduate students, faculty, and staff in the astronomy and physics departments. A wide range of topics are included: succeeding in your major, preparing for and applying to graduate school, engaging in research, careers in industry, securing an internship, and more.
TIMESTEP Summer Tech Internship
TIMESTEP offers paid summer internships for STEM majors with local industry and research partners. Juniors, and seniors graduating in December are eligible for this part-time (20 hours/week) summer employment opportunity, running the full 13 weeks of the summer course schedule. Internships are open to students of any relevant major, with particular emphasis on the physical sciences. Citizenship is not required.
Applications open mid-February for summer internships.
TIMESTEP Research Apprenticeship
The TIMESTEP Research Apprenticeship Program is an academic year program that offers astronomy and physics majors a paid opportunity to get started in research. Through weekly workshops and skills-building projects overseen by a faculty or postdoc advisor, the program teaches the necessary computing and hardware skills for students to land competitive positions. Skills learned are transferable to both research and industry. ASTR 276 is a corequisite for all participants.
Applications will be solicited in April for the following academic year.
Astronomical Software Engineering Internship
The TIMESTEP Astronomical Software Engineering Internship places junior and senior astronomy or physics majors to work in small teams on cutting-edge software challenges in the Space Sciences. Interns learn software engineering at industry standards and will be prepared for software careers in industry and to conduct advanced research in graduate school. This internship offers a rare intersection of astrophysics, software engineering, and AI-driven automation.
Applications will be solicited in April for the following academic year.