Eligibility

Community college students currently enrolled at a community or accredited two-year college are encouraged to apply to the CCI program.

Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

Applicants for the CCI program must meet the following academic and enrollment requirements:

Must have earned a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) equivalent at the time of applying (meet this requirement between the start date and due date of the application period).

Proof of an earned High School diploma or for passing all five GED tests required to achieve a Certificate of General Educational Development should be provided on the applicant’s undergraduate transcripts.

Within the application, applicants will be able to provide the date they earned their high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED).

Be currently enrolled at a community college or accredited two-year college;
Be either a full time or part-time student . A full-time or part-time student is defined as a student who is enrolled for the number of hours or courses as defined by their home academic institution.
Completed at least one semester at the time of applying (meet this requirement between the start date and due date of the application period.).
Completed at least 6 credit hours in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology course areas, and completed at least 12 credits hours towards a degree.
Have an undergraduate cumulative minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for all completed courses taken as a matriculated student at the applicant's current (or recently-graduated) institution and at any undergraduate institutions attended as a matriculated postsecondary student during the 5 years preceding the start of the current enrollment. (This does not include college or university courses taken while solely a high school student.)

Applicants for the CCI program must meet the following age and citizenship requirements:

Must be 18 years or older at the time the internship begins.
Must be a United States Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident at the time of applying.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) status will be requested at the time an internship offer is accepted. Acceptable form of proof of U.S. Citizenship includes, but is not limited to, a Certified Birth Certificate, U.S. Passport, U.S. Passport Card, Naturalization Certificate, Certificate of Citizenship, Consular Report of Birth (of U.S. citizen) Abroad, or Certification of Birth. Lawful Permanent Residents must have a current United States Permanent Resident Card (USCIS Form I-551).

Please note: Applicants with a LPR status are encouraged to contact their DOE National Laboratory/facility of interest during the time of application due to the lead time for required processes for foreign national access to the laboratory/facility. Please be aware offers for the program are subject to change based on approval for site access prior to the planned start date.

Additional requirements for the program applicants and participates are:

Applicants are limited to participation in CCI program to no more than two internships.
Applicants can apply to the CCI program a maximum of three times.

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