STEM Scholars Participate in Paid Summer Internships
October 2026
Each summer rising seniors in the Franklin Institute STEM Scholars Program are matched with a local corporation hospital or university in their field of interest for paid, real-world internships. Examples of host sites this summer included:
- Villanova University School of Engineering: coding household robotic tools to work autonomously
- WSP, Environment Consulting Company: studying traffic patterns, signals and population in Lower Northeast Philadelphia to determine safety solutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Language Services Team: gathering data on communicating with parents who bring children in for emergency services and speak various language to ensure we can effectively communicate during a stressful child health emergency
- MIT: MITES Summer Program (MIT intro to technology, engineering, and sciences): studying and gathering data how the negative effects of Urban Heat disproportionally impacts low income communities
- Drexel University: research on how biologically activated carbon can remove contaminates in water
- St. Joseph's University: studying laboratory rats to determine the effect sleep deprivation has on protein loss; studying worms to determine the effects of heat exposure on sleep and movement
- UPENN School of Veterinary Medicine: biological research on T-cells and immune responses
In September at the Franklin Institute, the students presented their summer experiences, research, and particularly the skills they gained at the STEM Scholars Internship Showcase.
Congratulations to these futures industry leaders, researchers, and changemakers!
