High school students from around Arizona may apply for the six-week KEYS life sciences summer internship program run by the University of Arizona's BIO5 Institute and Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center in the College of Pharmacy. Previously, the internship program focused on students from the Tucson area.

The internships offer an opportunity to motivated high school students who possess a strong interest in pursuing advanced education in bioscience or biomedical science. Those selected participate in independent research in an active laboratory, and learn science communication through weekly workshops with the other interns and KEYS personnel. The summer ends with a poster session to showcase their research.

Thanks to a partnership with the Arizona Department of Education, high school students from outside Tucson will be provided with housing in UA residence halls.

Completed applications must be mailed and postmarked no later than Monday, March 1, 2010.

For information and to apply, go to http://keys.pharmacy.arizona.edu/index.php.