FSI Positions

Undergraduate Student Positions

• Resident Assistants
  We have hired all resident assistants for the summer 2024 program. Check back next year! 

Graduate Student Positions

• FSI Summer Course Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)

  Dates: One Week, Monday/Tuesday, 9-11 am – during one week of FSI Summer program, June 9-July 20, 2024 (week assigned based on availability/need)
  

  Hours/week: One-week course (Monday/Tuesday) - 4 hours teaching & 4 hours prep (8 hours total)
  

  Stipend: PhD student $234; MS Students $204 

  Position Description: GTA instructor positions are available to support the Frontiers of Science Institute (FSI), a program for high school students interested in STEM and STEM careers. Applicants must have a background in STEM and be a graduate student in good standing with a 3.0 or higher GPA in a program housed in the College of Natural and Health Sciences.    

  How will you be involved? GTAs will: 

  • Teach two days of a college course on a STEM topic. The course content will be in the GTAs subject area and designed collaboratively with the Director of the FSI program. Course delivery needs to be fun, challenging, and interactive and provide participants with hands-on opportunities for learning in an inclusive environment. 

  Application Process: Questions and application materials (described below) should be sent to FSI.admin@unco.edu  

  Review of applications will begin on April 5, 2024, and will continue until the positions are filled.    
  Application materials: 

  • A letter of application which describes the following: 

  • • Your experience teaching high school or college students. 
    • Your commitment to creating equitable and inclusive spaces and learning environments.  
    • The area of STEM that you would cover in the course and a description of how you would actively involve students in the topic. 
    • Your research experience and area of expertise. Note: GATAs will not be mentoring research projects but will be engaging students in the development of posters, presentations, etc. 

  • Contact information (email and phone number) for two people able to provide references. 
• FSI Graduate Assistant (GA)

  Dates: June 3-July 20, 2024 (FSI Summer program, June 9-July 20, 2024) 

  Hours/week: 18 hours/week (average)   

  Stipend: PhD student $3684; MS Students $3210, plus tuition  

  Position Description: One GA position is available to support the Frontiers of Science Institute (FSI), a program for high school students interested in STEM and STEM careers. Applicants must have a background in STEM and be a graduate student in good standing with a 3.0 or higher GPA in a program housed in the College of Natural and Health Sciences.   

  How will you be involved? GAs will: 

  • Help coordinate external speakers and FSI Info Time (organizational meetings) during the FSI program. Example Info Time activities include getting students prepared to interact with outside speakers and organizing committee work. 
  • Provide mentorship as the students develop a research paper and presentation based on their research experiences. This does not involve mentoring the research.   
  • Chaperone students on field trips, including a three-day camping weekend.  
  • Designing and facilitating additional fun/social week-day activities, especially on the Juneteenth and July 4 holidays. 
  • Further assist the FSI Director as needed. 
  • Drive a 15-passenger van with participants to/from activities and camping trip (training provided). 

  Application Process: Questions and application materials (described below) should be sent to FSI.admin@unco.edu Review of applications will begin on April 5, 2024, and will continue until the positions are filled.    
  Application materials: 

  • A letter of application which describes the following: 

  • • Your experience teaching/working high school or college students. 
    • Your commitment to creating equitable and inclusive spaces and learning environments.  
    • Your research experience and area of expertise. Note: GAs will not be mentoring research projects but will be engaging students in the development of posters, presentations, etc. 

  • Contact information (email and phone number) for two people able to provide references. 

Graduate Student/Faculty Positions

• FSI Research Mentors

  Dates: June 9-July 20, 2024 (FSI Summer program, June 9-July 20, 2024) 

  Hours/week: Monday-Friday, 1- 5pm, three to five days a week (average 12-20 hours/week)   

  Stipend: $750 plus up to $250 for supplies per student (mentor 2-4 students) 

  Position Description: One of the essential elements of the FSI program is the mentored research.  Alums of the program have shared that the authentic research experience was life changing. We are looking for faculty, graduate students, or research groups willing to mentor small groups of participants (2-4 students). Research projects are envisioned to be extensions of an existing research program developed in collaboration with the FSI participants. 

  Application Process: If interested, please reach out to FSI.admin@unco.edu and let us know how many students you can invite to join your project. Also, contact us with any questions!