Research Internship Policy
Research Internship Policy
External sponsors may support research and design projects by CSM students
through Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA) or Research Internships (RI).
GRA appointments are for work done
primarily on campus or under the direct supervision of a CSM faculty member, and they will continue to be governed by the
regular research contract policies and procedures. RI appointments are for work done primarily at the sponsor's location
and under the sponsor's supervision, and they will be governed by the following policies and procedures:
The sponsor may be any outside entity (corporation, government agency, foreign government), which
does business in areas in which CSM also is active.
The sponsor will select the students to which internships are to be given. The sponsor may advertise the opportunity directly
to students or may request that CSM advertise the opportunity and provide a list of applicants. The sponsor may consult with
CSM faculty in evaluating applicants, but the sponsor is responsible for the final selection.
The Research Intern's work will be done primarily at the sponsor's location, and the sponsor will assign a supervisor to direct
that work.
Research Interns must register for at least three and a half (3.5) hours of research, thesis or co-op credit as appropriate. With
the approval of their academic advisor and their sponsor supervisor, they may register for additional credits. They are not
required to be registered full time unless they are international students who are required by INS to be working on their
degree programs full time. Those students must meet CSM's regular standards for full time registration.
Each Research Internship must be approved by the student's academic advisor and the faculty member who will be the instructor
of record for the research, thesis or co-op credits. That approval must include certification that the Internship work is
suitable for the academic credit to be earned. At the end of each semester, each Intern must submit a report summarizing her or
his accomplishments under the Internship, and that report will be the basis for the student's grade in the research, thesis or
co-op credits.
The standards for minimum compensation for RI appointments will be the same as those for
GRAs. This includes stipend,
fees, insurance and tuition for all credits for which the students are registered.
If a Research Intern is a candidate for a research-based graduate degree at CSM, and if the work done under the internship will
be the basis for the student's thesis, then the supervisor must hold an adjunct faculty appointment at CSM and be appointed
as the student's co-advisor. In such cases, the supervisor must have the appropriate qualifications for such an appointment and
must agree to carry out the academic responsibilities associated with the appointment; the student's home department or division
faculty must recommend the appointment, and the department head or division director and VPAA must approve the appointment.
Except in special cases, the adjunct appointment will not include compensation from CSM.
Sponsors will contract with CSM to fund research internships through the Office of Research
Administration using the same policies
and procedures that apply to other research contracts. For the Internship portion of the contract only (stipend and any direct
costs associated with the intern that are normally charged overhead), the indirect charge will be 10%. When internships are
part of larger projects, this may be accomplished by cost sharing the difference between 10% and the project indirect rate as
set by CSM's regular contracting policies.
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comments & questions to Sharon Dehmlow
Last Modified: January 25, 2008