Cooperative Education
Appointments made primarily during the academic
year are typically available to students after completion of two semesters.
Salaries are competitive and are based upon the field of study and academic
year status of the student. To be eligible for
an appointment, a student must:
- have a grade point average of at least 2.5 on a
4.0 scale,
- have health insurance,
- be a full-time student, and
- be eligible for their college/university Cooperative
Education Program.
Argonne has two types of CO-OP Programs:
- Alternating (semester at Argonne, followed by semester
at college/university) and
- Parallel (part-time work to a maximum of 19 hours
per week during the school year concurrent with full-time college/university enrollment). Students can work full-time during the summer.
A student who is employed in the CO-OP Program is
expected to work a minimum of one year as a parallel CO-OP or three semesters
as an alternating CO-OP. Students who are interested in shorter lengths
of employment should apply for the Research
Aide appointment described in the preceding section. Graduate CO-OP
opportunities are available to students while they are attending graduate
schools in the Chicago area. An application
must be made using the Argonne CO-OP application (see below) which includes evaluation forms that must be completed by faculty members familiar with the student. These evaluations should be placed in sealed envelopes and returned to the applicant for inclusion with the completed application. Alternatively, faculty evaluators my elect to mail the evaluation form directly to the address below.
Applications may be submitted at any time; however, students wanting to start work in June, 2008 should submit their application by March 1, 2008 . Students desiring to start work assignments in September, 2008 should submit their application by May 1, 2008 in order to receive maximum consideration.
There is no public transportation in and around Argonne,
which is 27 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. It is essential that
students bring their own car. Students cannot be reimbursed for travel
expenses for an interview trip. However, those students whose home and
university are both outside the Chicago area will be reimbursed for their
travel between campus and Argonne at the start and end of each work period.
The Laboratory policy requires, that at the time of
employment, prospective employees pass a physical examination, which includes
drug and alcohol testing, performed by the Laboratory's Medical Department
at no cost to the prospective employee.
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Cooperative Education Application
form
Lisa Reed
Cooperative Education Appointments
Division of Educational Programs
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois 60439-4845
E-Mail: Lreed@dep.anl.gov
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