INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS
"We never understand a thing so well, and make it our own, as when we have discovered it for ourselves."
–Descartes
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Encompassing a range of disciplines and curricula our online research internships provide students with the unique opportunity to work jointly with a world-leading expert in their field. On your internship you will advance the boundaries of knowledge in your chosen discipline, and coauthor an original research paper in collaboration with other student colleagues and under the guidance of your expert mentor.
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Deepen your understanding of your subject while acquiring practical research skills and hands-on experience into what it is like to undertake advanced study in your chosen discipline. Become a published author when you submit your completed research paper to our open-access academic journal or an external scholarly publication.
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World Scholars Academy internship programs are an exceptional opportunity to demonstrate your unique talents, substantiate your commitment to excellence, and individuate yourself from peers so you can stand out when applying to top universities.
WORLD BUSINESS
INTERNSHIPS
World Scholars Academy business internships for ages 15-18 investigate current issues in various fields of commerce including; finance & investment, economics, entrepreneurship, and marketing. On the internship you will work with fellow World Scholars to research and coauthor a pioneering academic paper on your topic with the close support of your mentor, a world-leading expert in the field.
During your internship you will learn specialist research techniques, survey the extant literature of the discipline, and conduct original research on your topic. You will contribute your own ideas to the project's successful completion, and will develop technical skills and practical know-how to excel in the discipline. Your final paper will be reviewed by your mentor and submitted to either our open-access academic journal or another scholarly publication.
Internships take place on either Saturday or Sunday over four weeks, allowing you to participate in an internship during your normal school year or simultaneously with a World Scholars Academy academic summer course. Interns should expect to spend a minimum of three hours outside of their live contact time each week to complete their research project. World Scholars Academy business internships include:
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Collaborative group work
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Individualized feedback and academic guidance
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Co-authored research paper submitted for publication
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Certificate of completion
Please note that places on World Scholars Academy business internship programs are extremely limited and currently listed research topics may not recur. Upcoming business internship opportunities are listed below.
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Internship Details
Inflation destroyed the Roman empire and laid the economic and political foundations for World War II. Is the inflation we are currently experiencing a threat to not only our standard of living but our very civilization? On this internship students will learn what the phenomenon of inflation is, how it is measured, and what causes inflation. Students will also examine past historical instances of inflation and their particular causes. Finally, students will conduct research on what current mainstream and historic economic models of inflation have have to say about our current situation, and will utilize these frameworks to produce a prediction of expected future inflation.
During this month-long Internship you will research the economics of inflation and examine its potential impact on the global economy. Collaborating with your fellow interns, you will undertake research on this timely and crucial issue, and with your mentor's guidance you will co-author an academic research paper for publication. No previous knowledge of economics is required to participate.
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Location: Online
Type: Academic Research Internship
Eligibility: Ages 15-18
Days: Saturdays from 11am-2pm PST | 2pm-5pm EST
Dates: Four weeks: April 1st, April 8th, April 15th, April 22nd
Price: $1895
Requirements: Interns are expected to be present for all four sessions. However, if an intern is unable to attend a particular session they will receive an update on the project progress and will be assigned additional work to complete in order to make up for their absence. Interns are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per week working on their project outside of the live contact hours.
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Mainstream academic theory defines investment risk as 'volatility' as calculated by standard deviation. However, opinion is divided amongst the academic community as to the validity of this metric, and some of the world's most successful investors such as Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and Mark Cuban openly reject it. On this internship you will (i) discover why standard deviation is used to measure investment risk and discover its limitations, (ii) investigate and critique alternative conceptions of investment risk, (iii) recognize how deficient metrics for investment risk may have directly led to historically significant investment losses and asset bubbles such as the infamous Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) collapse, and (iv) theorize how a more holistic measure of investment risk might avoid these pitfalls.
During this month-long Internship you will conduct original research on the formulation and measurement of investment risk. Collaborating with your fellow interns, you will investigate and more deeply understand this fundamental financial concept, and with your mentor's guidance you will co-author an academic research paper on this topic for publication. No previous knowledge of investment theory or economics is required to participate.
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Location: Online
Type: Academic Research Internship
Eligibility: Ages 15-18
Days: Sundays from 11am-2pm PST | 2pm-5pm EST
Dates: Four weeks: July 2nd, July 9th, July 16th, July 23rd
Price: $1895
Requirements: Interns are expected to be present for all four sessions. However, if an intern is unable to attend a particular session they will receive an update on the project progress and will be assigned additional work to complete in order to make up for their absence. Interns are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per week working on their project outside of the live contact hours.
"We judge well the thing we know."
–Aristotle
WORLD MEDICINE
INTERNSHIPS
World Scholars Academy medicine internships for ages 15-18 explore cutting-edge issues in medicine including; nutrition, the mind-body connection, epidemiology, and neurochemistry. On the internship you will work with fellow World Scholars to research and coauthor a state-of-the-art medical paper on your topic with the close support of your mentor, a world-leading medical expert.
During your internship you will learn specialist research techniques, survey the extant literature of the discipline, and conduct original research on your topic. You will contribute your own ideas to the project's successful completion, and will build technical skills and practical know-how to excel in the medical field. Your final paper will be reviewed by your mentor and submitted to either our open-access academic journal or another scholarly medical publication.
Internships take place on either Saturday or Sunday over four weeks, allowing you to participate in an internship during your normal school year or simultaneously with a World Scholars Academy academic summer course. Interns should expect to spend several additional hours outside of their live contact time each week to complete their research project. World Scholars Academy medical internships include:
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Collaborative group work
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Individualized feedback and academic guidance
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Co-authored research paper submitted for publication
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Certificate of completion
Please note that places on World Scholars Academy medicine internship programs are extremely limited and currently listed research topics may not recur. Upcoming medical internship opportunities are listed below.
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Hypertension is a useful model to examine competing paradigms of care because unlike many other medical conditions, treatment outcomes can be objectively quantified. Compare research on the effectiveness of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Western treatments for hypertension. Examine variations in the efficacy of Chinese Medicine versus Allopathic Medicine for mild versus severe hypertension, and track differences in their long-term health outcomes.
During this month-long Internship you will conduct original research on the treatment of hypertension. Collaborating with your fellow interns, you will critically evaluate Chinese Traditional Medicine and Western Medical treatments. In addition, with your mentor's guidance you will co-author an academic research paper on this topic for publication. No previous knowledge of medical science is required to participate.
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Location: Online
Type: Academic Research Internship
Eligibility: Ages 15-18
Days: Saturdays from 11am-2pm PST | 2pm-5pm EST
Dates: Four weeks: May 6th, May 13th, May 20th, May 27th
Price: $1895
Requirements: Interns are expected to be present for all four sessions. However, if an intern is unable to attend a particular session they will receive an update on the project progress and will be assigned additional work to complete in order to make up for their absence. Interns are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per week working on their project outside of the live contact hours.
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Cancer remains one of modern society's most deadly and poorly understood diseases. Despite repeated promises from medical researchers of an imminent breakthrough, sadly none have been forthcoming. Furthermore, standard treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy entail serious physical and psychological effects, and generally have low probabilities of long-term success.
Natural medicine provides an alternative to such treatment modalities, but how does the effectiveness of such therapies compare? Moreover, does an integrative approach combining standard and alternative therapies provide any demonstrable benefits over and above the use of a single treatment paradigm alone?
During this month-long Internship you will conduct original research on the current state-of-the-art in cancer treatments. Collaborating with your fellow interns, you will critically evaluate the effectiveness of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation versus alternative natural cancer treatments, respectively and in combination. In addition, with your mentor's guidance you will co-author an academic research paper on this topic for publication. No previous knowledge of medical science is required to participate.
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Location: Online
Type: Academic Research Internship
Eligibility: Ages 15-18
Days: Saturdays from 11am-2pm PST | 2pm-5pm EST
Dates: Four weeks: July 1st, July 8th, July 15th, July 22nd
Price: $1895
Requirements: Interns are expected to be present for all four sessions. However, if an intern is unable to attend a particular session they will receive an update on the project progress and will be assigned additional work to complete in order to make up for their absence. Interns are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per week working on their project outside of the live contact hours.
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While pharmaceuticals have many crucial medical applications, they also have limitations. Explore competing paradigms of care for one of the fastest growing global illnesses, type 2 diabetes. Compare long-term health outcomes of applying pharmaceutical-based chronic models of care, with potentially curative lifestyle changes. Additionally, learn also how the medical field is advancing beyond chronic models of care to curative approaches more generally.
During this month-long Internship you will conduct original research on type 2 diabetes treatments. Collaborating with your fellow interns, you will critically evaluate the extent to which type 2 diabetes is indeed a lifestyle choice, and the consequences of not treating it as such. In addition, with your mentor's guidance you will co-author an academic research paper on this topic for publication. No previous knowledge of medical science is required to participate.
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Location: Online
Type: Academic Research Internship
Eligibility: Ages 15-18
Days: Saturdays from 11am-2pm PST | 2pm-5pm EST
Dates: Four weeks: August 5th, August 12th, August 19th, August 26th
Price: $1895
Requirements: Interns are expected to be present for all four sessions. However, if an intern is unable to attend a particular session they will receive an update on the project progress and will be assigned additional work to complete in order to make up for their absence. Interns are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per week working on their project outside of the live contact hours.
"Knowledge cannot go beyond one's experience."
–John Locke
WORLD LAW
INTERNSHIPS
World Scholars Academy law internships for ages 15-18 examine contemporary issues in various domains of the law including; jurisprudence, political economy, antitrust law, and government censorship. On the internship you will work with fellow World Scholars to research and coauthor a cutting-edge academic paper on your topic with the close support of your mentor, a world-leading legal expert.
During your internship you will learn specialist research techniques, survey the extant literature of the discipline, and conduct original research on your topic. You will contribute your own ideas to the project's successful completion, and will build technical skills and practical know-how on how to research cases and excel as a lawyer. Your final paper will be reviewed by your mentor and submitted to either our open-access academic journal or another scholarly legal publication.
Internships take place on either Saturday or Sunday over four weeks, allowing you to participate in an internship during your normal school year or simultaneously with a World Scholars Academy academic summer course. Interns should expect to spend several additional hours outside of their live contact time each week to complete their research project. World Scholars Academy law internships include:
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Collaborative group work
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Individualized feedback and academic guidance
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Co-authored research paper submitted for publication
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Certificate of completion
Please note that places on World Scholars Academy law internship programs are extremely limited and currently listed research topics may not recur. Upcoming law internship opportunities are listed below.
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Internship Details
The law and economics are intrinsically interlinked, but perhaps in no domain is this connection more evident than in competition law. Competition law seeks to maintain and promote the beneficial effects of market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct of companies. Such regulations date back to the Roman empire but came to the forefront of modern economic and legal debates with the rise of nationwide corporations during the industrial revolution.
Discover whether Amazon or Google today are dangerous monopolies requiring government oversight, or if they are held in check by the forces of competition. Learn how competition law works and scrutinize on-going debates in the field, such as the pitfalls of regulatory capture and the benefits of profits in maintaining cost efficiency. Likewise, discover how international monopolies and cartels such as De Beers and OPEC are able to flout national anti-trust laws to the detriment of the global economy.
During this month-long Internship you will conduct original research on competition law. Collaborating with your fellow interns, you will investigate and more deeply understand the economics of monopoly as well as this important domain of law. In addition, with your mentor's guidance you will co-author an academic research paper on this topic for publication. No previous knowledge of legal or economic theory is required to participate.
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Location: Online
Type: Academic Research Internship
Eligibility: Ages 15-18
Days: Sundays from 11am-2pm PST | 2pm-5pm EST
Dates: Four weeks: June 4th, June 11th, June 18th, June 25th
Price: $1895
Requirements: Interns are expected to be present for all four sessions. However, if an intern is unable to attend a particular session they will receive an update on the project progress and will be assigned additional work to complete in order to make up for their absence. Interns are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per week working on their project outside of the live contact hours.
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The law represents the socially enforced boundaries of behavior, whereas morality circumscribes the actions society considers to be just. Investigate how these concepts are related as well as the dimensions along which they differ. Furthermore, how have these social constructs evolved over time? What role does morality play in the law, and conversely how might the law influence morality? Is it in fact socially desirable that morality and the law do differ? In addition, is it just to refuse to comply with immoral laws, or like Socrates should you consider the will of the state to be absolute? These complex interrelationships between law and morality have emerged as a central question in contemporary jurisprudence. On this internship you will explore these questions while summarizing the legal literature in this field.
During this month-long Internship you will conduct original research on morality and the law. Collaborating with your fellow interns, you will investigate contemporary legal thought, and with your mentor's guidance you will co-author an academic research paper on this topic for publication. No previous knowledge of legal theory is required to participate.
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Location: Online
Type: Academic Research Internship
Eligibility: Ages 15-18
Days: Saturdays from 11am-2pm PST | 2pm-5pm EST
Dates: Four weeks: July 1st, July 8th, July 15th, July 22nd
Price: $1895
Requirements: Interns are expected to be present for all four sessions. However, if an intern is unable to attend a particular session they will receive an update on the project progress and will be assigned additional work to complete in order to make up for their absence. Interns are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per week working on their project outside of the live contact hours.
"To be is to do."
–Socrates
WORLD ENGINEERING
INTERNSHIPS
World Scholars Academy engineering internships for ages 15-18 analyze the latest advances in engineering including; drone technology, artificial intelligence, frontiers in military weaponry, and nuclear power. On the internship you will work with fellow World Scholars to research and coauthor a topflight academic paper on your topic with the close support of your mentor, a world-leading expert in the field.
During your internship you will learn specialist research techniques, survey the extant literature of the discipline, and conduct original research on your topic. You will contribute your own ideas to the project's successful completion, and will build technical skills and practical know-how to excel as an engineer. Your final paper will be reviewed by your mentor and submitted to either our open-access academic journal or another scholarly engineering publication.
Internships take place on either Saturday or Sunday over four weeks, allowing you to participate in an internship during your normal school year or simultaneously with a World Scholars Academy academic summer course. Interns should expect to spend several additional hours outside of their live contact time each week to complete their research project. World Scholars Academy engineering internships include:
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Collaborative group work
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Individualized feedback and academic guidance
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Co-authored research paper submitted for publication
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Certificate of completion
Please note that places on World Scholars Academy engineering internship programs are extremely limited and currently listed research topics may not recur. Upcoming engineering internship opportunities are listed below.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a sophisticated tool in the data sciences to address complex human problems. Having surpassed human experts in trivial applications such as games of Chess and Go, AI now has ever expanding applications in advanced applied research and commerce including; algorithmic trading, self-driving vehicles, medical decision-making, and military strategy. However, what will the future hold for Artificial Intelligence? Which applications are indeed viable, which will only remain fantasy, and what unexpected areas might we in fact see AI successfully applied. Are the dystopian sci-fi portrayals of AI as eventually replacing humans justified, or will AI continue to expand mankind’s economic opportunities without supplanting the need for humans entirely?
During this month-long Internship you will conduct original research on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Collaborating with your fellow interns, you will evaluate how AI is currently being applied to domains of commerce, and will examine its potential to replace human intelligence across other fields in the future. In addition, with your mentor's guidance you will co-author an academic research paper on this topic for publication. No previous knowledge of computer science is required to participate.
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Location: Online
Type: Academic Research Internship
Eligibility: Ages 15-18
Days: Saturdays from 11am-2pm PST | 2pm-5pm EST
Dates: Four weeks: July 1st, July 8th, July 15th, July 22nd
Price: $1895
Requirements: Interns are expected to be present for all four sessions. However, if an intern is unable to attend a particular session they will receive an update on the project progress and will be assigned additional work to complete in order to make up for their absence. Interns are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per week working on their project outside of the live contact hours.