Industry Interns

The INBRE Industry Internship program broadens undergraduate student experiences in industry laboratories, local biotechnology companies, or hospital facilities. The 10-week/400-hour summer experience is often the best choice for geographically-bound students with academic potential who do not have access to a research university. The laboratory bench or field experience with tutelage by expert professionals give students needed skills and practice in laboratory and scientific techniques. It also provides professional development in the modern business world.

Since 2003, the Idaho INBRE program has developed industry internships across the state.  These partnerships vary depending upon the location of the institution of higher education.  Institutions with on-going developed industry internships are the College of Southern Idaho, North Idaho College, Boise State University, the University of Idaho, College of Western Idaho, and most recently [2024] the College of Eastern Idaho.

The industry internship program is a competitive process that makes a holistic match between the industry, the student and the institution.

For application information, please contact the following:

Rhena Cooper, TRCooper@NIC.EDU

Megan Jacobson, mjacobson@csi.edu

Elise Connor, eliseconnor@cwi.edu
Suzanne Oppenheimer, suzanneoppenheimer@cwi.edu

Tracy Yarnell, tracyyarnell@boisestate.edu

Kole Bowman, kole.bowman@cei.edu

Ashley Bogar, ashley@uidaho.edu 

• Amalgamated Research LLC, Twin Falls
• Blue Water Technologies, Hayden
• Outotec, Coeur d’Alene

• ALK Source Materials, Post Falls
• Artisan Labs, Hansen
• Medicine Man Pharmacy, Coeur d’Alene

• Bonner General Health, Sandpoint
• Kootenai Health, Coeur d’Alene

• Alcyone Therapeutics Inc., Moscow
• Burst Biologics, Boise
• Public Health Testing Center, Boise

• Lake City Animal Hospital, Coeur d’Alene

• Coeur d’Alene Wastewater, Coeur d’Alene
• Coeur d’Alene Tribe Lake Management, Coeur d’Alene
• Fernan Lake Water Quality, Fernan Lake
• Hayden Lake Floating Wetlands, Hayden
• Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Twin Falls
• Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Coeur d’Alene
• Idaho Fish and Game, Twin Falls
• Idaho Fish and Game, Coeur d’Alene
• Idaho Fish and Game, Eagle Fish Genetics Lab, Eagle
• Idaho Food Quality Assurance Lab, Twin Falls
• Kootenai Environmental Alliance, Coeur d’Alene
• Twin Falls County Pest Abatement District, Twin Falls
• Twin Falls Waste Water Treatment Plant – CH2M, Twin Falls
• USDA Soils Research Lab, Kimberly