Career Opportunities

The Seaborg Institute welcomes those from other national laboratories who are interested in visiting Lawrence Livermore and presenting a seminar on their research related to environmental radiochemistry, nuclear forensics, and heavy element research.

Contact: Mavrik Zavarin (zavarin1 [at] llnl.gov (zavarin1[at]llnl[dot]gov))

The Seaborg Institute invites graduate students and faculty to come throughout the year to conduct research with staff scientists in the areas of environmental radiochemistry, nuclear forensics, and heavy element research.

Contact: Mavrik Zavarin (zavarin1 [at] llnl.gov (zavarin1[at]llnl[dot]gov))

Through LLNL's Materials and Chemistry Institute (MaCI) Summer Internship, students spend 10–12 weeks working in materials chemistry, synthesis, characterization, and processing; analytical chemistry; actinide science, optical materials science, electrochemistry, and physics

Contact: MaCI [at] llnl.gov (MaCI[at]llnl[dot]gov)

The Seaborg Institute invites students from the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium to inquire about unique opportunities available through this consortium.

Contacts: Keisha Hamilton (hamilton32 [at] llnl.gov (hamilton32[at]llnl[dot]gov)), Stephan Friedrich (friedrich1 [at] llnl.gov (friedrich1[at]llnl[dot]gov)), Mavrik Zavarin (zavarin1 [at] llnl.gov (zavarin1[at]llnl[dot]gov))

The Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of the American Chemical Society (ACS) sponsors two INTENSIVE six-week summer schools in Nuclear and Radiochemistry for undergraduates. The Schools are held at Brookhaven National Laboratory (Eastern Site, Long Island, NY) and San Jose State University (Western Site, San Jose, CA). Funding is provided by the US Department of Energy. The Summer School program at San Jose State University includes a field trip to LLNL.

​​​​​The Community College Internship (CCI) program encourages community college students to enter technical careers relevant to the DOE mission by providing technical training experiences at DOE laboratories.

Financial support is provided by the Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship to talented individuals whose study and research is accompanied by extended, practical work experience at one or more of four DOE/NNSA facilities.

Students studying a science or engineering discipline related to high-energy-density physics, nuclear science, or materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics are eligible for this fellowship.

​​​​​​This program provides graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories in areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission.

​​​​​The Livermore Lab Foundation is a key philanthropic partner to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, providing mechanisms for public and private investments, such as grants and philanthropic gifts that support research, student fellows, STEM outreach, education, and community initiatives.

Students participating in the Graduate Fellowships for STEM Development (GFSD) program will employ high-performance computing for discovery in disparate disciplines.

The Multidisciplinary Training Experience in Nuclear Science (Mt. ENS) program provides SJSU students with a unique opportunity to learn nuclear science during their spring semester, and then conduct exciting nuclear science research based at the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry.

​​​​​​The National GEM Consortium provides opportunities for master's and doctoral students in engineering and science from underrepresented groups. 

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP) is a full-time, salaried fellowship program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy for highly motivated graduate-level students interested in a career in nuclear security.

The National Nuclear Security Administration Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program (NNSA-MSIIP) allows students attending a participating Minority Serving Institution to spend 10 weeks working at an NNSA laboratory during the summer.

The Nuclear Analytical Techniques (NAT) summer school, supported by the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC) and the High Energy Physics Consortium for Advanced Training (HEPCAT), has historically offered hands-on activities in nuclear analytical techniques. In the past, the program has been held at the University of California, Davis, and involved facilities like the McClellan Nuclear Research Center and Crocker Nuclear Lab.

​​​​​The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) encourages undergraduate students to pursue STEM careers by providing research experiences at DOE laboratories.

The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) offers on-the-job training during the summer for undergraduate students in nonproliferation studies. Participants conduct research on issues related to the spread and control of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), including: nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and regional security issues in the former Soviet Union, Eurasia, East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East.

The Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program (SCGSR) program is intended to prepare graduate students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission, by providing graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories. The SCGSR program provides awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory/facility in areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate student’s overall doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories/facilities.