Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

As an summer intern at PNNL (through NSIP, National Security Internship Program), I had one main mentor, and worked directly with several other scientists as project-specific mentors. My mentors provided guidance on research tasks and were available for any questions I had (in person, email, phon...

My position as a fellow at PNNL was pretty similar to being a graduate student/research assistant in your home lab/group. You come in and work on your projects during regular working hours (which can be flexible), attend some interesting seminars, and interact with other staff scientists and inte...

Maintaining work-life balance is pretty easy at PNNL. As long as you get your work done, you can come in and work at any time. (Most people do come into work very early and leave very early though.)

PNNL is an institute that pushes for publications. They are looking for candidates with experience in scientific research and writing, if you have papers published, that’ll make you look really good to them. If not, highlight your research experience and expertise and any relevant project you are...

An RA at PNNL usually makes between $50-60K depending on experience.

The average day for a SULI intern at PNNL depends on what kind of project you're working on and who you have as an adviser/mentor. My first summer at PNNL was more lab-intensive so I spent most of my days either in the lab or analyzing data in my office. The second summer, on the other hand, was ...

I would describe the PNNL company culture as very friendly and welcoming. Everyone recognizes where you are in your career path (a.k.a. an undergrad) and people are usually willing to offer advice or even help with your research project. On top of that, they're happy to show you their research an...

Training for a technical intern at PNNL mostly involves online training videos and reading of safety guideline followed by short quizzes. This usually take a couple days. There will all be in person safety meetings with groups of interns that discuss safe conduct of various aspects of work hazard...

For my specific internship, my training was revolved around learning material online from different websites and learning from my fellow interns and mentor. It can be as hands on or as hands off as you want. At the time of my internship, I was highly independent and wanted to learn on my own and ...