ASSIP 2025 Application | GMU College of Science

How old will you be on ASSIP Orientation date, June 18, 2025?

Your full name (as you would like it to appear on a certificate)

Enter the given name you wish to be called, then your family/last name. Please capitalize both names. We use this entry exactly as you enter it for certificates, publicity, etc.

Your first name (or given name, or name you wish to be called by)

Your middle name

Your last name (your family name)

The email address you want us to use for ASSIP correspondence with you (an email you check at least weekly)

Re-enter the email address you want us to use for ASSIP correspondence (an email you check at least weekly)

Your mailing address's PO Box, if you have one, or your house number/apartment number, and street name.

Your mailing address-City or Town

Country

State/Province

Your mailing address, Zip Code only

What will be your education level for the 2025 fall semester?

Gender:

Female

Male

Nonbinary

I prefer not to answer.

I am eligible for free/reduced lunch or Pell Grant Aid:

Yes

What is your preferred phone number for us to contact you if we cannot reach you by email?:

If you will not be 18 or older by June 18, 2025, provide the phone number of your parent/guardian:

Please select your citizenship status:

US Citizen

Permanent Resident

Non-US Citizen/Non-permanent resident

Are you an Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program Alum?:

Yes

If you have ever recieved a G-number (George Mason student identification number; current Mason students, participants in Loudon ISR, Governor's School, or ASSIP alum may have one), please enter it here. If you do not have one, leave this blank.

High School State

County (NOT Country) for your high school (If not in Northern Virginia, DC, or Southern Maryland, scroll to the "Other" choice to type in your county):

High School name (If not in Northern Virginia, DC, or Southern Maryland, scroll to the "Other" choice to type in your high school) ::

Year you graduated (or will graduate) from high school

Estimated high school GPA at time you submit your application

I participate/participated in a Governor's School or Scientific Academy in high school:

Yes

If you attend(ed) a high school with a specific STEM focus (Governors' School, STEM academy, etc), select the school from the pull-down menu or choose "Other" to provide the full name:

Current Undergraduate Institution (leave blank if you are currently in high school)

George Mason University

Other…

Year you started in your current undergraduate institution: (Leave blank if you are in high school)

Estimated or known University GPA at end of fall semester, 2025 (leave blank if you are in high school)

Anticipated University Graduation Date (Year only) Leave blank if you are in high school.

Provide the names of science, technology, computing, engineering and math courses completed/expected to complete by June 2025.

Please use standard names, not names that only people in your institution would understand (Not CHEM 105, but Intro to Chem for Majors, for example).

Describe work/volunteer experience

List Hobbies, Curricular and Extracurricular Activities and Leadership Positions:

Awards Received:

What do you hope to gain by participating in the ASSIP program and why?

Describe an area of science, computing, technology, engineering or math that interests you and why you would like to participate in that research area:

Describe a creative idea you had on any topic. This can include but is not limited to how you creatively solved a problem or developed a new idea:

In which of the following skills would you consider yourself most proficient based on your education and experience?

Which of the following skills are most interested in improving over the course of an ASSIP internship?

Rank your interest in the following categories which correspond to 2025 ASSIP mentors' research:

Questions	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Biochemistry and Chemistry	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Bioengineering	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Biodefense/Infectious Disease	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Bioinformatics and Genomics	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Forensic Science	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Civil, Environmental, Sustainable and Resilent Infrastructure Engineering	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Cybersecurity	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Global Climate Change and Atmospheric Sciences	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Environmental Science	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Game Design, AI and Augmented Reality	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Collision Safety and Analysis, Transportation and Safe Cities	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
GeoInformation Science (GIS), and Human Societies, Geospatial Intelligence, GeoVisualization	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Psychology and Neuroscience	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Microbiomes, Epidemiology, Microbiology	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Mathematical Modeling for Grand Challenges of the 21st Century	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Nanotechnology, Diagnostics, and Treatment of Disease	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Physics and Astrophysics, Space Exploration	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Proteomics, Human and Veterinary Medicine	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Computational Data Sciences	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Information Technology	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest
Global & Community Health	Highest	High	Medium	Low	Lowest

Faculty 1:

Faculty 2:

Faculty 3:

We anticipate running a second summer of a pilot "ASSIP for course credit" option in 2025. If you are selected for an ASSIP internship, would be you interested in participating in ASSIP for 3 college credits, for a discounted Mason in-state tuition rate?

Yes

Parent or guardian's signature for minor's application to be shared with ASSIP mentors.

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Parent or guardian's signature for de-identified, anonymous minor's application to be used for research and/or publication purposes.

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