VALOR JROTC - Summer 2025

We Are:

Fermilab is America's premier laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. We support discovery science experiments in Illinois and at locations around the world, including deep underground mines in South Dakota and Canada, mountaintops in Arizona and Chile, and the South Pole.

We are strategic risk takers, innovators, and collaborators. We are engineers, scientists, technicians, administrative professionals. We are over 2,000 employees advancing knowledge for the benefit of humankind. Fermilab has been at the forefront of particle physics for more than 40 years. We build world-leading accelerators and detectors to conduct some of the most advanced particle physics experiments possible. We collect and analyze the data from those experiments with some of the most powerful computers in the world. We conduct this research on a 6,800-acre prairie, 35 miles outside Chicago, a treasure that has been designated a National Environmental Research Park.

VALOR (Veteran Applied Laboratory Occupational Retraining) JROTC Program
Fermilab is America's premier laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. We support discovery science experiments in Illinois and South Dakota and at locations around the world, including Canada, mountaintops in Arizona and Chile, and the South Pole.

The VALOR JROTC Program is a highly competitive, paid, six-week summer internship opportunity for Illinois JROTC high school juniors, seniors, and recent graduates. Interns provide routine technical support for area of assignment; typically, an experiment or support group. Tasks are accomplished under direction supervision of a Fermilab employee and in cooperation with project teams, scientists, engineers, and support personnel and in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Eligibility:

• Enrollment in an Illinois high school JROTC program
• Illinois high school junior, senior, or recent high school graduate at time of application
• Eligible to work in the United States

Application Requirements:

• Online application - Application Walkthrough Video Guide
• Unofficial transcript
• Resume
• One letter of recommendation (Due date is application close date).
  (Once you submit your application you will receive an email request to provide reference contact information. Once you provide the info we will email a link to your reference to upload the letter of recommendation)

• Essay (upload as a pdf format under the resume section)

Essay Guideline: Short answer questions*: Please write short (< 200-word) responses to the following questions:

• What do you hope to get out of this internship experience?
• How has participating in JROTC prepared you for this unique opportunity?
• What key skills do you possess that can add value to a team?

Before you apply, please have all your requirements ready. Once you submit the application you will no longer have access and will not be able to upload any missing requirements.

Internship Details:

• Application Period: December 5, 2024 - February 14, 2025
• Offer Date: March 14, 2025
• Acceptance Date: March 21, 2025
• Program Dates: June 16, 2025 - July 25, 2025
• Salary: $17.75 per hour (5 days/40 hour per week)
• Housing: No local/onsite housing available

Internship Deliverables:

• Oral presentation
• Exit survey

Questions? Email TAinternships@fnal.gov

Fermilab is an Equal Opportunity Employer and believes a diverse and inclusive environment based on mutual respect is essential to our mission. Fermilab is committed to recruiting and developing the most hardworking people and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, country of birth, geography/postal code, disability, marital status, parental or gestational status, or other non-merit factor.

REAL-ID Requirement for access to Fermilab Campus
Fermilab and FRA requires all members of the public to produce a REAL-ID, or equivalent, to access the Fermilab Campus for interviews or career events. A list of acceptable forms of ID can be found here: https://get-connected.fnal.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/REALID-Documents.pdf If a candidate is selected for an interview but does not possess any of the equivalent documents, we may schedule a virtual interview.