The SSFRP is a summer internship in field and laboratory science at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) (www.ldeo.columbia.edu). Lamont-Doherty is part of Columbia University’s new Climate School. Research at Lamont touches on all aspects of earth and environmental sciences, including climate, geology, earth systems, and ecology.  We study all of the earth’s major systems and processes, from the molten core, through the continents and oceans, to the top of the atmosphere. High School students participating in the SSFRP will work in field research teams mentored by Columbia scientists and undergraduate science majors. We conduct research on ecology, earth and environmental sciences. Our field site is primarily the Piermont Marsh (near the Lamont campus in Rockland) and New York City. Teams consist of high school students, college students, science teachers and Lamont-Doherty scientists. Students collect all of their own samples and do most of their own lab work. The goal is to produce original research and present findings to the Lamont community and peers.

• The Summer Internship Program is for students who will be at least 16 years old on July 5, 2024 and are currently enrolled in high school.