JIFSAN Internships

JIFSAN is accepting applications for internships to begin in the summer.

The JIFSAN internship program, a collaboration between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the University of Maryland, has several positions available beginning in the summer of 2025. Positions will continue through the 2025-26 academic year. JIFSAN interns must have completed at least two college semesters and be enrolled as undergraduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park during the time of their internship.

Interns are expected to work 30 hours/week during the summer of 2025 and part time (8-10 hours/week) during the academic year.  These are intended to be hands-on experiences in FDA laboratories, to the extent possible based on FDA policies and protocols relating to conducting work in federal facilities.  Interns are paid  $16/hour.

Current freshmen, sophomores and juniors are encouraged to apply. Students who plan to graduate in December 2025 are generally not eligible.

The application form and more information about the program can be found at https://jifsan.umd.edu/research/internship-program. Complete descriptions of the open positions can be found at https://jifsan.umd.edu/research/internship-database. Applications should be
submitted as a single pdf file to the webform at go.umd.edu/jifsan2025.

Review of applications will begin around March 15. Late applications will receive consideration as long as there are positions that remain unfilled.

Interns are needed for the following projects:

• JIP-444 Salmonella culture optimization from DEUF water samples (PIs: Bell & Grim)
• JIP-445 Evaluation of the effectiveness of post-harvest treatment of enoki mushrooms for reduction of Listeria monocytogenes (PI: Burall)
• JIP-446 Single Lab Validation of a Nitrogen Sustained Microwave Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer for Nutrient Element Analysis of Foods (PI: Carter)
• JIP-447 Development and Validation of Revised Protocols for the Detection of Cronobacter in Powdered Infant Formula, Environmental Samples and Other Infant Foods (PI: Chen)
• JIP-449 Validation of a New Method to Isolate and Detect Cryptosporidium Genotypes from Fresh Produce, Food Contact Surfaces, and Agricultural Water (PI: Durigan)
• JIP-450 Research, develop, and perform IT quality control measures to curate CFSAN regulatory data (PI: Girmay)
• JIP-451 Genomic Characterization of Stress Adaptation in Major Foodborne Pathogens in Food Products and in the Food Processing Environment (PIs: Hoffmann & Zheng))
• JIP-453 Retrospective Analysis of Positive Ames Test Data in Food Contact Notifications to Address Current Data Gaps (PIs: Holt & Markley)
• JIP-460 Identifying trends in the production and use of cosmetics by analyzing industry and consumer inquiries (PI: Petro)
• JIP-462 Standardizing Pathogen Genomic Surveillance Data (PI: Timme)
• JIP-463 Screening of Chemical Residues and Contaminants Food using UHPLC-HRMS and a Compound Database (PI: Wong)
• JIP-464 Advancing LC-MS-based Multi-mycotoxin Analysis for Regulatory Monitoring and Surveillance (PI: Zhang)

Contact Person: Kaci Thompson
Contact Email: kaci@umd.edu
Website URL: https://jifsan.umd.edu/research/internship-program