DSPG

The Data Science for the Public Good (DSPG) Program is a summer research experience for undergraduate and graduate students where students

• participate in a data science bootcamp:

  • Code Management (e.g., version control with Git and GitHub)
  • Containers (Docker)
  • Programming (R programming language and statistical environment)
  • Databases (PostgreSQL + PostGIS)
  • Data ingestion (e.g., I/O, web harvest through RESTful/GraphQL API, HTML scraping or webdriver)
  • Data manipulation (e.g., Regex, datetime, tidyverse)
  • Visualization (e.g., ggplot2, Leaflet, Shiny)
  • Regression / Machine Learning

• work on a sponsored research project with a federal, state, or local government entity such as

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS)
  • Fairfax County Health and Human Services
  • Army Research Institute (ARI)
  • Arlington County Police Department

• obtain professional training through development workshops and seminars

• interact with horizontally and vertically integrated teams with dedicated graduate students, postdocs, and faculty

• enjoy a wide variety of events the Washington D.C. greater metro area has to offer

• publication opportunities

• these are paid experiences

Program Details

• Program Dates:
  • Graduate Fellows: May 26 - August 7
  • Undergraduate Interns: June 1 - August 7
• Location: Arlington, VA (next to the Rosslyn Metro Station)
• Call size:
  • 10+ Undergraduate students
  • 5+ Graduate students

How to Apply

Undergraduate students in any discipline and graduate students (MS or PhD) with quantitative/analytical skills enrolled at any U.S. university are encouraged to apply. The positions (10+ undergraduate interns and 5+ graduate students) will be located at the Biocomplexity Institute’s Arlington, VA office. These are paid positions.

The Universitty of Virginia is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity, martial status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.

For more information check out the 2019 summary.

For more information and applying see the program portal.

Application Deadline: January 31, 2020

Disclosure

I was a graduate fellow of the program in 2018 and am part of the Social and Decision Analytics Division of the Biocomplexity Institute & Initiative at University of Virginia.