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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the only option is to cold email professors.

There are a variety of formal high school internship programs across the DMV at universities, government agencies and private companies but they

1)almost aways (if not 100% of the time) require the students to be 16 and/or a rising junior or senior.

2) have fall or winter application dates for the following summer.  You'd be too late for summer 2024. [/quote]

To expound upon this, all the federal positions (paid and volunteer) we found required kids to be at least 16.  I'm not sure agencies can even hire at 15 so professors with joint government appointments may be bound by this as well.

[b]You should[/b] draft a generic email template and then [b]start emailing professors or even grad students at local universities ([/b]of course personalizing the greeting, etc each time).[/quote]

No, the CHILD who wants the internship should do this. NOT Mommy or Daddy. [/quote]

Agree.  This was my post you're replying to.  I would of course expect the kid to write this letter.  
I always require my kids to write any correspondence the have with adults but am happy to look it over.

OP, your kid should get a regular job. An internship is not going to happen at age 15 until you have a family friend who runs a lab and owes you a favor.  But a resume with work experience (at any job) will greatly help her get an internship at age 16+. [/quote]

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