> Questions marked * MUST be completed.

## Section 1: Background

### 1. Project appraisal meeting*
> Link to the relevant [milestone](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/Hut23/milestone/27).

### 2. Project proposal name/working title*
D&S Careers Year 2: Internships and Summer Experience

### 3. Brief description*

This project, in collaboration with the Turing’s defence and security partners, would pilot an undergraduate internships programme in summer 2024 with the overall aim of increasing participation in data science (DS) careers from people who are ethnic minorities and from lower socio economic backgrounds.

Work has begun on an initial two year pilot project focusing on a summer programme for 16 and 17 year olds and a series of careers talks on defence and security data science roles for undergraduates. REG is already involved in the year 1 activities of organisng the summer school in 2023.

Intern projects will be sourced from the Turing’s Defence and Security programme. REG involvement would be to support the creation of suitable internship projects and support intern training activities.

### 4. Project Tracker issue link*

https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/Hut23/issues/1478

### 5. Principal Investigator(s)*

Amy Gallimore/Juliette Sexton

### 6. Earliest possible start date*

15.03.2024

### 7. Latest possible start date*

01.04.2024

### 8. Earliest possible end date*

15.08.2024

### 9. Latest possible end date*

31.08.2024

### 10. Estimated project duration (months)*

3.5

### 11. Reviewer 1*
> Camila Rangel Smith

### 12. PMU contact*
> PMU person who attended scoping meeting and completed Funding section below.

Tracey Peterson/Amy Gallimore

### 13. Partnerships team contact*
> Relevant partnerships person who attended scoping meeting, if project is funded through a partner grant. Use N/A if not applicable.

Mat Corbett

### 14. Reviewer 2*
> Iain Stenson

### 15. Conflict of interest*
> Mention any potential conflict of interest, and actions taken to avoid it, that should be noted when discussing the brief (e.g. the REG lead who produced the brief is a project Co-I).

N/A

## Section 2: Relevance*
> Describe how the proposal aligns with the REG project priority criteria (max 300 words for each). Refer to REG [project appraisal criteria](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/research-engineering-group/wiki/Criteria-for-project-appraisal) for further information.

### 16. Impact*

This project hopes to inspire those currently underrepresented in Defence and Security data science careers to consider these as career options. While the first two years will be small scale, the hope is to increase the scale should the project be renewed for future years. We also hope delivering internships in this area (undergraduate) and summer programmes for school age students will help the Turing learn more about working with groups we haven’t previously and help us build, resources, tools and networks to engage better with these audiences.

### 17. Diversity*

Internships will specifically only be open to those from lower socio-economic backgrounds making diversity a key strand of this project. Interns will supported through a mentorship program and Skills training programme alongside project work. All interns will be competitively paid. The summer experience is targeted at young people from lower socio economic backgrounds and ethnic minority students who are also financially supported.

### 18. Pioneering*

As mentioned above the Turing has had minimal interaction so far with undergraduate students and school age students and this would give us a new opportunity to engage a significant audience for us. We would hope to build on the experiences of the previous Turing Internship programme to seek positive ways to engage. We hope to offer online only internships as well as hybrid options to increase accessibility.

### 19. Openness*

Unfortunately as the exact D&S projects are not yet confirmed we are unable to comment on openness. Where possible we plan to upload curriculum from the Summer Experience to Zenodo to allow it to be re-used.

### 20. Alignment with Turing 2.0*

As this project is rooted in the D&S programme it very much aligns with the Turing 2.0 Grand Challenge of Defence and Security. It also aligns with objective 8 under build skills for the future which lists “Support EDI pilot activities in target sectors aligned with grand challenges to widen participation and increase visibility of careers in data science and AI.” As a key result.

## Section 3: Staff*

### 21. What specific skills should the requested staff possess?*
> Enumerate any required skills beyond generic RSE/DS skills.

Awareness of developing training materials, particularly for an undergraduate audience would be a bonus.

### 22. Preferred level of experience of the requested staff*
> List all that apply from the following (or _Any_ if there are no constraints):
> * Junior: 0-3 yrs post-PhD experience, or 3 yrs experience if no PhD
> * Intermediate: 3-8 yrs post PhD experience, or equivalent
> * Senior: 8+ yrs post-PhD experience, or equivalent

Junior or Intermediate

### 23. What does the work expected from the requested staff consist of?*

• Supporting researchers in the D&S programme to prepare intern projects e.g. preparing data, projects etc.
• Supporting with training activities including running drop in sessions and supporting interns to undertake self paced online courses e.g. in Python.
• Supporting with the review and development of curriculum for the Summer Experience in 2024.

### 24. What is the expertise of the other members of the project team?*

Colleagues in D&S – subject knowledge and project ownership
EDI – support for young people and management of project
Skills- development of training programmes

### 25. Any specifics concerning the working place or working patterns*
> E.g. project team location; opportunity for remote collaboration; compulsory week days in the office. Enter _None_ if there are no constraints.

None

### 26. Estimated effort requested (in multiples of 0.5 FTE)*

2 x 0.5FTE for 108 days

### 27. How flexible is the requested FTE?*

48 days in 23/34 financial year
60 days in 24/25 financial year
Flexible in how work is done up until delivery period (July/August) when activities aimed at young people will need to be delivered.

Flexible on the number of people working and their allocations.

### 28. Could the work be done jointly by REG and a delivery partner?*

No

## Section 4: Funding

### 29. Is funding for this project available?*
> Depending on your answer to this question, complete **either** Section 4a **or** 4b.

Yes

### Section 4a - Funding available
> If funding for the project is already secured, the following questions are **mandatory**.

### 30. The funding body*
> If a research grant please provide the Research Council and award number.

Defence and Security Partners

### 31. If Turing funded, specify the (closest related) Turing programme*

Defence and Security

### 32. Amount of the approved budget*

£660,403 for 23/24 financial year approved.

### 33. Rate of overheads paid*

Full rate

### 34. Mention any funding flow-downs likely to require legal input*
> E.g. IP arrangements, restricted publication of outputs, staff employment conditions.

Likely to use GCPD Head Agreement.

### 35. Any other T&Cs that may affect the project but are unlikely to require legal input*
> E.g. date by which funding must be spent.

Funding will be restricted to the relevant financial year.

### Section 4b - Funding sought
> If funding for the project is not (fully) secured yet, the following questions are **mandatory**.

### 36. What plans are in place for securing funding and what is the current situation?*

### 37. If a funding application is being submitted, when is the application deadline?*

### 38. When is the application outcome expected?*

## Section 5: Supplementary Information

### 39. Project documentation, if available
> E.g. case for support if the work emerges from RCUK funding.

### 40. Additional background reading, if available
> E.g. research papers.

[Internships Proposal](https://thealanturininstitute-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/crangelsmith_turing_ac_uk/EYRqYGALF4lJj9oSinXukiQBjg5tk8DJ0Aw88vGHwpHvWA?e=gIQrpZ)

[DS Careers Proposal](https://thealanturininstitute-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/crangelsmith_turing_ac_uk/EUOFsUE9m9hPiP9lAnuYhfoBwii-olhll0Dy4uStGFzQew?e=JR8OwI)

### 41. Any software languages, frameworks, libraries tools and platforms you expect the project to use*