Germplasm Development Summer Intern

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As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

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About This Job

We invite you to help us shape the future of agriculture. At Syngenta, we believe every employee has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. To support that challenge, the North America Corn Breeding team is looking for an intern to work with our corn breeders and data scientists to execute cutting-edge projects, which bring novel discoveries and technologies to product development, ultimately to create and shape the future of Syngenta’s breeding pipeline. In this role, you will do a rotation within the team, working on a variety of assigned field-based plant breeding and data science projects.  Additionally, there will be time to explore the candidate’s unique skill set and career development interests.

As an intern at Syngenta, you will work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, and work on real projects finding real solutions. Work with us and you’ll get :

• Ongoing career development resources & mentorship from scientific experts
• Meaningful projects that solve novel and interesting scientific problems

Estimated Duration : May 2026 – August 2026

Location : Malta, Illinois

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What We Offer :

A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs.

Syngenta has been ranked as a  top employer  by Science Journal.

Learn more about our  team  and our mission here :   https : / / www.youtube.com / watch?v=OVCN_51GbNI

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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