I can create the position for you. Again, it will be a very informal internship opportunity. In essence, you will be a non-paid volunteer functioning as a research assistant (Robbins, January 2009).
That was the basic information that I had to go a few months ago. After emailing him a few more times he gave me a better picture as what I could be expecting.
At any point, I can bring you on as an unpaid volunteer to "intern" on our large, multi-site clinical trial study. It will be a very rich experience, including exposure to research methods, clinical practice (family therapy), data analysis, and preparation of articles for publication (Robbins, April 2009).
I'm a little bummed that its going to be an unpaid position for the time being but there is some hope!
I will contact our administration staff ... to get any paperwork, forms, etc. that we may need to complete for you. Also, although I do not have a paid position at present, there is a reasonable chance that we are going to get a lot of research dollars in the next couple of months. If that occurs, we can try to figure out if any of these positions could get you some funding (Robbins, June 2009).
Only thing now is that I have to let him know how many hours I would like to work and for how long. I'm really starting to get excited about this offer. I still don't want to leave St. Augustine but I do realize that this will be a great opportunity for me and to put on my resume. I'm hoping that I'll be able to meet the expectations of this position especially since it was offered to me.
*Please forgive my APA citation there. I'm in the middle of writing a paper for my Deviant Behavior class.
