Internship Opportunities
In addition to local and regional employers, you may also want to consider connecting to, or telling your students about, internship opportunities on the national level. Here are many possibilities, listed in alphabetical order by sponsoring organization.American Geological Institute Geoscience and Public Policy Internships
- Previous year's duties have included monitoring and analyzing geoscience-related legislation in Congress, attending House and Senate hearings, and answering information requests from other geological societies.
- AWG sponsors Geologist in the Parks positions.
- Internships available year-round at their National Office in Washington D.C., each lasting 2-4 months.
- The Geophysical Lab and the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism runs a summer intern program for college and university undergraduate science majors.
- Summer fellowships for students interested in pursuing their research interests at primarily undergraduate institutions.
- DOSECC internships are open to college students (graduate or undergraduate) and primary and secondary school teachers. The internship proposal must involve a project where drilling has provided data and/or materials for study. Interns can undertake research related to ongoing or past drilling efforts.
- Through GeoCorps America, the Geological Society of America strives to increase the presence of geoscientists on federal lands (national parks and forests), thereby increasing the permanent hiring of geoscientists, enhancing the transfer of geoscience knowledge to land managers and the public, and raising awareness of the geosciences.
- This program involves undergraduates in seismological research projects at the universities and research institutions that belong to the IRIS Consortium.
- Selected undergraduates actively participate in lunar and planetary research with scientists at LPI and the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC)
- Three month mentored internship program at the MBARI facilities at Moss Landing on the Monterey Bay. The focus of the MBARI internship is on the interns' professional development: learning research techniques and honing communication and collaboration skills.
- This group includes the National Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
- A plethora of internships related to space sciences.
- Work on a research project with mentoring Smithsonian professionals in the biological, geological, and anthropological disciplines. Helping students develop confidence and competence in the research process is the cornerstone of this program.
- Work with park staff to help them understand and manage park resources.
- This site provides listing of internship/research opportunities from all over the country.
- These internships are for a fall semester of scientific research in the national laboratories at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. See also the DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
- RFF is an independent nonprofit organization based in Washington DC specializing in research, policy analysis and public education on environmental, energy and natural resource issues.
- Interns in geophysics and related fields get "hands on" experience in geophysical exploration and research. The program emphasizes both teaching of field methods and research related to a variety of basic and applied problems. Sponsored by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
- The Sierra Club Washington DC office offers several types of internships which are issue, political, field, or media oriented. Interns may conduct research, gather and analyze information, write summaries and factsheets for educational purposes, help prepare Congressional testimony, and accompany staff on visits to Congressional offices.
- Environmental conservation-related internships all over the country.
- Fellowships and internships in many fields related to energy, including some specifically for pre-service teachers.
- A variety of quality student internship opportunities.
- Monitor the active volcanoes of Hawaii and conduct research on various aspects of Hawaiian volcanism.
