Co-op/Internship Opportunities
for 2009
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Postings from the Ecological Society of America, many different locations
A
lot of opportunities are also posted on websites maintained by
American
Zoo and Aquarium Association
Environmental
Careers Organization
Long
Term Ecological Research Network
Ornithological
Societies of North America (jobs & internships)
Society
for Conservation Biology (jobs
& internships)
Society
for Ecological Restoration
The
US Fish & Wildlife Service
University
of Georgia Warnell School of Forest Resources
U.S.
Geological Survey
All of the Organizations listed below that have already updated their sites for 2009, or offer opportunities on an annual basis will be indicated by a (2009) after the co-op link
This website lists opportunities from the larger Biology & Biotechnology Co-op Opportunities on the Web offered by organizations in all areas of "traditional/classical" biology.
In addition to the valuable experience and good pay that a Co-op or Internship will give you, very many of the Opportunities listed on this website also provide Travel Reimbursement, Housing and Meals. So, don't let concerns about living expenses or the location of an organization posted on this website prevent you from checking out an exciting and challenging Co-op or Internship position!! If travel support, housing and meals are provided, this information will almost always be included in the details about the Co-op or Internship that can be found by clicking on the co-op website next to the organization's name and location.
Do
you want to Co-op/Intern anytime soon?
1. You'll need to get your resume up to date.
2.
RIT Students - You may also want to consider taking
the optional "Introduction
to Co-op Seminar" course.
3. Students from
other colleges and universities - You are
certainly welcome to use
the Co-op course
links even
if you are not an RIT Student
To view information for any organization listed below:
a. Point
and click with your mouse on the organization's
name to go to its homepage
(for a university or college, you might want to go further to the homepage of
the sponsoring department or program at that university or college,
if it is not already the "homepage" link that is provided here).
b. Point and click with your mouse on co-op
to go to co-op/internship/research
postings for that organization or to the website
from which you can then access the co-op/internship/research postings
Academy
of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA - co-op
(2008) "Applications for Summer 2008
will be accepted mid-January to early March 2008."
Acadia National Park, Bar
Harbor, ME - co-op
(2008)
Acquarium
of Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY - co-op
(2009) very few details provided - not
sure if these are paid positions
Adirondack
Mountain Club, Lake Placid, NY - co-op
(2008) Summer Naturalist Internship
Agricultural
Research Service (USDA), Washington, D.C. (and other
locations) - co-op
(2008) two different opportunities listed
at this site; Student
Career Experience Program (SCEP) and Student
Temporary Employment Program
Alabama
A&M University, Department
of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Normal, AL - co-op
(2008)
Alaska
Bird Observatory, Fairbanks, AK - co-op
(2008)
Alaska
Conservation Foundation, Anchorage, AK co-op
(2008)
Alaska Department of Natural Resources,
several locations in Alaska - co-op
(2008) Summer 2008
Positions listed
Alaska Fisheries Science
Center, Seattle, WA - co-op
(2009) "The application process is closed
until late January 2009. The project descriptions
for 2009 are expected to be posted mid January 2009.
Please check back at that time"
Alaska
SeaLife Center, Seward, AK - co-op
(2008) NO stipend - "internship
program provides complimentary housing and/or a food stipend during the internship
for a certain number of applicants"
Alliance
to Save Energy, Washington, DC - co-op
(2008) 6-month positions, usually during the
academic year
American Floral Endowment,
Glen Carbon, IL - co-op
(2008)
American
Forests, Washington, DC - co-op
(2008) scroll down to Internships
at American Forests: "Interns receive a small stipend,
unless they are receiving academic credit"
American
Geological Institute, Washington, DC - co-op
(2008) Summer Internships in Geoscience Public
Policy
American Horticultural Society's
River Farm, Alexandria,
VA - co-op
(2009)
American
Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Boulder, CO, Student Summer
Work Experience Program - co-op
(2008) to explore potential federal service
careers with the following agencies: National Science
Foundation - Washington, D.C.; Bonneville
Power Administration: Environment, Fish and Wildlife - Portland, OR; U.S.
Department of Commerce - Washington, D.C; Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention - Atlanta, GA; U.S.
State Department - domestic and overseas placements available; NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD; U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington, D.C; Central
Intelligence Agency - Washington, D.C; NASA
Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, Cleveland, OH
American
Museum of Natural History, New York, NY - co-op
(2008) Systematics and Evolutionary Biology
American Society of Plant Biologists,
Rockville, MD - co-op
(2009) "UPDATED information for SURF
2009! The 2009
SURF Application Process will open on December 12, 2008" - Fellowship to
support research at student's home university
Amelia
Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL - co-op,
application
(2008) not all are paid
positions
Archbold
Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL - co-op
(2009)
Arizona
Game and Fish Department, positions throughout Arizona - co-op
(2008)
not sure if these are paid opportunities
Arkansas
State University, College of Arts
and Sciences, Jonesboro AR - co-op
(2008)
Arizona
State University, School
of Life Sciences
Tempe, AZ - co-op (2008)
Environmental Biology and Urban Ecology
Aspen
Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO - co-op
(2009)
Summer Naturalist
Aspen
Historical Society, Aspen, CO - co-op
(2008)
Assateague
Island National Seashore, Berlin, MD - co-op
(2009)
Atlantic
Salmon Federation, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada - co-op
(2008) scroll down to CRABTREE
INTERNSHIP
Audubon~California
Starr Ranch Sanctuary, Trabuco Canyon, CA - co-op
(2009) not
sure if this is a PAID internship
Audubon Center of the North
Woods, Sandstone, MN - co-op
(2009) some positions are for six months
Audubon
Nature Institute, Audubon
Center for Research of Endangered Species, New Orleans, LA - co-op
(scroll down to Interns) (2009)
"applications for 2009
are being collected" - not
sure if this is a PAID position
Aullwood
Audubon Center and Farm, Dayton, OH - co-op
(2009)
can select Summer 2009 on application
(scroll to bottom page)
Avila
University, Kansas City, MO - co-op
(2008) "Avila
University will NOT sponsor a program in 2009" - Natural
History of the Herpetofauna of Dominica
- The program begins at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri on 26 May 2008
and terminates on 1 August 2008. The
three-week field trip to Dominica
will be in June 2008.
Bailey
Nurseries, St. Paul, MN - co-op
(2008)
Bald
Head Island Conservancy, Bald Head Island, NC - co-op
(2008)
Bermuda
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Bermuda Islands -
co-op (Fall, 2008)
September 3 to November 26, 2008
Berry
Botanic Garden, Portland, OR - co-op
(2008)
Bigelow
Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, ME - co-op
(2008) Lobster Ecology
Black
Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Gunnison, CO - co-op
(2009)
Blandy
Experimental Farm, State
Arboretum of Virginia, Boyce VA - co-op
(2008)
Boston
Museum of Science, Boston, MA - co-op
(2008)
some positions are unpaid and not full-time; check each position for details
Boston
University, Boston, MA - co-op
(2008) An International Integrative Undergraduate
Research Program for Under-represented Students - program takes place at Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA and Indonesia
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve,
New Hope, PA - co-op
(2008)
Bradford
Woods, Martinsville, IN - co-op
(2008)
Bradley
University, Biology
Department, Peoria, IL - co-op
(2009) "All positions a currently filled
for the summer 2008 Research Experiences for Undergraduates. Please check next
year (2009) when the program will be offered
again."
Bronx Zoo,
Bronx, NY - co-op (2009)
Teaching Fellowships - not
sure this is a paid opportunity
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton,
NY - co-op (2008)
Key dates
include Summer, 2008 Environmental
Sciences in one participating
department
Brooklyn Botanic
Garden, Brooklyn, NY - co-op
(2008) Horticulture Internship
Brown
and Caldwell, Walnut Creek, CA - co-op
(2008) Minority Scholarship Program includes
a "Paid summer internship at a Brown
and Caldwell office"
Bruce
Museum, Greenwich, CT - co-op
(2008)
California
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA - co-op
(2008) Biological
Illustration
California Academy of
Sciences, San Francisco, CA - co-op
(2008) Systematic Biology
different from above position
California
State University - Los Angeles, Center
for Environmental Analysis, Los Angeles, CA - co-op
(2008) CEA-CREST
Carnegie
Institution of Washington, Stanford
University, Department
of Plant Biology, Stanford, CA - co-op
(2008)
Catalina
Island Conservancy, Avalon, CA - co-op
(2008)
Cedar
Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, 35 miles north of Minneapolis, MN - co-op
(2008)
Center
for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction, Beaverton, OR - co-op
(2009)
Center
for Great Lakes Studies, Great
Lakes Water Institute, Milwaukee, WI - co-op
(2008) Summer Internships in Aquatic Sciences
Chesapeake
Bay Foundation, Annapolis, MD - co-op
(2008) "The position is a seasonal part-time
8-week position for spring and for the fall and offers a stipend" - MD Watershed
Restoration Intern
Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD - co-op
(2008)
Chicago
Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL - co-op
(2008)
Chicago
Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL and Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL - co-op
(2009)
"Information for the summer 2009 program--
including projects and application forms-- will be posted on this site in December
2008"
Chincoteague
National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague, VA - co-op
(2009)
Cincinnati
Nature Center, Milford, OH - co-op
(2008) scroll down to Internships
currently available: Education Interns
Clarke
Mosquito Control, Roselle, IL - co-op
(2008) click on Seasonal
Job Opportunities under Open Positions: - several positions are listed
at locations in several different states
Clarkson
University, Potsdam, NY - co-op
(2008) Application is for 2008
- Environmental Science and Engineering
Clarkson
University, Potsdam, NY - co-op
(2008) Marine Science and Engineering in China,
in cooperation with the Ocean University of China,
Qingdao, China "Each student will receive a stipend of $3,000, plus
travel expenses, and room & board."
Clemson
University, Department
of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson, SC - co-op
(2008) "Please
check back at this site during November, 2007 for information on the 2008
Summer Program" - "includes.. basic developmental processes in plant
and animals systems.."
Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH - co-op
(2008) not sure if all
of these are paid positions
Cleveland
Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH - co-op
(2008)
Application
is for 2008
College
of Charleston, Charleston, SC - co-op
(2008) Summer Research in Marine Biology
Colorado Bureau of Land Management,
Anasazi Heritage Center,
Dolores, CO - co-op
(2009) "Applications are accepted and
most positions may be filled at any time of year"
Colorado
State University, Colorado State
Forest Service, Colorado State Forest, Gould, CO - co-op
(2008)
Colorado
State University, Shortgrass
Steppe Long Term Ecological Research Project at the Pawnee
National Grassland, Greeley, CO - co-op
(2008)
Colorado
State University, The
Water Center, Ft Collins, CO - co-op
(2008)
Columbia
University, Graduate School
of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY - co-op
(2008) Ecology, Evoluation and Environmental
Biology is one of the Summer
Research Program Departments
Cornell
University, Department
of Natural Resources,
Ithaca, NY - co-op
(2008) at the
Cornell Biological Field
Station located on the south shore of Oneida Lake, NY
Cornell
University, Plant Genome Research
Program, Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca,
NY - co-op (2008)
Cornell University, Shoals
Marine Laboratory, Ithaca, NY - co-op
(2008) "Applications
(for 2008) will be available in December"
Curecanti
National Recreation Area, Gunnison, CO - co-op
(2009) Outreach
Education Internships (Summer and Spring/Fall)
Cuyahoga
Valley National Park Association, Peninsula, OH - co-op
(2008) Summer Camp Counselor
Daniel
Smiley Research Center at the Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY - co-op
(2008) Schaefer Research Internship
Daniel
Smiley Research Center at the Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY - co-op
(2008) Thom Scheuer Land Stewardship Intern
Dauphin
Island Sea Lab, Marine Ecology
Lab, Dauphin Island, AL - co-op
(2008) Marine Ecology Internships
Delaware
Nature Society, Ashland
Nature Center, Hockessin, DE - co-op
(2009) Stream Watch Summer Internship
Delaware
State University, College
of Agriculture and Related Sciences, Dover. DE - co-op
(2008) Molecular Genetics & Genomics -
can select Ecology & Evolution and Environmental Biology as Primary Areas
of Interest on application
Denver
Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO - co-op
(2008)
Dodge
Nature Center, West St. Paul, MN . - co-op
(2009)
Donald
Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO - co-op
(2008)
Dow
Agrosciences, Indianapolis, IN - co-op
(2009)
Duke
University, Organization for Tropical
Studies, Durham, NC - co-op
(2009) Research Experiences for Undergraduates
in Tropical Biology in Costa Rica
Duke
University, Sarah
P. Duke Gardens, Durham, NC - co-op
(2008)
Duke
University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC - co-op
(2008) The Bookhout Research Scholarship
Duquense
University, Bayer School of Natural
and Environmental Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA - co-op
(2008) "Students who are interested in
working in the areas of biochemistry, biology, chemistry,microbiology
pharmacy, and physics will be considered for a variety of available funds."
Eastern
Lake Ontario Dune Steward Program, Oswego and Jefferson counties, NY -
co-op (2008)
Eastern
Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Charles, VA - co-op
(2009) "Opportunities available Spring,
Summer and Fall"
Edmund Niles
Huyck Biological Research Station, Rensselaerville, NY - co-op
(2008) "A stipend is available in the
form of the provision of living quarters in one of the Preserve's cabins. In addition,
depending on the project, some additional funds may be available.
Emory
University, Graduate Division of
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Atlanta, GA - co-op
(2008) Current
Mentor List includes Environmental
Studies
Environmental
Law Institute, Washington, DC - co-op
(2009) Research Intern - Compensation is not
available, but a small transportation stipend is provided"
Evergreen
State College, Olympia, WA - co-op
(2008 - mid-April to mid-June) Leaf
Litter Arthropods of Mesoamerica (sampling
locations are in Central America; after 45-day field sampling, project
will move to the host institution for a 10-day period of workshops and sample
sorting); application process
(scroll down slightly to The application: to see application details)
Fairfax County Park
Authority, Farifax, VA - co-op
(2008) "Internships may be paid or unpaid
depending on agency budgetary constraints. Housing is available in the Park Authority
intern residence, free of charge to the out-of-town student."
Field
Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL - co-op
(2008) "The deadline for receiving applications
is February 1 of each year"
Friday Harbor Laboratory,
San Juan Island, WA - co-op
(2008) for undergrads
entering their senior year
Furman
University, River Basins Research
Initiative, Greenville, SC - co-op
(2008)
George
Washington University, Washington, D.C. - co-op
(2008) Research Experience For Undergraduates
Georgia
Tech, School of Biology,
Atlanta, GA - co-op
(2008) Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology
and Environmental Sciences
Georgia Tech,
School of Biology, Atlanta, GA -
co-op (2008)
Undergraduate Summer Research in Quantitative Systems Biology and Mathematical
Biology - "application of mathematics in diverse areas of biology, including
protein phylogeny, predicting protein function from genomic data, design features
of biochemical systems, neural networks and signal integration, nutrient transport
in bone tissue, modeling chemical cues in predator-prey systems, population
structure and scaling in plankton blooms, and sociality in insect populations"
Glacier
Institute, Kalispell, MT - co-op
(2009) "Always accepting applications"
Glacier National
Park, West Glacier, MT - co-op
(2009)
Glen
Helen Ecology Institute, Outdoor
Education Center, Yellow Springs, OH - co-op
(2008) scroll down to 2008 Positions
Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI & Muskegon,
MI - co-op (2008)
Great Lakes Summer Student Fellowships
Greenburgh Nature
Center, Scarsdale, NY - co-op
(2008) positions are for 6 months
Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institution Ft. Pierce, FL - co-op
(2008)
Harvard
Forest, Petersham MA - co-op
(2008)
Harvard
Medical School, New
England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA - co-op,
more
details (2008)
Hawk
Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA - co-op
(2009)
"Each
year,
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary offers 12-14 competitive Conservation
Science internships"
- not
sure if these are paid positions
H.J.
Andrews Experimental Forest, near Blue River, OR - co-op
(2008) Forest Ecology
Field Assistantships
H.J.
Andrews Experimental Forest, near Blue River, OR - co-op
(2008) Summer Employment/Opportunities - Summer
2008
Holland
Board of Public Works, Holland, MI - co-op
(2008) 2008
Summer Paid Internship Opportunity
Hope College,
Holland, MI - co-op (2008)
very little information is provided - not sure if this is a paid
opportunity
Hudson River Foundation,
New York, NY - co-op (2009)
Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship to pursue research on the Hudson River
Humboldt
State University, Arcata, CA - co-op
(2008 information) (2009) "Our funding
has just been renewed, so we will indeed be running an REU program this coming
Summer (2008)--and in years 2009 & 2010!"
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID - co-op
(2008) Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
Springfield, IL - co-op
(2009) - must be attending
an Illinois university, or have Illinois residency
Indiana
University, Center
for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Bloomington, IN - co-op
(2008)
Institute
for Applied Ecology, Corvallis. OR - co-op
(2009) "Check back with us in
January 2009 for information about how to
apply for our summer 2009 positions"
Institute of Ecosystem Studies,
Millbrook, NY - co-op (2008)
International Crane Foundation,
Baraboo, WI - co-op
(2008) internships are for six
months; "Stipend and free housing is provided"
International
Exotic Feline Sanctuary, Boyd, TX - co-op
(2009) "Vehicles, housing
and stipend are available"
International
Wolf Center, Ely, MN - co-op
(2008)
Iowa
State University, College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences, Ames, IA - co-op
(2008)
Irvine
Nature Center, Stevenson, MD - co-op
(2008) Urban Education
Intern
James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, VA - co-op
(2008) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
James
Madison University, Department
of Biology, Harrisonburg, VA - co-op
(2008)
Kansas State University, Manhattan,
KS - co-op (2008)
Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program - includes
Entymology and Plant
Pathology as participating departments
Kansas
State University, Division of Biology,
Konza Biological Station, Flint Hills area of Eastern Kansas - co-op
(2008)
Klamath
Bird Observatory, Ashland, OR - co-op
(2008) TWO positions listed - Bird
Banding and Bird Nesting Behavior
Lake
County Forest Preserves, Lake
County, IL - co-op
(2008) Wildlife Biologist Intern
Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY - co-op
(2009) "Please check back next February
for the 2009 program." - earth and ocean
sciences
Land Between the Lakes,
Golden Pond, KY - co-op (2009)
LeHigh Valley Zoo, Schnecksville,
PA - co-op (2008)
Internships are available year round (including
Summer)
Lloyd
Center for the Environment, South Dartmouth, MA - co-op
(2008)
Long
Term Ecological Research (several sites)
- co-op
(2009) "the scale of site REU programs
and the number of students funded at a given site may vary from year
to year"
Longwood
Gardens, Kennett Square, PA - co-op
(2009)
Louis
Caldor Center Biological Field Station, near Armonk, NY - co-op
(2008)
Louisiana
Universities Marine Consortium, Marine Center, Cocodrie, LA - co-op,
application
(2008)
Manomet
Center for Conservation Studies, Manomet, MA - co-op
(2008) Crew Leader, Recreation Stewardship
Project
Manomet
Center for Conservation Studies, Manomet, MA - co-op
(2008) Field Assistant, Recreation Stewardship
Project
Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA - co-op
SEARCH (2008)
click on Search MBL jobs, then click on Seasonal/Temporary
Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA - co-op
(2008) for students enrolled
at the following colleges: Bowdoin College, University of Maine at Machias,
Amherst College, Hampshire College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, University
of Massachusetts at Amherst, Lafayette College, Boston University, or Vassar College
Marine
Conservation Biology Institute, Redmond, WA - co-op
(2008) "we have on occasion developed
opportunities for undergraduates to work on pressing marine conservation
issues"
Marine Environmental
Research Institute, Blue Hill, ME - co-op
(2008)
Marine
Lab, Key Largo, FL - co-op
(2008)
Maryland
Sea Grant (University of Maryland),
College Park, MD - co-op
(2009) "Please check back in December
to apply for the Summer 2009 program"
- marine research on the Chesapeake Bay
McHenry
County Conservation District, Woodstock, IL - co-op
(2008) scroll down to Summer
Internships
Medical College of Wisconsin, Multicultural
Student Affairs, Milwaukee, WI - co-op
(2008) scroll
down to Environmental Research Sciences Training Program (ERSTP)
Miami
Univeristy (of Ohio), Oxford, OH - co-op
(2008)
Michigan
State University, Department of Forestry,
East Lansing, MI - co-op
(2009) funded from 2007-2009
- A Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in China
Michigan
State University, W.K. Kellogg Biological
Station, Hickory Corners, MI - co-op
(2008)
Michigan
State University, W.K. Kellogg Biological
Station, Hickory Corners, MI - co-op,
application (2008)
Enhancing Linkages between Mathematics and Ecology
Millersville
University, Center for Environmental
Sciences, Millersville, PA - co-op
(2008) Watersheds: From River to Estuary
Minnesota
Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, MN - co-op
(2008)
Missouri
Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO - co-op,
application (2009)
Monell Chemical Senses Center,
Philadelphia, PA - co-op
(2008) Monell Science Apprenticeship Program
- Mentors include specialists in zoology, ethology and ecology
Montana
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Forest Management Bureau,
Missoula, MT - co-op
(2008)
Monterey
Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA - co-op
(2008)
Montshire
Museum of Science, Norwich, VT - co-op
(2009)
Morton
Arboretum, Lisle, IL - co-op
(2008) Public Horticulture Internship (description,
application)
"enrollment in life sciences area, including Biology, Environmental Science
or Ecology"
Monsanto
(several locations) - co-op
Search (2008) select Yes button next to
Internship/Co-op Position
- several positions in life science areas for Summer, 2008
are listed, including "Environmental
Intern - Summer 2008 (Soda Springs, Idaho)
" (some general internship info can be found here)
Morris
Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - co-op
(2008)
Mote
Marine Laboratory, Sarasota FL - co-op
(2009) - can select several 2009
internship dates under INTERNSHIP PREFERENCES on application
Mountain
Lake Biological Station, Allegheny Mountains of Southwestern Virginia
- co-op (2008)
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory,
Salisbury Cove, ME - co-op
(2009) Research
Mentors in Environmental Biology and Marine Physiology
Mount
Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, SD - co-op
(2009)
Mt.
Cuba Center, Greenville, DE - co-op
(2008) "Each
year , there are six internships available."
National
Arboretum, Washington, D.C. - co-op
(2008)
National
Council for Science and the Environment, Washington, DC - co-op
(scroll down to Internships) (2009)
Summer (2009) Application Deadline
- Friday, February 27, 2009
National
Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA and Morgantown, WV - co-op
(2009) Professional Internship Program includes
a Summer Internship - "environmental sciences"
National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
- co-op (2009)
"The application for the 2009 summer
program will open mid-November 2008."
National
Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. - co-op
(2008 information) (2009) "PROGRAM DATES
UPCOMING - NEXT 24 May 2009 - 1 August 2009
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), Washington, D.C. - co-op
(2008) (many locations)
National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Washington, D.C.
- co-op (2009)
Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program - includes summer intership
at NOAA facility
National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast
Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA - co-op
(2008)
National
Park Service, many locations - co-op
(2009) Cultural Resources Diversity Internship
Program
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Golden CO - co-op (2009)
Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships
National
Wildlife Federation, Vienna, VA (and many other locations) - co-op
(2008)
National
Zoo, Washington, D.C, - co-op
(2008) scroll
down to positions listed immediately under Friends of the National Zoo
New
Canaan Nature Center, New Canaan, CT - co-op
(2009) scroll down to "We
currently are accepting applications for the following internships:"
New England Wild Flower Society, Framingham.
MA - co-op
(2008)
New
Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord, NH - co-op
(2008) "Look for the 2008
Summer Internship Opportunities coming soon!"
New
Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM - co-op
(2008) Interdisciplinary Science for the Environment
New
Mexico State University, Chili
Pepper Institute, Las Cruces, NM - co-op,
application
(2008)
for "continuing freshman and sophomore students from first or second generation
migrant or seasonal working families"
New
York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY - co-op
(2008) Internships listed under Part Time/Seasonal
Openings (right side column)
New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY - co-op
(2008) scroll down to Summer
Interpretation Internships at campgrounds in the the Adirondack and
Catskill Parks
North
Carolina Acquarium at Roanoke Island, Manteo, NC - co-op
(2008)
North
Carolina State University, Center
for Environmental Farming Systems, Raleigh, NC - co-op
(2008)
Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ - co-op
(2008) Environmental Science Research Experience
for Undergraduates
Northern Arizona
University, Department of Biological
Sciences, , Flagstaff, AZ - co-op
(2008)
Northern
Arizona University, Institute for
Tribal Environmental Professionals, Flagstaff, AZ - co-op
(2008)
Northern
Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND - co-op
(2008)
Seasonal Positions at Northern Prairie
Northwest
Youth Corp, Eugene, OR - co-op
(2008) positions in several northwestern US
states
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Oak Ridge, TN - co-op
(2008) DOE Faculty and Student Teams Program
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for earth, environmental, and marine sciences;
life, health, and medical sciences
Ocean
View Foundation, Block Island, RI - co-op
(2008) Summer EcoWorker
Office
of Biological and Environmental Research, Germantown, MD - co-op
(2008) Global Change Education Program Summer
Undergraduate Research Experience (several
locations)
Ohio State University,
Department of Plant Pathology, Columbus,
OH - co-op
(2008) "internships are available on
either the Columbus, OH or the Wooster, OH (OARDC) campus of The Ohio State University
Oregon
Health & Science University, Center
for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Portland,
OR - co-op
(2009) Please check back next year for the
2009 awards." students must be
Oregon residents or attend college in Oregon, Washington or Idaho
Oregon
State University, Corvallis, OR - co-op
(2009) Pollination Biology Research Experiences
for Undergraduates
Oregon State University,
Department of Botany & Plant Pathology,
Corvallis, OR - co-op
(2008) The Ernest and Pauline Jaworski Fund
for Summer Research Experiences for Underserved Undergraduates in Plant Science
Oregon State University, HJ
Andrews Experimental Forest in the Oregon Cascades, OR - co-op
(2008 information) (2009)
"APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 16TH, 2009"
Ecoinformatics Summer Institute
Oregon
State University, Hatfield Marine
Science Center, Newport, OR - co-op
(2008)
Patuxent
Research Refuge, Laurel, MD - co-op
(2008)
Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, parks throughout PA
- co-op (2008)
students must have Pennsylvania residency at the time of application - can be
enrolled in a college or university in any state
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, various locations in PA - co-op
(2008) students must have Pennsylvania residency
at the time of application - can be enrolled in a college or university in any
state
Pennsylvania
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Forestry Section, Environmental
Division, Annville, PA - co-op
(2008)
Pennsylvania
Game Commission, Southeast Region, Reading, PA - co-op
(2008)
Pennsylvania
State University, Center
for Environmental Kinetics Analysis, University Park, PA - co-op
(2008)
Pennsylvania
State University, Department of Geosciences,
Geomicrobiology Lab, University
Park, PA - co-op (2008)
"Seeking undergraduate students interested in microbial evolution, biogeochemistry,
environmental microbiology, early earth history, molecular biology, and/or organic
geochemistry" - not much detail provided, but contact info is given
Pepperdine
University, Natural
Science Division, Malibu, CA - co-op
(2009) more
details (with 2009 dates posted)
Peregrine
Fund, Inc., Boise, ID - co-op
(2008) positions located at Aplomado Falcon
release sites in West Texas and southern New Mexico
Perry
Institute for Marine Science, Jupiter, FL and Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas
- co-op
(2008) Internships are unpaid,
however, interns will receive a fully or partially subsidized room (shared accommodation)
and board."
Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc, many
locations - co-op
Search (2008) select Search openings,
then select Internship/Co-op as Position Type
Plimoth
Plantation, Plymouth, MA - co-op
(2008) not sure if these are paid
oppportunities
Pocono Environmental Education
Center, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, PA - co-op
(2008) 6-12 month positions
Pocosin
Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Columbia, NC - co-op
(2009)
Plymouth
State University, Plymouth, NH and the Hubbard
Brook Research Foundation, Hanover, NH - co-op
(2009) "Applications
for summer 2009 will be available during the
fall" - Investigating and Communicating Change in Ecosystems
Point
Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA - co-op
(2008)
Polly
Hill Arboretum, West Tisbury, MA - co-op
(2008)
Port
Townsend Marine Science Center, Port Townsend, WA - co-op
(2008) Marine Naturalist Summer Internship
Powdermill Nature Reserve,
Rector, PA - co-op (2008)
scroll down to Kennametal Environmental Education Summer Internship
Prairie Wetlands Learning Center,
Fergus Falls, MN - co-op
(Spring 2008)
Provincetown Center for Coastal
Studies, Provincetown, MA - co-op
(2008) scroll
down to 2008 College Marine Mammal Research and Education Internship (for college
undergraduates) - "A small stipend may be available. Housing is not provided"
Purdue University, Department
of Botany and Plant Pathology, West Lafayette, IN - co-op
(2008)
Quebec Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment, Ipswich, MA, Montpelier, VT, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - co-op (2008)
Redwood
National and State Parks, northern CA - co-op
(2009) scroll down to Seasonal Employment
Resources
for the Future, Washington, DC - co-op
(2008)
Richard
Stockton College of New Jersey, Coastal
Conservation Research Program, Pomona, NJ - co-op
(2008)
Riverbend
Environmental Education Center, Gladwyne, PA - co-op
(2008)
scroll down to Summer Education Intern (2 Positions available)
Riverbend
Nature Center, Faribault, MN - co-op
(2008) "Summer
2009 - Look for position opening in December"
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory,
Crested Butte, CO - co-op
(2008)
Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes
Park, CO - co-op
(2009)
Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Key Biscayne, FL - co-op
(2009) Marine Science Undergraduate Fellowship
Rutgers
- State University of New Jersey, Institute
of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ - co-op
(2009)
Rutgers
- State University of New Jersey, Camden, Pinelands
Field Station, Camden, NJ - co-op (2008)
this is an email, details and some contact info included
Salmon
River Steward Program, from Redfield to Port Ontario, NY - co-op
(2008)
Sam
Houston State University, Department
of Biological Sciences, Huntsville, TX - co-op
(2008)
Samuel
Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc, Ardmore, OK - co-op
(2008) Internship in Agriculture Economics
Samuel
Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc, Ardmore, OK - co-op
(2009) Internships in Plant Science
San
Diego Zoo, Center for Reproduction
of Endangered Species, San Diego, CA - co-op
(2008) College
Fellowships (more details at bottom of application)
San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, CA
- co-op
(2008) "Openings for Summer
internships are posted in early Spring"
Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, CA - co-op
(2009)
Sarett
Nature Center, Berrien County, MI - co-op
(2009)
Savannah
River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC - co-op
(2008)
Savannah
River Site, Aiken, SC - co-op
(2009)
Seacamp
Association, Inc, Big Pine Key, FL - co-op
(2009) scroll down to "If you are interested
in applying for a summer STAFF position at Seacamp....."
Seaworld
Orlando, Orlando, FL - co-op
(2008) not sure if this is a
paid opportunity
Seneca Park
Zoo, Rochester, NY - co-op
(2008) Pre-Veterinary Fellowship
Seney
National Wildlife Refuge, Seney, MI - co-op
(2008) Applied Conservation Biology Internship
Seney National Wildlife
Refuge, Seney, MI - co-op
(2008) Biological Technician
Seney
National Wildlife Refuge, Seney, MI - co-op
(2008) scroll down to Biology Internship
Sevilleta
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Site, Socorro County, NM - co-op
(2008)
Shannon Point Marine Center,
Anacortes, WA - co-op
(2008)
Sharon
Audubon Center, Sharon, CT - co-op
(2008) more
details
Shaver's Creek
Environmental Center, Petersburg, PA - co-op
(2009) select 2009
on "Year you are applying for" on application
Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center, near Annapolis, MD - co-op
(2008)
Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C. - co-op
(2008) Minority Student Internship Program
Smithsonian Institution, Horticulture
Services Division, Washington, D.C. - co-op
(2009) "Although applications are received
and evaluated on a continuing basis, the application
deadline for summer internships is February 13."
Southface
Energy Institute, Atlanta, GA - co-op,
application
(2009)
South
Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL - co-op
(2008)
Southwest
National Primate Research Center, San Antonio, TX - co-op
(2008)
Space
Studies Board, National
Research Council, Washington, DC - co-op
(2008)
Squam
Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, NH - co-op
(2008)
Starr
Ranch Sanctuary, Trabuco Canyon, CA - co-op
(2009) Research Internship for Undergraduates
- not sure if this is a paid opportunity
State
University of New York College at Oneonta, Biological
Field Station, Cooperstown, NY - co-op
(2008)
State
University of New York at Stony Brook, Marine
Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook, NY - co-op
(2008)
State
University of New York at Stony Brook, Center
for Science and Mathematics Education, Stony Brook, NY - co-op
(2008) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer
Research Scholars Program - participating
researchers include those in Ecology & Evolution and Marine Science
Student
Conservation Association (several locations) - co-op,
Application Process and Key
Dates (2008)
Tall Timbers Research Station,
Tallahassee, FL - co-op
(2008)
TechSea
International, Inc, Seattle WA, - co-op
(2008) Alaskan Fisheries Observer Program
(more details) "aboard
commercial vessels fishing in the waters
of Alaska."
Tennant
Lake Interpretive Center, Ferndale, WA - co-op
(2008)
Tennessee
National Wildlife Refuge, Paris, TN - co-op
(2008)
Tennessee
Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN (headquarters) - co-op
(2008)
Texas
A&M University, Department of Entomology,
Austin, TX - co-op (2008)
Texas A&M University, Michael
E. DeBakey Institute, College Station, TX - co-op
(2008) "All positions are currently filled
for this summer (2007) , please check back next spring (2008)
- Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Mechanobiology of the Bat Wing
Microvasculature - more details here
Texas
A&M University-Corpus Christi, College
of Science & Technology, Corpus Christi, TX - co-op
(2008)
Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin, TX - co-op
(2008) Mickey Leland Internship Program
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,
Austin, TX - co-op
(2008) Student Summer Internship Program
The Aloha Foundation, Inc,
Farilee, VT - co-op (2008)
scroll down to Summer Counselor Positions
The American Bear Association,
Orr, MN - co-op (2008)
appears that NO stipend is provided - "additionally, you will
have virtually no living expenses as your food and housing are provided by the
ABA. Accommodations are rustic dormitory living with no running water, electricity,
or telephone." Internship is at the Vince
Shute Wildlife Sanctuary in the North Woods of Minnesota
The
Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff, AZ - co-op
(2008) Gardening Internship
The
Institute for Bird Populations, several locations (most are in California)
co-op (2008)
The National Academies,
Space Studies Board,
Washington, DC - co-op
(2008) Space Policy Internship for "undergraduate
physical or life sciences major"
The
Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA (headquarters) - co-op,
application (2008)
Conservation Science Internship Program (at many locations)
The Wilderness Society, Washington,
D.C. (and other locations) - co-op
(2009)
Towson
University, Biological
Sciences, Towson, MD - co-op
(2008) REU program in Molecular Ecology
Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake
City, UT - co-op
(2008) scroll down to Aviculture
Department Job Openings - Internships
Trees
For Tomorrow, Eagle River, WI - co-op
(2008) scroll down to Summer Outreach Naturalist
Tufts University,
Department of Biology, Medford, MA
- co-op
(2008)
Tulane
University, The Louisiana Alliance
for Minority Participation, New Orleans, LA - co-op
(2008) "Areas of
research: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal
Biology" - must be enrolled
in a Louisiana college of university
Union of Concerned Scientists,
Washington, DC & Cambridge, MA - co-op
(2008) Some internships are six months in
length
United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C. (and many other locations)
- co-op (2008)
Summer Intern Program
United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural
Research Service, Beltsville, MD - co-op
(2008) Summer Employment for College Students
United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign
Agricultural Service, Washington, DC - co-op
(2008) "open to all degree-seeking university
students that have studied and/or have experience in ...biotechnology..."
United
States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific
Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR - co-op
(2008)
University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO - co-op,
application (2008)
SOARS (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science) - "SOARS
offers summer research internships to undergraduates exploring a career in an
atmospheric science or related field such as biology, chemistry, computer
science, earth science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics,
meteorology, oceanography, physics, or social science
University
of Alabama at Birmingham, Integrative
Biomedical Sciences, Birmingham, AL - co-op
(2006) includes Environmental
Health Sciences
University of Alaska,
Biology Program,
Juneau, AK - co-op
(2008)
University
of Alaska, Anchorage, Department
of Biological Sciences, Anchorage, AL - co-op
(2008)
University
of Arkansas, Department
of Plant Pathology, Fayetteville, AK - co-op,
application
(2008)
University of California
at Berkeley, College
of Natural Resources, Berkeley, CA - co-op
(2008)
University
of California at Berkeley, Integrative
Biology, Molecular & Cell Biology,
Plant & Microbial Biology, Berkeley,
CA and the Joint Genome Institute, Walnut
creek, CA - co-op (2008)
NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Cell, Developmental
and Evolutionary Biology
University of
California at Davis, Bodega Marine
Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA - co-op
(2008)
University
of California at Davis, Environmental
Toxicology, Davis, CA - co-op
(2008)
University
of California at Merced, School
of Natural Sciences, Merced, CA - co-op
(2008) Yosemite Research Training in Environmental
Science (at Yosemite National Park)
University
of California at Riverside, Center
for Plant Biology, Riverside, CA -
co-op (2008)
University of California, Irvine,
Department of Earth System Science, Irvine,
CA - co-op
(2008)
University
of California, Santa Cruz, Biological
Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA - co-op
(2008) Minority International Research
Training (MIRT) program - Research projects in Argentina, Mexico
University of Central Oklahoma, Department
of Biology, Edmund, OK - co-op (2008)
includes seven weeks in Turkey (based at Uludag University in Bursa)
University
of Chicago, Division of Biological
Sciences, Chicago, IL - co-op
(2008) Summer Research Training Program -
can select Ecology & Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Organismal Biology and
Anatomy as Summer Research Preferences on application.
University
of Colorado, Boulder, CO - co-op
(2008) Environmental
Fluids: Science, Assessment and Treatment - "Students majoring in Biological
Engineering; and Environmental Science"
University
of Colorado, Department of Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, CO - co-op
(2008)
University
of Colorado, Mountain Research
Station, near Boulder, CO - co-op
(2008)
University
of Delaware, College of Marine and
Earth Studies, Lewes, DE - co-op
(2008)
University
of Dublin/Trinity College, School
of Natural Sciences, Dublin, Ireland - co-op
(2008) Integrating Ecology and Evolution in
a Changing World
University of Florida,
Gainseville, FL and Univeristy of Cape Coast, Ghana
- co-op (2008)
scroll down to lower left for links to details - Summer Research Experiences
for Undergraduates Program at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana
University
of Florida, Program in Plant Molecular
and Cellular Biology, Gainsville, FL - co-op
(2009)
University
of Hawaii, Hilo, HI - co-op
(2008) Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring
Science
University of Idaho, Center
for Research on Invasive Species and Small Populations, Moscow, ID - co-op
(2009) "Site under construction - more
information will be posted soon"
University
of Idaho, Environmental Science
Program, Moscow, ID - co-op
(2008)
University
of Maine, Darling Marine Center,
Walpole, ME - co-op (2008)
"Summer internship/employment opportunities for undergraduate students are
funded directly through a researcher's grant. These positions typically run for
10-12 weeks between late May and mid-August. These positions will be listed below"
University
of Maine, Northeast
Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, Orono, ME - co-op
(2009) Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- includes Environmental Science
University
of Massachusetts-Boston, Department
of Biology, Boston, MA - co-op
(2008)
University
of Michigan Biological Station, Ann Arbor, MI - co-op
(2008)
University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN - co-op
(2008) Global Change
at the Headwaters of the Mississippi
University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN - co-op
(2008) Life Science Summer Undergraduate Research
Programs (program
descriptions include Global change at the headwaters of the Mississippi)
University
of Minnesota, Echinacea
project - Ecology & Evolution in Fragmented Prarie Habitat Project, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, MN - co-op
(2008) Summer Field Research Assistants
University of Missouri, Division
of Animal Sciences, Columbia, MO - co-op
(2008) Miller Summer Research Internships
in Animal Sciences
University of Missouri,
Division of Biological Sciences,
Division of Plant Sciences and Department
of Biochemistry, Columbia, MO - co-op
(2008) Plant Genomics Internships
University
of Montana, Department of Chemistry,
Missoula, MT - co-op (2008)
Environmental Chemistry Summer Research Program
University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, Office
of Graduate Studies, Lincoln, NE - co-op
(2008) Summer Research Program - "research
interests may include: Plant Biology..Plant Pathology.."
University
of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Life Sciences,
Las Vegas, NV - co-op (2008)
University of New Hampshire, Institute
for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH - co-op
(2008)
University
of North Carolina Wilmington, Department
of Geography and Geology, Wilmington, NC -