Intern projects address needs associated with the management of natural, cultural, or historic resources, park infrastructure, visitor use, or interpretation and education efforts in a future of novel, rapid, and/or large landscape change.
Who can apply: Graduate or upper-level undergraduates students Schedules: 12 week project Interest areas: Resource protection; supporting science; adaptation actions; policy and planning; sustainable operations; and communication, interpretation, or education Stipend: $16/hour plus benefits Partner: The Ecological Society of America
Matches college students and recent graduates between 18-35 years old with short-term, paid internships with the National Park Service.
Who can apply: Undergraduate, graduate students, and recent graduates Schedules: Summer, Fall/Winter, Year Round Interest areas: Natural resource science fields (air resources, biological resources, geologic resources, natural sounds, night skies, and water resources)—field and office based internships focus on research, inventory and monitoring, curation of park natural resources, interpretation and education projects Stipend: $1,400 - $2,400 per month, plus travel allowance Partners: Stewards Individual Placement Program and The Geological Society of America
The Great Basin Institute is an interdisciplinary field studies organization that promotes environmental research, education, and service throughout the West. GBI provides a wide variety of environmental services to train and develop the next generation of conservationists and resource managers.
Who can apply: Young adult 18+ Schedules: Summer 2024 - Summer 2025 Interest Areas: Visitor services and site operations, education and interpretation, archeological and natural resource management. Stipend: $17-$19 per hour Partners: Americorps, Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, The Corps Network, USDA Forest Service
Offers internships rooted in a variety of disciplines from community outreach and communications to architecture and underwater archeology at National Park Service sites located throughout the nation.
Who can apply: Latinx undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates Schedules: 10 or 11 weeks with a possibility to extend the internship through the school year, Summer Interest areas: Natural and cultural resource management, interpretation, public affairs Stipend: $400 to $480 a week plus travel and housing stipend Partners: Hispanic Access Foundation and Environment for the Americas
A select group of interns works alongside park scientists in science-based research projects providing on-the-ground training and supporting the NPS mission. After the internship, a career workshop is held in Washington, DC where the interns present the results of their work.
Who can apply: U.S. citizen or permanent legal residents 18 or over, with relevant experience in natural resources, science, technology, or engineering Schedules: 12 weeks in Summer Interest areas: Inventorying and monitoring, research, GIS and other technologies, and interpretation and education Stipends: $400-480 weekly stipend, plus travel expenses paid and the costs of housing covered Partners: Greening Youth Foundation and Environment for the Americas
Their mission is to build the next generation of conservation leaders and inspire lifelong stewardship of the environment and communities by engaging young people in hands-on service to the land.
Who can apply: Open to the public, youth 18 and under, and young adult 18+ Schedules: 3-12 months long, Summer, Year Round Interest areas: Visitor services and site operations, education and interpretation, natural resource management, recreation management, cultural and historical resource management, GIS, sustainability, backcountry and trail work, wildlife management Stipend: Varies, Education Reward
Last updated: August 5, 2024
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Contact Info
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1507
Page,
AZ
86040
Phone:
928 608-6200
Receptionist available at Glen Canyon Headquarters from 7 am to 4 pm MST, Monday through Friday. The phone is not monitored when the building is closed. If you are having an emergency, call 911 or hail National Park Service on Marine Band 16.
