CCI will be posting this week in Handshake the new NOAA application for any of the dozen or so conservation internships that you can apply to via this link through the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. These opportunities are for NOAA’s College-Funded Internship Program which provides undergraduate students summer internship experience in science, policy, and science communication. Middlebury is a partner school and to participate you must apply through Handshake. There will be up to 5 funded opportunities through Middlebury’s CCI funding process. Keep checking on Handshake throughout the later part of this week. Use keyword “NOAA 2018 Summer Internship” to directly find the instructions about the application process.
Here are a few of the internships to whet your appetite!
Restoring Habitat via community leadership and support (in Hawaii)
Habitat Mapping GIS Project in the Gulf of Mexico (in Mississippi)
LPW Chinook salmon research (in Alaska)
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Economic Intern (in Maryland)
Climate and Anthropogenic Impacts on Critical Reserve Habitats: The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Sentinel Site Program, Virginia (in VA)
Using GoPro cameras to document finfish habitat services provided by oyster aquaculture gear (in CT)
The deadline for applications on Handshake will be COB February 14 – but don’t wait to apply!