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Department of Biology
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.521.6245
Fax: 910.522.5754
Email: biology@uncp.edu

Location: Oxendine Science Building, Room 2101
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student opportunities for summer internships

Some of the following links may have overlapping materials and information.

• The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) offers a Coral Reef Internship in Marine Ecology and Conservation program in the Little Cayman Research Centre, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean (29 June - 16 July 2013). Deadline for applications is
  1 March 2013.
• Multicultural Initiative in the Marine Sciences in Washington state. Pays a stipend for students to complete university coursework and to conduct supervised research (8 January - 14 June 2013) at the Shannon Point Marine Center.
  Deadline for applications is Friday, 9 November 2012.
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Estuarine and Coastal Barrier Ecology and Processes at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences. 10-week paid summer internships in North Carolina. (Deadline: 24 February 2012)
• Minorities in Marine and Environmental Sciences. 12-week paid summer internship in Charleston, South Carolina. (PDF poster) (Deadline: 9 March 2012)
• Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) grant program in the UNC system--specifically here at UNCP.
• Smithsonian Research Training Program. 10-week internships, typically 24 positions available.
• The Field Museum. 10-week interships
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center has research internships available at: www.ncbiotech.org/undergrad_biotech/
• The National Science Foundation has listings of numerous summer research opportunities, especially Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), across the country.
• U.S. Department of State for internships and job experiences.
  
• National Internship Clearninghouse. This is another "clearing house" for summer internships which lists numerous opportunities.
• RIT List of Internships. A comprehensive and up-to-date listing of PAID summer research opportunities.
• Summer Internships in Animal Behavior at Indiana University in Bloomington. Usually 10 weeks. Information and applications at:
  • www.indiana.edu/~animal/academics/reu.html
  • www.indiana.edu/~animal/forms/REUApp.html

• Summer Internships in Fungal Genomics at several sites in the U.S.
• Student Conservation Association. Internships and volunteer opportunities in our National Parks.
• The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) usually has some undergraduate summer fellowships.
• Environmental summer internships in Florida dealing with coastal ecology & engineering. For application & materials email: irlandi@fit.edu.
• Sciencejobs.com lists regular jobs and some internships/short-term jobs.
• Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge. www.turpentinecreek.org
• University of WI at Madison has Summer research internships for junior-senior undergraduates in several areas. http://biology.wisc.edu/Undergraduates-GettingInvolvedBeyondtheClassroom-UndergraduateResearch-IntergratedBiologicalSciencesSummerResearchProgram.htm

Graduate School Information:

• Guide to Graduate Programs in Animal Behavior in N. America is available at animalbehaviorsociety.
• www.eco.org. You can post your resume here for potential internships.
• Guide to Graduate School in the Biological Sciences is available at Everythingbio.

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Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013