Internship Opportunities

Center for Career Readiness and Student Success Center can help you figure out career goals and programs, and the Center also maintains a job and internship board called Handshake that you can log into using your URSA credentials.  

Internship Opportunities for DoGGS Students 

This is a list of regular internship opportunities that occur every year. 

• Nation-Wide
  • National Geographic Society Summer Internships (Apply Jan – Mar) 
  • Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (work in other university research groups) 
  • National Parks Service Internships (hiring year-round) 
  • NASA Develop Internships (Apply Jan – Feb)  
  • Nature Conservancy Internships 
  • Federal Pathways and Presidential Fellowship Programs
  • The Council for Environmental Quality Internship Programs (Summer applications due in Feb) 
  • The Center for Environmental Studies at Williams College maintains a list of currently open internships nationwide
  • The Texas A&M Natural Resources Job Board is a good place to look for seasonal (mostly summer) positions doing field work
  • American Association of Geographers Student Opportunities 
  • Esri Internships 
  • AmeriCorps 
  • Conservation Job Board
  • Scientists in Parks:Every year, the Scientists in Parks (SIP) Program places hundreds of college students, recent graduates, and early career professionals across the National Park System to work on natural resource management needs.
  • Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative:Paid internships are offered in fields such as biology, accounting, wildlife, natural resources, maintenance, engineering, interpretation, recreation, administration and much more.
• In Colorado
  • Colorado Rocky Mountain School Garden Summer Internships (Apply Jan – Mar) 
    
  • Colorado State Parks Internships
    • Temporary/Seasonal Positions
  • City of Englewood, CO's internship program. Interns will be hired to work in areas such as engineering, city administration, finance, human resources, and recreation and libraries (just to name a few!) 
  • Colorado Open Space Alliance Email List - Email list often advertises seasonal positions and internships related to open spaces in Colorado
    
  • GIS Colorado Email List - Email list related to all things GIS, including internships. 
  • Mountain Roots - AmeriCorps Colorado
  • Southwest Conservation Corps
• Military Options
  • STEM Student Employment Program (SSEP)
  • Air Force Civilian Service Internships
  • Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) places college and university students in Department of Navy (DoN) laboratories where they take part in real Naval research for ten weeks during the summer
  • Intelligence Community Student Opportunities
  • Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)
  • DoD SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program