General Websites and Searches

• Our very own UHH Career Center will help you find jobs, internships, interview prep skills, etc. as student OR alumni.
• USA Jobs has federal government jobs--good sites for national searches, also for resume building. Also visit Student Jobs.
• Visit the Hawaii State Government site for state job searches.
• Cyber-Sierra’s Natural Resource Job Search has opportunities in state environmental agencies in all 50-states.
• EJobs has environmental jobs and careers.
• Check out the Organization for Tropical Studies for abroad opportunities.
• Visit the Idealist.org website for info on nonprofit jobs and careers, over 20,000 visitors every day!
• EcoJobs posts over 500 opportunities every two weeks.
• The Environmental Career Center has lots of opportunities on the mainland.
• Green Dream Jobs is EXCELLENT for ‘green’ jobs and internships
• EcoEmploy has jobs, internships, articles and advice.
• The Environmental Education Directory is a MUST for searching for everything from schools to internships to careers to programs…very easy to navigate!!!
• Search Nature Jobs for national and international jobs by discipline, region, title, and organization.
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates is funded through NSF, and provides nationwide research assistantships in the sciences
• Interested in Environmental Defense? Check out this site for a search of jobs by location.
• Check out the Ecological Society of America’s website for everything from learning what ecologists do to info on types of jobs and ways to gain experience to searching the Job Board.
• The Ecolog-L Archive at https://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html for numerous postings at all levels. This is a LIST-SERV where you can actually sign up to receive free job opening information delivered straight to your inbox.
• The Environmental Careers Organization has environmental internship programs and placement options in agencies such as EPA, NOAA, NPS, USGS, as well as state/local government jobs, corporation or nonprofit organizations, etc.  
• The National Wildlife Federation has opportunities for employment, internships, fellowships, and volunteering.
• Looking for experience nationwide or international? Try working at a field station! Check out the Organization of Biological Field Stations’ website for a list of opportunities.
• Find international volunteer and internship positions at the Jobs Abroad website.
• Opportunities beyond UCAR (University Corporation of Atmospheric Research serves as a clearing house to broadcast opportunities for the atmospheric sciences research community, both nationally and internationally. NCAR posts open positions, funding calls, and other links that may be helpful.
• Look no further than Environmental Career Opportunities...make this your ‘one-stop-shop’ for detailed listings of hundreds of jobs nation- & world wide.  Each category has several listings that you can apply for right now!!  There’s something for everyone at this website!  Categories include:
  • Natural Resources & Conservation Jobs
  • Environmental Science & Engineering Jobs
  • Adventure & Outdoor Education Programs
  • Environmental Policy, Legislation, & Regulation Jobs
  • Environmental Advocacy & Communication Jobs
  • International Environmental Jobs
  • Environmental Jobs in Higher Education
  • Environmental Degree Programs
  • Environmental Internships
• Interested in studying abroad in Australia or New Zealand? AustraLearn offers biological science internships for credit in Australia and New Zealand and gives 24/7 on-site support including a group orientation upon arrival in country. They have had over 150 internship locations in the past and are constantly adding new placements. They custom build internships to meet students’ needs, and bring our experience as the largest and oldest study abroad provider in Australia and New Zealand to ensure a great internship experience.
• Listen to an action-packed interview on job-searching for students and graduates from Gen-Y Career Expert Lindsay Pollack...click here...

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Hawai'i Specific Resources

• The Research Corporation of the University of Hawai'i has employment opportunities all across the state.
• The Nature Conservancy is a great site for anyone interested in conservation.
• The Earthjustice Hawaii Regional Office is great for those interested in environmental policy.
• Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project (HEAR) is dedicated to the study of invasive species.
• The Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES) is a set of university level programs hosted within PACRC at UHH.  Find a variety of internships related to the natural resources of Hawai'i’i and the Pacific region.
• The Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps is a summer program for students interested in protecting Hawaiian heritage while learning about conservation, Hawaii’s native and endangered plants and animals, Hawaii’s cultural relationship with the land, and more through a strictly field experience; hiking and camping in breathtaking habitats is a daily occurrence.  HYCC runs from June 11 through July 20 – stipend and credit available.
• Malama Hawaii is a hui of over seventy organizations and hundreds of individuals committed to protecting Hawaii’s land and sea. Partnering with The Nature Conservancy and several other agencies, they provide volunteer and job opportunities.  Click on ‘volunteer’ and ‘get involved’ links for details.
• The Hawaiian Conservation Alliance (HCA) is a cooperative partnership of 16 government, education, and non-profit organizations, offering career, internship, volunteer, and scholarship opportunities here in Hawaii. 
• Saltwater, Inc. has employment for observers in Hawaii and Alaska. Observers gather information aboard commercial longline vessels about catch, by-catch, location, gear, fishing operations, and the interaction of protected species, particularly sea turtles, sea birds, and marine mammals.  Observers will be based primarily in Honolulu to collect data on turtles, birds, marine mammals as well as information on target and bycatch species. In the tuna fisheries, trips last about 21 days and swordfish trips are about 30 days. Boats range in size from 49' to 100' and conditions on the vessels can be spartan.
• In conjunction with Sustainable Saunders, The CDSE (Career Development and Student Employment) has launched a site for sustainability related information including organizations, links, internships, employers and events. Thanks to the Sustainability Council, Public Policy Center and many professors who have integrated sustainability into their curriculum, the site provides a list of sustainability related courses for Spring 2009. Feel free to submit information and check back often to see updates as this valuable web portal evolves! http://cdse.hawaii.edu/careers/sustainability_programs.php

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Marine Science Resources

• The Marine Science Department of Stanford is great search engine for careers and jobs in marine biology and oceanography.
• Check out Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program.
• For worldwide opportunities, check out Jobs Abroad.
• Another great search engine is the Marine Education Society of Australasia Inc. website for lots of info/job links.
• The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University maintains a list of current internship opportunities available in the environmental, geological, and marine sciences. 
• The Mid-Atlantic Sea Grant Program has current listings of marine science fellowships, internships, and employment opportunities.
• The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences provides internships that commonly focus around benthic ecology research.
• Check out the College of William and Mary – Virginia Institute of Marine Science for summer internships in various areas of marine science, including biological, geological, chemical, physical, environmental science, fisheries and management.
• Not a complete ‘marine science’ experience, but the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) through the Department of Energy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Global Change Education Program provides summer global change opportunities.
• The Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute has summer internships in the engineering, aquaculture, marine science, marine operations, biomedical marine research, environmental laboratory, marine education and dolphin research divisions.
• The Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory (Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa)has dolphin research internships held in the spring, summer, and fall, geared for students interested in studying dolphin intelligence and cognition in a behavioral laboratory setting.
• The Louisiana Marine Consortium has internship programs that allow students to acquire research experience and university credit by working under a faculty member. The general area of faculty expertise include benthic ecology, coastal geomorphology, chemical ecology, ecology of phytoplankton, ecology of zooplankton, and fishery biology. 
• Marine Bioproducts Engineering Center in Honolulu runs a summer undergraduate research fellowship program and represents a collaboration among the University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of California, Berkeley, and several industry partners which are charting a course in the emerging field of bioproducts derived from marine and aquatic organisms.
• The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute has three-month internships allow students to be involved in advanced software, mechanical, and electrical/electronic engineering projects. Students may work with experts in deep-sea ecology, ocean-floor mapping, ocean observation systems, microbiology, physical oceanography, in situ chemical analyses, tectonics, or geology. 
• Check out Mystic Aquarium for internships that integrate work experience and an independent research project.
• The National Aquarium in Baltimore has internships working with professors within one of fourteen Aquarium careers like Aquarist (fish), Aviculture (birds), Capital Projects (architecture), Conservation, Development/Membership (fund raising/family programming), Herpetology (reptiles/amphibians), Horticulture (plants), Information Services, Laboratory Services, Library Services, Marine Mammal Training, Marine Education, Marketing/Group Sales, and Public Relations.
• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Student Research Participation (scroll down to NOAA) has 10-week summer research and development relating to science, math, and engineering. For 10 weeks in the summer, students will be placed at NOAA headquarters and/or field centers.
• National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
  is an excellent opportunity for undergraduates to join research projects each summer in the earth sciences, ocean sciences, as well as other fields.  The projects vary from year to year, and are located everywhere from Alaska to Atlanta!
• Don’t forget the Pacific Whale Foundation for Hawaii and Alaska. Research internships are available in Hawaii and Alaska as two-week programs, where students work side-by-side with marine researchers, working with dolphins and/or whales 
• The Scripps Institution of Oceanography has a range of summer research opportunities are available through the UCSD Scripps Institution
• Shannon Point Marine Center has summer internships on productivity and nutrient cycling in local watershed systems; marine microbial ecology; marine chemical ecology; physiology of symbiosis; larval development, physiology, ecology; morphology of marine invertebrates; and environmental toxicology
• The University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies has summer intern programs - click on the ‘Research & Education’ link, then on ‘Undergraduate Programs’
• The University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science offers internships in the departments of Chemical Oceanography, Marine Biology and Fisheries, Applied Marine Physics, Physical Oceanography and Meteorology, and Marine Geology and Geophysics.  Click on the link to ‘Summer Undergraduate Internships’ 
• Walt Disney World Animal Programs Advanced Internship Opportunities provides six-month internship programs exist in the following fields: animal behavior, wildlife tracking, veterinary hospital, veterinary medical records, dietary/nutritional, conservation education, aquatic/environmental chemistry, information management, library science, animal presenter, aquarium, marine mammal, aquaculture
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has mostly graduate and post-graduate programs, BUT they do have summer student fellowship programs for undergraduates to work in one of WHOI’s five departments (Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering; Biology; Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry; Geology and Geophysics; Physical Oceanography; Marine Policy Center). Follow the link to ‘Summer Student Fellowships’ for more information
• Maryland Sea Grant's Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Estuarine Science is a 12-week program from May 17 to August 9, 2009. They select undergraduates in many disciplines, including engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, ecology and marine and environmental science, and are particularly interested in supporting talented students from institutions where access to marine science and to research projects is limited and who are from underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) (UH STUDENTS HAVE AN EXCELLENT CHANCE!!!) Students receive $4200 stipend plus housing and travel to and from site. Applications due: February 12, 2009
• Summer Fisheries Jobs Available through the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Aquatic Technology Transfer. There is availability for an Ozark Crew, Stream Inventory Crew, and a Fish Passage Crew. Project runs from May 26-August 21, 2009. DEADLINE: March 1, 2009. Visit this HANDOUT for details.
• Each summer, Mote Marine Laboratory hosts a 10-week program focused on providing research experiences in estuarine science to 10 advanced undergraduate students. Students are paired with Mote scientists and develop and complete an independent research project related to their mentor's research interests. Students gain experience in science communication by presenting the results of their independent project in a manuscript-style research paper and orally at a laboratory-wide research symposium. Students attend research seminars and workshops on career skills in science,  Students also have the opportunity to present their research findings at professional conferences. Information about 2009 REU mentors and their programs, as well as the application procedures, are posted on the REU web site: www.mote.org/reu **All application materials are due on February 16, 2009**

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Minority Resources

• The Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES) is a set of university level programs hosted within PACRC at UHH.  Find a variety of internships related to the natural resources of Hawai'i’i and the Pacific region.
• Minority Environmental Leadership Development Initiative is a great site geared for minority students
• Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources & Related Sciences for minority students with interest in agriculture and natural resource management
• Environmental Careers Organization hosts a Conservation Careers Diversity Program with paid internships with Federal programs to underrepresented students
• The Student Conservation Organization hosts 100’s of internships…great experience and networking

Current Opportunities

• Playas Las Tortugas in Nayarite, Mexico is looking for 2 interns to fill a summer 2010 position to aid in the protection and monitoring of Olive Ridley and Laud sea turtles. For more information, contact Elii Manzo at eliimanzo@gmail.com and check out the Playas Las Tortugas website.
• Part-time manatee research biologist needed for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s in Jacksonville, Florida. This position is open until filled, with an immediate start date. Please send a letter of interest, CV, and three references to Ryan Berget at Ryat.Berger@MvFWC.com or click here for more information.
• The CIEE Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation Program in Bonaire is a study abroad program for undergraduate students, and is looking for an intern from 9 Jan - 8 May, 2010. Click here for more info.
• Two volunteer interns are needed to assist in the analyses of dusky dolphin foraging behaviors/vocalizations.  These positions will be through the Marine Mammal Research Program, Texas A&M University at Galveston, in Bernd Würsig’s lab.  Positions are unpaid, and they are unable to provide housing.  However, each intern will be included as a co-author on the resulting publication/s.  Intern positions will be 30-40 hours per week. To apply, please email a letter of interest, CV, transcript/s and 2 letters of recommendation by Nov. 27 to: Robin Vaughn Ph.D. Candidate Marine Mammal Research Program Texas A&M University Galveston, TX 77551 vaughnrl@tamu.edu
• Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research. (8) Regular, Full-Time, RCUH Non-Civil Service positions with the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), located at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Click here for more information.
• Click here for an REU internship opportunity in Puerto Rico. - REU stands for "Research Experience for Undergraduates" - these internship opportunities are funded by NSF, are offered at universities all over the US and in Puerto Rico, pay a stipend, and often housing, and are intended to give undergraduates who have great potential the opportunity to try research. 
• Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation Semester Abroad: Bonaire, Spring 2010 Undergraduate Study Abroad Opportunity in the Caribbean The Tropical Marine Biology and Conservation study abroad program is accepting applications for spring semester.  Students register for 17 semester hours: Coral Reef Ecology (4), Scientific Diving (4), Environmental and Cultural History of Bonaire (2), Marine Conservation Biology (3) and Independent Research (4).  The program description and course syllabi can be found using the following link: http://www.cieebonaire.org/courses.html
• The University of Hawai'i at Manoa is posting for a SeaPark Adventure Park 2009 Adventure Camp intern. See THIS FLYER for more information.
• The Center for Ocean Solutions is pleased to announce the opening of two exciting new positions within the Center: * Marine Spatial Planning and Management Program Director * Director of Education and Training. Click HERE for more info...
• An upcoming course on Freshwater Tropical Biology: Field Techniques in Biodiversity Monitoring will offered from January 2-11, 2010. It will be instructed through the non-governmental organization FUNDECI/GAIA at the Estación Biológica in the Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve in Nicaragua. Click HERE for more info...
• The Marine Mammal Research Group of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, is currently looking for two volunteers during the summer season 2010. The boat-based surveys will be carried out in the Port Stephens - Great Lakes Marine Park, 200 km north of Sydney, from 15th February to 15th March 2010. Interns will participate in the field on a daily basis collecting behavioural and ecological data of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). The internship offers an excellent opportunity for qualified and motivated individuals to obtain field training and analysis with experienced dolphin researchers. Interested applicants should contact Andre Steckenreuter: astecken@gse.mq.edu.au
• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office in Fairbanks, Alaska is currently expanding and recruiting up to two motivated biologists to help up in our multifaceted endangered species program at either the GS 9 / 11 or 12 level. The biologists will contribute to the conservation of Steller’s and spectacled eiders, and polar bears, as well as candidate species and species of concern. Click HERE for more info.
• The Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative has opened a graduate assistant position with the Army Corps of Engineer for Spring 2010 through Fall 2010.  They are looking for someone with a background in marine biology, natural science, environmental management or related field. Click HERE for more information.

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