Department of Biological Sciences
Biology Internships
Departmental Internship Requirements
Note: these only apply if you are taking the internship for credit. Some internships do require registration for college credit as a criteria. Many do not.
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Biology
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Environmental Studies
Internships and Volunteer Positions
General and Biological sciences
Bethel University Career Services Internship site - has links to a wide variety of biology related internships - http://www.bethel.edu/career-services/internships/postings/science
U.S Government jobs and internships - includes listings for all federal government jobs including USGS, USFWS, Park Service, and many others. http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/
Michigan State University internship database - searchable by discipline and region- accessible by anyone and includes nationally available internships - http://www.ns.msu.edu/acrc/intern_research/internships.asp
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) - great possibilities for research experience, database searchable by topic and state - http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm
Biology jobs- searchable - http://www.biologyjobs.com
Science careers - searchable by region and discipline - http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org
University of Minnesota LSSURP - undergraduate research in the sciences - http://www.cbs.umn.edu/main/summer_research/index.html
MN BCA Forensic Lab Internships - Epstein-Rhoads internship program through the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in MN - http://www.dps.state.mn.us/bca/lab/documents/Page-03.html
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - premed and health professions internships - http://www.hhmi.org/grants/reports/scienceopp/main
Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) - biomedical summer research fellowships - http://www.mayo.edu/mgs/surf.html
Scripps Research Institute Summer Internship Program in Immunology - competitive research opportunities for undergraduates interested in immunology - http://www.scripps.edu/imm/internship/
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Undergraduate Research Program (URP) - research at Cold Harbor Lab facilities in NY, programs in cancer biology, neuroscience, genetics, bioinformatics and other areas of biology- http://www.cshl.edu/URP/
Marine Biological Laboratory - internships in marine biology research, in Woods Hole, MA - http://www.mbl.edu/mrc/outreach/interns.html
R & D systems - biotechnology research company that hires 10 or so interns each year. See bulletin board on 1st floor for contact information.
Ecology, animal behavior, and the environment
SEEK- Minnesota directory for environmental internships - http://www.seek.state.mn.us/internships.cfm
Underwater Adventures- Mall of America aquarium - http://www.underwateradventures.cc/jobs.html
Minnesota Zoo - http://www.mnzoo.com/global/Internships/marketing.asp
Como Zoo - has environmental education and zookeeping internships - click for an internship application packet - http://www.comozooconservatory.org/vol/volunteer.shtml
Great Lakes Aquarium - Freshwater aquarium in Duluth - http://www.glaquarium.org/visiting/internships.html
Gypsy moth internship- Minnesota Department of Agriculture- https://statejobs.doer.state.mn.us/JobPosting/bd45e6f603de354655f046bc539d86fb/View
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources- Contact information for internships- http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/jobs/internships.html. Also look at the searchable jobs and internships directory at https://statejobs.doer.state.mn.us/JobPosting
Point Reyes Bird Observatory - multiple internships focused on the ecology of birds and environmental education - http://www.prbo.org/cms/index.php?mid=405&module=browse
International Wolf Center - internships at Ely wolf center - http://www.wolf.org/wolves/aboutus/intern.asp
National Zoo, Washington, D.C. - wide variety of internships through the Smithsonian Institution and National Zoo - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/UndergradInternships/
John G. Shedd Aquarium - Chicago - http://www.sheddaquarium.org/internship_listings.html
Cedar Creek Natural History Area, University of Minnesota - internships in ecology research - http://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/interns/index.html
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute - summer internships at Woods Hole in Massachussetts - http://www.whoi.edu/education/undergraduate/summer.html
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge - internships at MVNWR in Bloomington - http://www.nairegions.org/5/MN%20Valley2007%20Conservation%20Biology%20Internships.doc
Environmental Career Organization Internships - searchable database of environmental internships - http://www.eco.org/site/c.dnJLKPNnFkG/b.795025/k.AA86/The_Environmental_Careers_Organization.htm
SeaCamp- residential marine sciences camp- summer positions available - http://www.seacamp.org/
School of Forestry and Natural Resources, http://jobs.forestry.uga.edu/showme/forestry
ESA Physiological Ecology http://www.biology.duke.edu/jackson/ecophys/undergrad.htm
Botanical Society of America, http://botany.org/newsite/employment/index.asp
Society of American Foresters - Career Center, http://www.safnet.org/
American Society for Horticultural Science, http://www.ashs.org/hortopport/joblist.html
Earthworks (Jobs in Botany, Geology, Natural Resources, Environmental Sciences) - http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/
Ecological Society of America, http://www.esa.org/careers_certification/employment.php
Positions in Primate research - jobs and internships hosted by National Primate Research Center at UW-Madison - http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/jobs/list/avail