Internships
NAPIRE (Native American
and Pacific Islander Research
Experience) in Costa Rica
Deadline: Feb. 15
The NAPIRE program introduces
undergraduate students to scientific
research by making them responsible for
completing a research project. Students
are supported to this end by giving them
their basic living needs (travel, room and
board), guidance by a research mentor,
home mentor and OTS staff, a small
budget for supplies, and a venue for pre-
senting the research results, the NAPIRE
Symposium. All this takes place in Costa
Rica in the beautifully conserved biologi-
cal stations of OTS.
Incoming freshmen and graduating
seniors are not eligible. Students must
be AMP students at LSAMP institutions.
LSAMP is the Louis Stokes Alliance for
Minority Participation, a National Science
Foundation program that was designed to
foster achievement by minority students
seeking careers in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics.
ITEP Environmental Education
Outreach Program Internship
Deadline: Feb. 29
Since 1994, the Institute for Tribal
Environmental Professionals (ITEP)
has offered student summer internships
for American Indian and other college
students with funding from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
This program provides the opportunity
for students to gain hands-on skills with
EPA or other governmental and Tribal
environmental offices.
The internship is designed to give
current college students an opportunity to
assist EPA/Tribal agencies with environ-
mental issues, acquire new skills in a work
environment, gain actual experience while
contributing to a project, earn $4,000 dur-
ing the eight-week experience, and receive
housing and travel allowances.
Anne Ray Internship
Deadline: March 1
The School for Advanced Research,
Indian Arts Research Center (IARC)
offers two nine-month internships (Sept. 1
– May 31) to individuals who are recent
college graduates, current graduate stu-
dents or junior museum professionals
interested in furthering their professional
museum experience and enhancing their
intellectual capacity for contributing to
the expanding field of museum studies.
During the internships, the Anne Ray
Resident Scholar provides mentorship and
academic support to the interns.
One internship is open to an indig-
enous individual from the U.S. or Canada
and one internship is open to any U.S. or
Canadian citizen meeting the application
requirements.
WSU Undergraduate Research
Opportunity
Data-intensive research in the
environmental sciences
Deadline: March 15
Healthy ecosystems are fundamen-
tally important for human well-being.
However, anthropogenic processes, such
as urbanization, deforestation, and the
over-exploitation of natural resources have
led to widespread changes. The availabil-
ity of “big data” – volumes of data not
readily handled by the usual data tools
and practices – and rapid development of
data-intensive research offers environmen-
tal researchers greatly expanded ways to
understand and study the world.
EPA Environmental Research and
Business Support Program
Deadline: Multiple
Students at all levels of their undergrad-
uate work are sought for this program, and
may come from any major as long as they
are interested in environmental research.
The purpose of the EPA Environmen-
tal Research and Business Support Pro-
gram is to address EPA’s need to increase
the supply of promising scientists, engi-
neers and administrative personnel in
disciplines related to the EPA mission.
This program provides opportunities
for exceptional undergraduate and gradu-
ate students and recent bachelor’s, master’s
and postdoctoral graduates to work in the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) Office of Research and Development
research and administrative projects at mul-
tiple EPA laboratories and research centers.
Successful candidates will receive
hands-on training in real-world settings,
academic incentives and professional
benefits. We are seeking qualified appli-
cants in business and science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
MIS Diversity Internship Program
Deadline: Multiple
BSNF Engineering Summer Interns
Deadline: Ongoing
The Mosaics in Science (MIS) Diver-
sity Internship Program provides college
students and recent graduates 18-35 years
old who are underrepresented in STEM
(science, technology, engineering and
math) career fields with on-the-ground,
natural resource science-based work
experience in the National Park System.
BNSF is hiring Engineering Summer
Interns for 2016. Our Summer Internship
Program begins with a corporate orienta-
tion in Fort Worth, Texas, during which
interns receive a company overview and
interact with company leaders. After orien-
tation, interns disperse to their work assign-
ments and receive on-the-job training.
Depending on their assignment, the
position may be located anywhere on
BNSF’s 32,500-mile rail network or at
Fort Worth headquarters.
Learn more and apply today at http://
bit.ly/1IEzoZq. For more information:
#collegejobs; #summerinternship<; or
#engineeringjobs.
Participants must be currently reg-
istered at a two- or four-year college and
cannot have received a bachelor’s degree
prior to July 2015. Women, members of
demographic groups traditionally under-
represented in environmental fields and
students from community colleges or
institutions that do not offer research
opportunities for undergraduates are par-
ticularly encouraged to apply.
Each internship includes working 11
weeks in a park followed by a four-day
career workshop held in Washington, D.C.
This program is run in partnership
with Environment for the Americas and
Greening Youth Foundation.
Other Opportunities
College Horizons
Deadline: Feb. 3
College Horizons is a non-profit
organization that supports the higher
education of American Indian students
by providing college and graduate admis-
sions workshops to American Indian,
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian stu-
dents/participants from across the nation.
Two programs are offered in the sum-
mer: College Horizons is a pre-college
program for American Indian high
school sophomores and juniors. Gradu-
ate Horizons services college students
and graduates.
Each summer, College Horizons
students work with college counselors
and college admissions officers in a five-
day “crash course.” The individualized
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suitable for them to apply to, get admit-
ted to and receive adequate financial aid.
Native American Political
Leadership Program
Summer 2016 Semester
Priority Deadline – Feb. 15, 2016
Final Deadline – March 1, 2016
The Native American Political Leader-
ship Program (NAPLP) is a full scholarship
for American Indian, Alaska Native, and
Native Hawaiian students who want to take
part in Semester in Washington Politics.
It is open to undergraduate and gradu-
ate students, including those who have
completed their undergraduate degree but
have not yet enrolled in a graduate program.
Students from all Tribes and from
every part of the U.S. are welcome to apply.
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians –
800-922-1399
Salem Area Office – 503-390-9494
Salem Finance Office – 888-870-9051
Portland Area Office – 503-238-1512
Eugene Area Office – 541-484-4234
Contract Health Services (CHS) –
800-628-5720
February 2016
There is no application fee for those
applying for the NAPLP scholarship.
Native Explorers College-Age
Program
Deadline: March 15
Hutton Junior Fisheries
Biology Program
Deadline: Feb. 27
The Native Explorers College-Age
Program is now accepting applications
from college students. Interested appli-
cants must be American Indian.
Successful applicants will be notified
early April.
To review requirements and apply,
visit nativeexplorers.org/apply-today.
For more information or questions,
contact Kresta Lofton at 580-421-7711
or kresta.lofton@chickasaw.net.
The Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology
Program is a paid summer internship
and mentoring program for high schools
juniors and seniors that is sponsored by
the American Fisheries Society (AFS).
Selected students, known as Hutton
Scholars, are matched and mentored by a
fisheries professional to enjoy a hands-on
fisheries science experience in a marine
and/or freshwater setting.
Hutton Scholars who successfully
complete the program receive a $4,000
scholarship as well as valuable work expe-
rience in an exciting and rewarding field.
Siletz Community Health Clinic –
800-648-0449
Siletz Behavioral Health – 800-600-5599
Chinook Winds Casino Resort –
888-244-6665
Chemawa Health Clinic – 800-452-7823
Bureau of Indian Affairs – 800-323-8517
Website – ctsi.nsn.us
Holland & Knight Charitable
Foundation, Inc. – Young Native
Writers Essay Contest
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Students are asked to write about one
or more of the cultural images, symbols
or art forms that have been historically
developed by their community (American
Indian, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian)
to communicate a particular message or
value or serve a specific purpose.
Essays should be 1,200 words or less.
Awards include a $2,500 college scholar-
ship and participation in Washington,
D.C., Scholars’ Week.