Would you like an internship that offers the opportunity for you to be trained in a superb field station setting, to design your own independent project, and provide you with real world experiences and challenges? We offer internships in:
Ecological Research
Environmental Education
Land Management
Internships and volunteer positions are available for undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate students. Our internship programs train students to develop independent research, education or land management skills, and foster positive professional interactions between Interns and their advisors, staff and visiting scientists, and other Interns.
Internship Opportunities
Internship opportunities and training environment for specific programs can be found by following the links below:
Availability and duration of internships varies among programs. Internship appointments can be tied to a specific field season, or may be available at any time of the year. They range from 3–12 months, and can be made for the summer or during the academic year.
How to apply:
Research, Environmental Education, and Land Management Internships are offered at Archbold Biological Station.
Research and Land Management (Agricultural Operations) Internships are offered at MAERC.
Send applications or inquiries for specific programs at any time to:
No official application form exists. Details on applying to specific programs are provided at the links above, but applications generally include:
a letter to the program of your choice explaining your interest in that program
your general biological background
your internship availability period
two letters of recommendation
a résumé
Interested students are welcome to apply to more than one program, but should send two separate applications and indicate in both letters of application that you have sent in two separate applications. We solicit applications at any time of year from qualified individuals, application deadlines vary among programs. Students are encouraged to make arrangements with their home institutions for academic credit.
Travel:
Students must arrange their own travel to and from Archbold or MAERC. Under extreme financial circumstances and with supporting documentation submitted the Station will consider paying travel costs associated with interns getting to/from Archbold/MAERC. Cases will be reviewed on an individual basis.
Archbold's Post-Baccalaureate Internship program is one of only a few programs in the United States that allows recent graduates to gain research experience before they commit to a graduate program. See "The Postbac: One or two years that make careers," in Science Careers, from the journal Science, (10 Aug. 2007), that features Lauren Sullivan, Archbold Plant Lab intern.
Lyndsey O’Polka, 2007 Education Undergraduate Intern from Clarion University, with Poser
Avian Ecology Lab Graduate Intern Robert Aldredge from Ohio State University (current PhD student at the University of North Carolina) with Post Baccalaureate Intern Kathleen Black from Stetson University at the Heartland Triathlon, 2007.
Zachery Forsburg, Restoration/Herpetology Lab Graduate Intern from Shippensburg University
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