Environmental Job Resources - University of Hawai‘i at Hilo



Environmental Job Resources

So many possibilities!

When it comes to finding a summer internship or full-time job, there are many places to look. Some websites provide general searches related to specific fields, some display federal and state government opportunities, some are more specific, some even will walk you through how to create a resume and post your resume online! There are opportunities here in Hawaii, in the mainland U.S., and even international opportunities. Whether you are trying to find a career or just trying to get some experience and have some fun, the possibilities are almost endless!

~*~General Websites~*~

❖ Our very own UHH Career Center at will help you find jobs, internships, interview prep skills, etc. as student OR alumni

❖ USA Jobs at and has federal government jobs--good sites for national searches, also for resume building

❖ Hawaii State Government at for state job searches

❖ Cyber-Sierra’s Natural Resource Job Search at for state environmental agencies in all 50-states

❖ EJobs at has environmental jobs and careers

❖ at for info on nonprofit jobs and careers, over 20,000 visitors every day!

❖ EcoJobs at posts over 500 opportunities every two weeks

❖ The Environmental Career Center at has lots of opportunities on the mainland

❖ Green Dream Jobs at is EXCELLENT for ‘green’ jobs and internships

❖ EcoEmploy at has jobs, internships, articles and advice

❖ The Environmental Education Directory at is a MUST for searching for everything from schools to internships to careers to programs…very easy to navigate!!!

❖ Search Nature Jobs at for national and international jobs by discipline, region, title, and organization

❖ Research Experiences for Undergraduates at is funded through NSF, and provides nationwide research assistantships in the sciences

❖ Interested in Environmental Defense? Check out for a search of jobs by location

❖ Check out the Ecological Society of America’s website at for everything from learning what ecologists do to info on types of jobs and ways to gain experience to searching the two primary sub-sites, the Job Board at

❖ The Ecolog-L Archive at 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. Visit

❖ The National Wildlife Federation at 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 at for a list of opportunities

❖ Find international volunteer and internship positions at the Jobs Abroad site:

~*~Hawaii Specific Resources~*~

❖ The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii at has employment opportunities all across the state

❖ The Nature Conservancy at is a great site for anyone interested in conservation

❖ The Earthjustice Hawaii Regional Office at

is

great for those interested in environmental policy

❖ Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project (HEAR) at is dedicated to the study of invasive species

❖ The UHH Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC) at offers students internships in tropical ecology, evolution, and natural resources management

❖ 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 and the Pacific region at

❖ 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 occurrance. HYCC runs from June 11 through July 20 – stipend and credit available. Check out

❖ Malama Hawaii at 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. Visit their site at

~*~Minority Resources~*~

❖ Minority Environmental Leadership Development Initiative at is a great site geared for minority students

❖ Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources & Related Sciences at for minority students with interest in agriculture and natural resource management

❖ Environmental Careers Organization at hosts a Conservation Careers Diversity Program with paid internships with Federal programs to underrepresented students

❖ The Student Conservation Organization at hosts 100’s of internships…great experience and networking

~*~Specific Areas of Interest~*~

❖ Look no further than Environmental Career Opportunities at ...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

~*~ Marine Science Opportunities~*~

❖ A great search engine for careers and jobs in marine biology and oceanography is

❖ Check out Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program at

❖ For worldwide opportunities, check out Jobs Abroad at

❖ Another great search engine is the Marine Education Society of Australasia Inc. website at 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. Check out

❖ The Mid-Atlantic Sea Grant Program at has current listings of marine science fellowships, internships, and employment opportunities

❖ The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences at provides internships that commonly focus around benthic ecology research

❖ Check out the College of William and Mary – Virginia Institute of Marine Science at 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 at provides summer global change opportunities

❖ The Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at 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) at

  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 at  

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 at

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 at for internships that integrate work experience and an independent research project

❖ The National Aquarium in Baltimore at

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 at   (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)

at 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 at

 

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 at

has a range of summer research opportunities are available through the UCSD Scripps Institution

❖ Shannon Point Marine Center at 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 at 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 at offers internships in the departments of Chemical Oceanography, Marine Biology and Fisheries, Applied Marine Physics, Physical Oceanography and Meterology, and Marine Geology and Geophysics. Click on the link to ‘Summer Undergraduate Internships’ 

❖ Walt Disney World Animal Programs Advanced Internship Opportunities at  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 at

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

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