Internships are an important component of both undergraduate and graduate training in the ENVS program at American University. Due to the prime location of AU in the DC area, our students have had and continue to have many opportunities to gain professional experience and help shape their career paths. Students are given latitude when choosing their internships. While many stay in the DC area, others intern at organizations throughout the world. If you are interested in an internship for AU credit, please refer to the listings below of some of the possibilities in and outside the DC area.
Things to Know (and Forms to Fill Out)
- Dr. Kiho Kim, ENVS Internship Faculty Advisor (email, x2181)
- Internship Registration Form (PDF)
- ENVS Internship Syllabus (PDF)
- AU Career Center - Internships (please check out this site for lots of good info)
- Internship opportunities are also sent out on the envs-listserv. If you would like to sign up for the listserv, please send an email request to Dr. Bushaw-Newton.
ENVS Internships - Opportunities in DC and Abroad
These represent some of the many choices for internships for our ENVS students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Many students also choose to intern for environmental consulting firms as well as political organizations. These are chosen on an individual basis. While some of the listings may not have specific internship programs, there is still a potential opportunity for interning at them. Please keep in mind that many of these internships have firm application deadlines and are highly competitive.
Internship Opportunities - In the DC Area
- American Forests
- American Rivers
- Casey Trees Endowment
- Center for Health, Environment, and Justice
- Clean Water Fund
- Conservation Fund
- Conservation International
- Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division
- DC Greenworks
- Environmental and Energy Study Institute
- Environmental Law Institute
- Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
- Izaak Walton League of America
- Montgomery County Dept. of Env. Protection
- National Institutes of Health
- National Parks and Conservation Association
- National Wildlife Federation
- National Zoological Park
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- Ocean Conservancy
- Patuxent Wildlife Refuge
- Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Save America's Forests
- Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
- The Center for International Environmental Law
- The Ocean Conservancy
- U.S. Congressional Internships
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. EPANational Network for Environmental Management Studies
- U.S. EPA Environmental Internship Program-Office of Radiation
- U.S.D.A. Forestry Service
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. PIRG Education Fund
- American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis, MD
- Earthwatch Institute
- Environmental Careers Organization (eco) JOB & INTERN LISTING SITE!
- Environmental Defense
- INFORM, New York, NY
- National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
- National Audubon Society
- National Science Foundation: REU Internships Different Universities
- New Jersey State Aquarium, Camden, NJ
- Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA
- Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA
- Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD & other locations
- Student Conservation Association
- The Center for International Environmental Law, Geneva, Switzerland
- The Fells/John Hay National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, NH
- The Nature Conservancy
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Various Locations
- The Wilderness Society
- Toxics Action Center, Boston, MA
- U.S.D.A. Forestry Service
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. National Park Service
- University of Delaware Water Resources Internship, Lewes, DE
- University of Delaware Marine Sciences Summer Internship, Lewes, DE
- World Wildlife Fund