This opportunity is curated through the UF TESI Environmental Leaders Network. Opportunities posted through the Network may not be affiliated with the Florida Museum or TESI, but are shared with UF undergraduate students who want to learn more about environmental research, education and outreach, and civic engagement. 

Host Organization

UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Center for Adaptive Innovation, Resilience, Ethics & Science

Description

Are you looking for an environmental science, sustainability, ecology, conservation, or agriculture-oriented internship or research position in the Fall 2023 semester and interested in developing your personal-professional skillsets? The Active Learning Program (ALP) is a 1-semester internship and research program that connects eager, well-trained undergraduate students with UF faculty and community mentors engaged in internship and research projects. Interested students apply to be enrolled in the 3-credit Active Learning Program IDS4940 course, where they will earn valuable, mentored internship and research experience; develop their personal-professional strengths, values, mission, and brand; build their professional and interpersonal skillsets in collaboration, communication, and conflict management; and create professional deliverables to be used in their internships and as an early career professional.  

For sustainability, environmental science, ecology, conservation, and agriculture-oriented students, we recommend paying special attention to these projects: 

• Continuing Education for Certified Pesticide Applicators Internship 
• Cultivating Rural-Urban Community Connections Internship
• Engaging Farmers in Agricultural Best Management Practices through Virtual Extension Programs  
• Natural Resources Extension & Outreach to Hispanic Communities Internship 
• Program for Resource Efficient Communities 
• Promoting Cost-Share Programs for Land Conservation Internship
• Soil Color as an Indicator of Soil Health Research
• UF/IFAS Extension Demonstration Garden  

View internship and research opportunities here: https://caires.center.ufl.edu/current-projects/ 

Application Deadline:

August 22, 2023

Start Date: