Biology Opportunities

Round River Conservation Studies is piloting a new off-campus studies program in the Madrean Archipelago in Southern Arizona. This Spring Semester “abroad” program will focus on transborder wildlife movement, desert springs, and elevational plant growth patterns.

The program is accepting applications on a rolling basis, so early application is highly encouraged. Find more information here.

This internship opportunity gives post-graduate students the opportunity to work in a sanctuary aiming to end the big cat and bear trade. This program is now accepting applications due April 1, 2020. Click here for more information.

Food, Forests and Resilience: Systems of Socio-Ecological Sustainability in Oaxaca, Mexico is a new off-campus studies program being offered by Biology professor, Dan Hernández during winter break of 2020

OTS offers fall and spring semester programs at their field station in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Students will have a unique opportunity to participate in “boots on the ground research” with field-based, experiential learning. The deadline to apply for spring is November 1st, 2019 and for fall is April 1st, 2020. For more information and application instructions please visit their website at tropicalstudies.org.

Apply for a Fall semester program at the Ecosystems Center in Woods Hole, MA. Students will spend 20 hours/week getting hands-on experience working in the field and the lab in core courses on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

For more information on the program and application, email SES@mbl.edu.

DANTA is offering courses intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who have a keen interest in tropical ecosystems and conservation, but have little or no experience of working in a tropical environment.

Learn about ocean science and what changes in the ocean may mean for our planet at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine.

Reach out by February 25.

Do you have a keen interest in tropical ecosystems and conservation? Apply to take field courses in Costa Rica with DANTA, the Association for Conservation of the Tropics.

This March, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole is holding a 4-day practicum for juniors on bioluminescence in neuroscience.

Applications due December 1st, 2018.