Earth Institute Summer 2022 Internships
The Earth Institute is offering undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students Internship opportunities Various administrative, communication and research roles in various departments and research centres. Interns work on a variety of sustainability-focused projects at the Earth Institute. These programs provide interns with hands-on work experience that allows them to grow professionally, while the Earth Institute Center benefits from their meaningful contributions.
Summer 2022 positions include:
- Web-Based Dashboard for Microbiology Observatory
- Post-disaster economic and housing recovery in the context of COVID-19
- Fragile coastal ecosystems and communities
- Project Management: New York City’s Urban Wildlife Information Network
- Effectiveness of Wildfire Policy in the U.S. West
- Climate impacts on conservation, development and urban issues
- Resilient Coastal Community Project
Finish Apply online go through May 9 at 11:30pm ET. While you may apply for multiple positions, you must submit a separate application for each position.
All summer internships cost $21 per hour (maximum 260 hours).
Students selected for positions are expected to participate in the Earth Institute Student Research Showcase in spring 2023.
For questions, please contact David Morales-Miranda (dmiranda@ei.columbia.edu).
1. Web-based Dashboard for Microbiology Observatory
department: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Student requirements: Undergraduate/Graduate/PhD
Expected task: The intern will work with PI and his colleagues from Kotzebue, Alaska to design a web-based data visualization and display tool. Interns will develop the required HTML code and will participate in Zoom conversations with members of the Kotzebue community to get feedback on site design and implementation.
Required skills: Interns should be familiar with HTML programming and skills in developing web pages.
notes: This internship will only be funded for 120 hours during the summer.
2. Post-disaster economic and housing recovery in a COVID-19 environment
department: National Disaster Prevention Center
Student requirements: Undergraduate/Graduate/PhD
Expected task: Assist in the development of training courses for instructor-led and online training on housing and economic recovery and large-scale shelter and pandemic planning, and assist in the preparation of federal grant proposals upon request. Interns will also certify and update training materials, including presentations and guides, and assist in analyzing assessment data for instructor-led and online training.
Required skills: Interns should have strong organizational skills and excellent written and oral communication skills. Experience with R or Tableau is a plus. Interns should have experience writing grants and be familiar with emergency management, including FEMA laws and regulations and FEMA/SBA/HUD disaster relief plans.
3. Vulnerable coastal ecosystems and communities
department: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Student requirements: Undergraduate/Graduate/PhD
Expected task: The intern will help deepen your understanding of how human activities, policy regulation, and contingency affect the biogeochemical and ecological processes of vulnerable coastal systems. The intern will develop web content/social media content related to the project, including blogs and papers related to project findings. The intern will also interview project participants, collaborators and stakeholders and assist in the production of short videos/audio recordings explaining the measurement protocol.
Required skills: Interns should possess critical thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as a strong background and interest in environmental science. Experience using various social media and communication platforms (e.g. YouTube, Twitter, Instagram).
4. Project Management: New York City’s Urban Wildlife Information Network
department: Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Student requirements: Undergraduate
Expected task: The intern will manage a project using camera traps (in partnership with the Urban Wildlife Information Network) to explore patterns of wildlife occurrence in urbanization gradients. The intern will coordinate the logistics of the UWIN project, which may involve one or more of the following: i) research permit applications,ii) fieldwork arrangements and general logistics, iii) maintaining communication with UWIN partners.Interns will also interact with high school students participating in the program, including planning events, meetings and providing general administrative support
Required skills: Students need to be proficient in MS Word and Excel. Experience in web design and producing social media content as well as strong communication and writing skills are required.
5. The effectiveness of wildfire policy in the American West
department: Sustainability Undergraduate Program
Student requirements: Undergraduate/Graduate/PhD
Expected task: The student will conduct in-depth internet research to inventory existing wildfire policies in the western United States. For each policy, the intern will coordinate and schedule interviews and will manage interview records, funding data, and policy information via spreadsheets. The intern will also conduct a literature review of existing wildfire policy research, build a library and summarize the key findings of each article.
Required skills: Interns should have some knowledge of wildfire policy and/or the American West and be familiar with using spreadsheets to track policies, names, dates, and financial data. Experience using Zotero (or willing to learn) for citation management). Experience in conducting literature reviews, primarily through library searches and drafting short abstracts of key articles.
6. Climate impacts on conservation, development and urban issues
department: Climate System Research Center
Student requirements: Undergraduate/Graduate/PhD
Expected task: The intern will manage and coordinate the production of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) Climate Change and Urban Assessment Report. Create and manage webinars and promote events in newsletters, climate website to support climate impact webinars. Interns will also connect, communicate and conduct meetings with the team of authors working on the UCCRN Climate Change and Urban Assessment Report, and will manage and track the progress of project activities and adaptation conservation and development projects.
Required skills: Students need attention to detail, effective communication, strong organizational skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
7. Resilient Coastal Communities Project
department: Sustainable Urban Development Center
Student requirements: Undergraduate/Graduate/PhD
Expected task: Interns will work with the New York City Environmental Justice Coalition to explore how to make coastal resiliency planning more equitable and inclusive. Interns will support collaboration with students and educators from underrepresented communities who will join the program over the summer as part of NSF’s “Connecting Climate and Community.” Interns will help organize the fall lecture series over the summer (i.e. advising people to invite, get confirmation, etc.).
Required skills: Students must possess excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as an interest/knowledge of coastal resilience, planning, and environmental justice. Extra points for Spanish.
