Find Opportunities in Science, Engineering & Sustainability
Use these job boards to find internships, entry-level positions, REUs, post-baccs, pre-docs, etc. to apply to. For help with preparing an application, use the example resume as a model and/or schedule an appointment with Sasha Grigorovich on Handshake.
All sciences:
- Zintellect: internships, fellowships, and research opportunities funded by government and private sector organizations (filter by Academic Levels = post-bachelor’s, undergraduate students)
- Pathways to Science: search for post-baccalaureate science positions, summer research, and more (can filter by citizenship status)
- NIH Postbaccalaureate IRTA: spend one or two years performing full-time research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) before applying to graduate or professional school
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory: summer research, post-bac research positions, and research opportunities during the academic year
- Jobs at the Department of Energy National Labs: follow links to either Jobs or Internships at each lab
- STEMUndergrads.science.gov: US federal government opportunities in science
- naturecareers: lots of research technician jobs in many areas of basic science (filter by undergraduate)
- Association of Science and Technology Centers: public engagement in science and informal STEM education
Climate & ecology:
- EcoJobs: the definitive resource for environmental jobs. To log in:
- Click “Login” at top
- Click “Subscriber Login”
- username = grinnell-cls
- password = Meaning&Purpose
- Job boards for climate solutions:
- ClimateTechList: job openings at hundreds of high-impact climate tech companies
- The Green Jobs Board
- Work On Climate
- Climatebase
- Job boards for conservation & ecology:
- Conservation Corps: opportunities in environmental stewardship in Iowa & Minnesota
- Conservation Job Board
- Texas A&M Wildlife & Natural Resources job board: internships, seasonal positions, volunteer openings, and post-grad jobs in wildlife & conservation ecology
- Association of Zoos & Aquariums: opportunities in animal care and science education (includes internships)
- Internships at the Smithsonian: units of particular interest to scientists = Tropical Research Institute, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoo
- Climate Justice organizations
Physics & engineering:
- NASA’s internship programs
- NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: look for opportunities labeled “undergraduate”
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) jobs
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL):
- Mathematical Association of America job search: filter by “Highest Education Completed”