Application
Applications for the Summer 2018 program are open on 1 December 2017 and close on 1 March, 2018. We anticipate making offers to applicants in mid-March.
In this program students will design their own research projects on natural resource management in close collaboration with faculty mentors from the Humboldt departments of Wildlife, Fisheries, Environmental Science, Chemistry, and Forestry, in some cases also with collaborators from the Wiyot, Yurok, Hoopa, and Karuk Tribes. Students’ projects will be tribally-related by having one or more of the following attributes: conducted on tribal lands and in collaboration with a tribal partner, focused on a culturally relevant species, intended to have substantial application for tribal resource management, and/or incorporating Traditional Ecology Knowledge (TEK).
The strongest applicants will show a sincere interest in this program’s emphases, will be pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in a field of biological or natural resource science, and will demonstrate willingness to work to design, conduct, analyze, and present their research projects.
Working with their mentors, selected student interns will be expected to do the following during the program: (a) work full time (40 hrs/week) for 10 weeks (from 4 June to 10 August 2018), (b) participate in all program workshops and related educational opportunities, (c) deliver periodic oral presentations of their research proposals, progress reports, and final findings, and (d) prepare a written report or poster of their research project. In addition, selected student interns will also be expected to present their research at a regional or naional conference later in the year (travel paid for by the program).