External Opportunities
A continuously updated list of external research funding and green job opportunities geared towards students, faculty, and other members of the Earth Commons network.
Last updated April 10th, 2024
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Various positions are constantly posted.
- Look at USAjobs.gov for updated information.
- Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Corps
- DOE is collecting resumes for candidates interested in becoming part of the Clean Energy Corps via their applicant portal and USAJOBS
- Staff positions are available across the country in a number of disciplines
- Find more info here
- Casey Trees
- This DC-based nonprofit continuously hires for various roles throughout the year.
- They are committed to restoring, enhancing, and protecting the tree canopy of the nation’s capital
- Visit Casey Trees’ jobs page (new window) to find open positions
- Reduction In Motion
- This zero waste and sustainability consulting group is hiring for positions in the DMV area
- Visit their careers page for openings
- Green Corps Organizer Program – The Field School for Environmental Organizing
- This program is accepting 20 college graduates. In the year-long program, participants will first learn through their paid training program before joining campaigns to get hands-on experience. Find more info here
- Directly contact field organizer Kendyl Smith with questions (260-906-6473 or kendyl@greencorps.org)
- The Big Bets Climate Fellowship with the Rockefeller Foundation
- In its inaugural year, The Big Bets Climate Fellowship will empower a diverse and interdisciplinary cohort of emerging leaders working to reverse the climate crisis and accelerate opportunity for the most vulnerable.
- Find more info here
- Reducitarian Fellowship
- Through this one-year fellowship, DC-based undergraduate and graduate students learn to transform our food systems and apply their knowledge through summer internships with one of many exciting and impactful partner organizations. Find more info here.
- Applications due April 15
- Community Building and Engagement Coordinator with The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA)
- The PHA seeks a detail-oriented and motivated Community Building and Engagement Coordinator to support the PHA team in building an activated Planetary Health movement, including youth and PHA members, through community engagement and programming.
- Find more info here
- Graduate Student Fellowships for Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Science with IFER
- These fellowships will support researchers whose proposals show the greatest potential to replace or reduce the use of animals in research, testing, and/or education.
- Apply by April 30th.
- Find more info here.
- State Science Policy Fellowship with Maryland Sea Grant
- This unique opportunity will place fellows in coastal sustainability, coastal management, and environmental policy positions within Maryland through partnerships with state agencies and University of Maryland leadership to provide science expertise to develop policy.
- Apply by May 20th.
- Find more info here
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Natural Resources Technician I
- In this seasonal role, among other duties, candidates will help with the collection of water quality, biological, and habitat data in both tidal and non-tidal rivers of Maryland, the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland’s Coastal Bays and Deep Creek Lake. Find more info here.
- Natural Resource Specialist II
- In this role, candidates will perform professional management of watershed monitoring programs pertaining to NPDES MS4 and TMDL required monitoring through fieldwork, investigations, data analysis and report preparation. Find more info here.
- Natural Resources Technician I
- Communications Fellow at City Blossoms
- The Communications Fellowship has a storytelling focus and will amplify the organization’s programs and impact. Areas of focus include community and youth engagement, outdoor garden education, and/or environmental and food justice.
- Rolling applications will be reviewed until April 17.
- Find more info here.
Green Internships
Climate Defiance is hiring paid campus fellows to organize against fossil fuel extraction. They are a new, youth-led group focused on using peaceful, direct action to call on Biden to stop fossil fuel leasing on federal lands. This fellowship begins immediately and involves 10 hours per week of work. The hours are flexible, and pay is $17 an hour. Apply >>
The ORISE Research Participation Programs at the EPA are educational and training programs designed to provide college students, recent graduates, and university faculty opportunities to participate in project-specific EPA research and developmental activities. Discover open opportunities here
FoodPrints Classroom Assistant (Spring 2024): FRESHFARM is looking for interns to assist with the FoodPrints program. Interns will work directly with the school’s Lead FoodPrints teacher(s) for preschool through 5th-grade classes at one or more public elementary schools in Washington, DC during the 2024 Spring Semester. Find more information here.
Appalachian Conservation Corps is hiring for over 20 internships at National Parks and Battlefields in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. These positions include work on plant and resource management, science communication, and preservation roles. Find more info here.
Maryland Sea Grant’s Science Management and Policy Internship: This one to two-year internship will offer experience working with an environmental-focused university organization dedicated to research, education, and outreach. This position will provide fundamental training for fresh graduates to transition to graduate school or the private, non-profit, or governmental sectors. Apply by April 26th. Find more info here.
Nature Camp Counselors for Potomac Overlook Regional Park’s Camp Overlook: Camp Overlook is a highly successful and immersive summer camp that gets kids out into a 68-acre park. Camp counselors help prepare innovative and nature-filled lesson plans for campers and also get to work with the animals housed at the nature center. Find more info here.
DOE Office of Science internships: Applications are currently open for 2 undergraduate internship programs: the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program and the Community College Internships (CCI) program. Interns work directly with national laboratory scientists and engineers on research or technology projects that support the DOE mission. The application deadline is May 22, 2024. Find more info here.
Maryland Sea Grant’s Community Engaged Internship Program: This program seeks to broaden participation in marine and coastal professions by providing training and mentorship to the next generation of scientists, decision-makers, and community members. The program will do so by recruiting, retaining, and engaging diverse students in place-based research, extension, education, and/or communication that respects and integrates local ways of knowing. Apply by April 15th. Find more info here.
Work With Us
Looking for internal opportunities at the Earth Commons? Work with us on the development and implementation of a variety of environment and sustainability initiatives as well as research and teaching. Check out job openings on our “Work with Us” page.