Sustainability Internship Scholarship

 Sustainability Internship Scholarship

Application Opens: Monday, February 10, 2025

Application Closes: Monday, March 3, 2025

 

The Sustainability Internship Scholarship will help offset expenses associated with an unpaid internship.  Scholarship awards ranging from $500-$1,500 are available to help offset expenses.

 

The internship must be related to sustainability or with an organization that aligns with the UN’s organization aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

 

A secured unpaid internship with a nonprofit or government agency that is supervised by a professional in the field.

 

 Scholarship Application can be found here.

 

This scholarship is made possible through a partnership between UMD's Student Government Association, Office of Sustainability and the University Career Center & The President’s Promise.

Student Sustainability Summit

 

Want to learn about sustainability in various fields? Join us at the Student Sustainability Summit 2025! 

Explore sustainability and its relation to different fields such as AI, architecture, business, and more. This is a fully student-led conference created by students from various universities worldwide. It's a free event for everyone from any background, location, and knowledge level.

Date: March 6th & 7th 11am-3pm ET for both days on Zoom Events

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/S32025

Keep an eye out for speaker highlights and updates here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/student-sustainability-summit

We look forward to seeing you there! 

MSRA Spring 2025 Stream Restoration Job Fair & Seminar

 

MSRA Stream Restoration Seminar & Job Fair 

When: Saturday, March 1, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM 

Where: The Animal Sciences/ENST Building at the University of Maryland College Park 

Why is this seminar being held? With the implementation of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL, the stream and ecological restoration industry is hard at work planning, assessing, designing, constructing and monitoring projects to restore our streams and watersheds.  With this increase in work, the need for smart, trained and technically-able college graduates has never been higher across the industry.

Event updates will be forwarded to MSRA members and posted at the following website: https:// www.marylandstreamrestorationassociation.org/

Parking: Parking is available for free in the green numbered lots located here: https://transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps /umd-campus-parking-map 

Parking Options: Regents Drive Parking  Garage and the Paint Branch Visitor’s Lot. See map located  here: https:// transportation.umd.edu/parking/maps /visitor-parking-map 

If you have any questions, please email Matt Drennan at MDrennan@ecotoneinc.com or by phone at 443-624-1263. 

Legal Aid Office Toolkit

I just wanted you to know that our office and the Graduate Legal Aid Office is helping to put together a toolkit of legal resources for students.  We have also increased free immigration consultations for both graduate and undergraduate students, which are confidential (and virtual, so they don't have to come to our offices).  Students can request an appointment here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0eef2a3c38cb4c6298c0e463303ea4ed

Children’s Programs Seasonal Instructor

Position Title: Children’s Programs Seasonal Instructor

Compensation: $22 per hour

Term: June 9–August 9 or 15, 2024 (depending on program)

Work Schedule: Monday–Friday; 25–35 hours/week (depending on program)

Application Deadline: March 14, 2025

Position Description:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Children’s Education programs are world-renowned for teaching

hands-on gardening and plant science to children and teens. The Junior Botanist and Plant Investigator (JBPI) program is for rising 5th through 8th grade students selected from Title I schools in Brooklyn that have partnered with BBG during the school year through our Project Green Reach outreach program. The Garden Apprentice Program (GAP) is a youth

development program for teens in grades 9–12 who are interested in plants, science, and

environmental education. These positions entail a three-week paid training and lesson plan development program, followed by six weeks of fast-paced programming.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with multiple aspects of summer programs, including program prep, facilitation, and cleanup

• Work with team to prepare and deliver lessons that are multidisciplinary and exploratory, with a focus on botanical/environmental science

• Collaborate and work within an inquiry-based, team-teaching model for gardening and cooking activities

• Help maintain garden plots

• Perform other related duties or special projects as directed

Qualifications:

• 2 years’ experience or studies in education, urban agriculture, nutrition, botany, or

environmental or biological sciences

• Experience teaching children, ages 9–13 preferred for the Junior Botanist/Plant Investigator position, ages 13–18 preferred for the Garden Apprentice Program position

• Gardening experience preferred

• Experience and comfort working with students, peers, and supervisors from diverse

backgrounds

• Willingness to work outside in all weather

How to Apply:

Apply through our website: Seasonal GAP Summer Instructor;  

Seasonal Junior Botanist &

Plant Investigator Instructor

 . Applications submitted without a résumé and cover letter will not be considered.

Applicants with disabilities who need assistance with the online system may contact Human Resources at hr@bbg.org. Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. 

Maryland Zoo Internship and Scholar Program

Maryland Zoo Summer 2025 internships and the Mary Wilson Scholar Program are live. All of the information can be found here https://www.marylandzoo.org/about-us/internships/

Roundglass Lunch and Learn

Join the Center for Social Value Creation’s lunch & learn series featuring Sunny Singh. Sunny Singh created the Roundglass Living app to guide users on holistic and science-based practices on nutrition, mental health, sleep, relationships and more, encouraging healthier daily micro habits. RSVP here! Free lunch will be provided for all participants!

Event Date: Tuesday, February 25th

Time: 12:30pm-1:45pm

Room: VMH 2534

Museum Pest Insect Entomology Internship

Hi Everyone,

Here is an interesting National Gallery internship opportunity that combines art and science - a museum entomology internship:

- 9 week summer internship - 360 hour commitment

- a $9,093.60 summer stipend

- Deadline to apply: February 21st 

- See more below...

My name is Darryl Forest, I’m the entomologist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The National Gallery of Art, founded as a gift to the nation, serves as a center of visual art, education, and culture. Our collection of more than 150,000 paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photographs, prints, and drawings spans the history of Western art and showcases some of the triumphs of human creativity.  The gallery is currently looking for an entomology intern from local colleges and universities like University of Maryland to work with the chief entomologist at NGA.  Museum pest entomology is a growing field, and many museums and art galleries are now starting to employ entomologists as part of their art preservation teams. Since museum entomology is a relatively new field, we want to help an individual fully understand the intricacies of working in a museum if they wan to pursue this avenue of museum entomology. Could you pass this along, to any interested students’ undergraduates or graduates, I have enclosed more information on the entomology internship position and a link to the application. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you so much for your time.

NGA internship link: https://www.nga.gov/opportunities/summer-internships.html

First Generation Student Association - First Gen Week Volunteering

Are you interested in volunteering at First Gen Week next fall? Please fill out the committee application by March 1st in order to be of assistance!

JIFSAN Internships

JIFSAN is accepting applications for internships to begin in the summer.

The JIFSAN internship program, a collaboration between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the University of Maryland, has several positions available beginning in the summer of 2025. Positions will continue through the 2025-26 academic year. JIFSAN interns must have completed at least two college semesters and be enrolled as undergraduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park during the time of their internship.

Interns are expected to work 30 hours/week during the summer of 2025 and part time (8-10 hours/week) during the academic year.  These are intended to be hands-on experiences in FDA laboratories, to the extent possible based on FDA policies and protocols relating to conducting work in federal facilities.  Interns are paid  $16/hour.

Current freshmen, sophomores and juniors are encouraged to apply. Students who plan to graduate in December 2025 are generally not eligible.

The application form and more information about the program can be found at https://jifsan.umd.edu/research/internship-program. Complete descriptions of the open positions can be found at https://jifsan.umd.edu/research/internship-database. Applications should be
submitted as a single pdf file to the webform at go.umd.edu/jifsan2025.

Review of applications will begin around March 15. Late applications will receive consideration as long as there are positions that remain unfilled.

Interns are needed for the following projects:

• JIP-444 Salmonella culture optimization from DEUF water samples (PIs: Bell & Grim)
• JIP-445 Evaluation of the effectiveness of post-harvest treatment of enoki mushrooms for reduction of Listeria monocytogenes (PI: Burall)
• JIP-446 Single Lab Validation of a Nitrogen Sustained Microwave Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer for Nutrient Element Analysis of Foods (PI: Carter)
• JIP-447 Development and Validation of Revised Protocols for the Detection of Cronobacter in Powdered Infant Formula, Environmental Samples and Other Infant Foods (PI: Chen)
• JIP-449 Validation of a New Method to Isolate and Detect Cryptosporidium Genotypes from Fresh Produce, Food Contact Surfaces, and Agricultural Water (PI: Durigan)
• JIP-450 Research, develop, and perform IT quality control measures to curate CFSAN regulatory data (PI: Girmay)
• JIP-451 Genomic Characterization of Stress Adaptation in Major Foodborne Pathogens in Food Products and in the Food Processing Environment (PIs: Hoffmann & Zheng))
• JIP-453 Retrospective Analysis of Positive Ames Test Data in Food Contact Notifications to Address Current Data Gaps (PIs: Holt & Markley)
• JIP-460 Identifying trends in the production and use of cosmetics by analyzing industry and consumer inquiries (PI: Petro)
• JIP-462 Standardizing Pathogen Genomic Surveillance Data (PI: Timme)
• JIP-463 Screening of Chemical Residues and Contaminants Food using UHPLC-HRMS and a Compound Database (PI: Wong)
• JIP-464 Advancing LC-MS-based Multi-mycotoxin Analysis for Regulatory Monitoring and Surveillance (PI: Zhang)

Contact Person: Kaci Thompson
Contact Email: kaci@umd.edu
Website URL: https://jifsan.umd.edu/research/internship-program

SMARTS J. Fielding Reed Undergraduate Soil and Plant Sciences Scholarship

 

J. Fielding Reed Undergraduate Soil and Plant Sciences Scholarship Sponsor American Society of Agronomy Deadline Date 25-Mar-2025 Funding 2,000.00 USD Program Information View Details Contact Telephone 608-268-8080 Contact Email awards@sciencesocieties.org Sponsor Website https://www.agronomy.org/ Program URL View Details Deadline Dates (ALL) 25-Mar-2025 Synopsis The J. Fielding Reed Scholarship was established in recognition of Dr. Reed's life-long commitment to advancing the knowledge of agriculture through his work in soil science and natural resources, and his passion for educating students. Funds for the scholarship are made available through the Agronomic Science Foundation and administered by the American Society of Agronomy. The purpose of this scholarship is to honor an outstanding undergraduate senior pursuing a career in soil or plant sciences.

SMARTS Newton International Fellowship Scheme

 

Newton International Fellowship Scheme

Sponsor

Royal Society

Deadline Date

18-Mar-2025

Funding

341,600.00 USD

Program Information

View Details

Contact Telephone

+44 (0)20 7451 2559

Contact Email

info@newtonfellowships.org

Sponsor Website

https://royalsociety.org/grants/application-dates/

Program URL

View Details

Deadline Dates (ALL)

18-Mar-2025

Synopsis

This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

SMARTS Agronomic Education and Extension Award

 

Agronomic Education and Extension Award Sponsor American Society of Agronomy Deadline Date 25-Mar-2025 Funding 2,000.00 USD Program Information View Details Contact Email awards@sciencesocieties.org Sponsor Website https://www.agronomy.org/ Program URL View Details Deadline Dates (ALL) 25-Mar-2025 Synopsis The Agronomic Education and Extension Award recognizes excellence in education and/or extension.

SMARTS Environmental Quality Research Award

 

Environmental Quality Research Award Sponsor American Society of Agronomy Deadline Date 25-Mar-2025 Funding 2,000.00 USD Program Information View Details Contact Email awards@sciencesocieties.org Sponsor Website https://www.agronomy.org Program URL View Details Deadline Dates (ALL) 25-Mar-2025 Synopsis The Environmental Quality Research Award is intended to recognize contributions that have enhanced the basic understanding of environmental sciences in relation to agriculture, or demonstrated sound and effective management practices for maintaining or improving the quality of soil, water, and air resources.

SMARTS Mike Lancaster Sophomore Merit Scholarship

 

Mike Lancaster Sophomore Merit Scholarship Sponsor National Dairy Shrine Deadline Date 15-Apr-2025 Funding 1,500.00 USD Program Information View Details Contact Telephone 920-863-6333 Contact Email info@dairyshrine.org Sponsor Website https://www.dairyshrine.org Program URL View Details Deadline Dates (ALL) 15-Apr-2025 Synopsis The Dairy Shrine Mike Lancaster Sophomore Merit Scholarships are provided to encourage undergraduate sophomore students at a four year college to pursue careers in the dairy industry. One $1500 scholarship will be given. In addition, more $1000 scholarships will be awarded with the total being determined by the number and quality of applications and available funding.