Europe
Young Underwater Photographer Internship, Sponsored by Rolex
The European Young Underwater Photographer Internship, sponsored by Rolex, is offered annually to the best underwater
image taken by a photographer under the age of 25 entered in the Antibes International Underwater Film Festival. This award
provides funding that enables a young photographer to gain experience and broaden his or her understanding of underwater
image making. This is achieved by assisting and accompanying professional or accomplished photographers in a project/projects
uniquely suited to the recipient.
2009 Recipient: Keri Wilk, Canada
North America
Divers Alert Network (DAN)
Research Internship
The DAN Research Internship Program provides experiences that motivate young people toward careers in medicine, diving or
dive-related fields. Interns applicants can be students from colleges, universities and medical schools. The program runs
primarily from mid May (training at DAN) through August and starts at DAN headquarters where interns receive an orientation to
dive-related science and research. Part of the DAN Research Internship Program is designed to expand Project Dive Exploration
data collection. Alternatively, interns may be assigned to assist in scientific and medical research at DAN headquarters.
After training, interns are assigned to field or lab studies for two to four months. Interns may work at various dive location,
at research facilities affiliated with DAN or at DAN headquarters in Durham, North Carolina.
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Internship Application (
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Word)
2009 Recipient: Ryan Patrylak, University of Connecticut
The Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
Marine Conservation Internship
Offered in Key Largo, Florida, the Marine Conservation Internship provides an
opportunity to experience the working at a nonprofit environmental organization. REEF
is a grass-root, non-profit organization of recreational divers dedicated to protecting
and preserving the underwater environment. Outside duties include environmental presentations
to local and visiting school, university, dive and public groups; working with other local
marine conservation entities; and opportunities for conducting marine life surveys during
local dives. Office duties include handling memberships, incoming marine life survey data,
answering e-mail and dealing with the public.
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Internship Application (
PDF,
Word)
2009 Recipient: Danielle Calini, University of Connecticut
"Sport Diver" Magazine
Based in Winter Park, Florida, the recipient of this internship will gain valuable experience
in supporting a complete 6-week publishing cycle of Sport Diver magazine, a leading publication
in the scuba diving and travel markets. This is an opportunity to get real world experience in
magazine publishing, including all facets of taking the product from start to finish.
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Internship Application (
PDF,
Word)
Environmental Education Internship
Based in San Marcos, Texas, this internship will provide an interdisciplinary context for education
and research in nature and heritage tourism. Day-to-day operations at Aquarena offer a variety of opportunities
for students interested in the practical aspects of the emerging field of environmental education.
The intern’s responsibilities will be divided among aquatic maintenance, science diving, boat tours with staff and photo
documentation on land and underwater. The intern will be expected to provide his or her own SCUBA equipment
(including full wet suit) as well as a completed SCUBA diving medical form and physical, as this internship
involves long days of physically demanding work underwater in 71 degree water.
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Internship Application (
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Word)
Scientific Diving Internship
The Our World-Underwater Scholarship has collaborated with the American Academy of Underwater Sciences to create a new scientific diving internship. This internship will provide undergraduates with the experience and opportunities necessary for a future in science, diving for research, or scientific diving-related fields. Intern applicants can be students from colleges and universities with an interest in science and diving. The program runs primarily from mid-May through August and will include training at one of several AAUS organizational member sites. This training will give the intern the necessary dive qualifications to allow participation on research projects requiring scientific diving and introduce the intern to careers that utilize scientific diving as a tool. Once trained as an AAUS-recognized diver-in training, interns will participate in underwater field-work at one or more locations and research facilities associated with AAUS. The internship will be supported by funding for travel to/from site, room, board, and other internship-related expenses.
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Internship Application (
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Research Internship
The National Park Service Research Internship will provide a unique opportunity to work with leading archaeologists, underwater photographers, and scientists in the National Park Service and other agencies in the American state and federal government. Specific work projects will be determined based upon interests of the intern as well as the needs of associated projects. The internship will be based in Denver Colorado but it is expected that the intern will travel to projects within the continental United States and potentially overseas as part of this internship. The internship could involve a specific project in a single park or a larger project in multiple parks.
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Internship Application (
PDF,
Word)