Science and Environmental Science Overview
Complete a Science, Research or Environmental Internship in Australia or New Zealand
Location: Any City in Australia or New Zealand
The rich diversity of the flora and fauna, topography, and ecosystems in Australia and New Zealand make both of these countries fascinating destinations for science related internships. Science and environmental internships are available in several locations in both Australia and New Zealand. These placements give students the opportunity to work with leading researchers and scientists in a wide array of topics. Past interns found themselves doing research in the areas of zoology, marine biology and ecology, environmental economics, conservation, genetics, medicine, natural resource management, and agricultural management. Placements can be found with government agencies, parks and recreation areas, non-profit organizations, research centers, and private companies.
Please see the current available placements in the navigation items on the left of this page. However, if none of those placements fit what you are looking for, just let us know and we will find one that does. During the application, you will write a cover letter that includes your goals and interests for your internship. Your AustraLearn Internship Coordinator will then work with you to match up your learning goals and interests with the best available internship placement.
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Sustainablility
Sustainability Internship with National Walking Advocate
Location: Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
This organization is New Zealand’s national network of walking advocates, established in 1998, and incorporated in 2002. The organization works to advocate for, and to develop walking-friendly communities throughout New Zealand, and to promote the social, environmental and economic benefits of walking as a means of transport and recreation. The organization exists because the needs and aspirations of pedestrians and walkers are not yet being met adequately. Walking is too often overlooked, and not consistently or fully integrated into decision-making in transport, urban design and community development planning.
The intern will help run projects including developing walking maps and carrying out city street reviews; writing submissions for regional, central and local government proposals, plans, and policy; and helping prepare for a national conference.
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Cattle Ranch Management
Livestock Management Internship with Western Australian Cattle Ranch
Location: Kununurra, Australia
The cattle station is roughly 2 million acres in size and 45,000 head of cattle. The large stock is mustered with horse and helicopters. The primary business of this ranch is in the export of live cattle to Indonesia. This station is operated by a staff of 20 employees.
An internship with this organization provides an opportunity to be involved in the day to day operations of a stock camp. Job tasks will include mustering stock, drafting cattle in yards, weaning, weighing, tale stock, and other duties in maintaining the station such as fencing.
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Pharmaceutical Research
Pharmaceutical Research Internship with Environmental Biotechnology Company
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
This internship is with a privately owned biotechnology company set up to extract and purify nutraceutical and pharmaceutical ingredients from the sea. They abide by the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries' guidelines to ensure that all marine harvesting is carried out in a sustainable way with minimal impact on the unique aquatic ecosystem. Through both contract agreements and internal development work, they have now extended its raw material base to include both land based animals and plant material.
Your internship will include a great deal of research into natural biological extract products to look at product composition and then to optimize processes in production for maximizing efficiency. You will research into molecular weight distribution of the peptide extracts and the analysis of these fractions. You will also analyze the residual levels of chemicals in processes for proof of food grade end product.
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Winemaking/Vineyard Management
Agricultural Internship with World Renowned Vineyard
Location: Waiheke, New Zealand
This internship is with a world-renowned Cabernet-blend winegrower, located on the beautiful island of Waiheke, near Auckland, New Zealand. They are dedicated to producing the finest Cabernet blends in the world (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot), combining traditional winemaking with meticulous organic viticulture.
The intern will work closely with the vineyard manager & winemaker to learn about the optimum time to harvest the fruit. The intern will also be involved in the winemaking process including the initial processing of the fruit, tank plunging, some testing, etc. Other tasks will include conducting wine tastings and vineyard tours and facilitating general sales.
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Conservation Center
Wetland Conservation and Rehabilitation Internship
Location: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
This organization is located approximately 20 minutes by bus/train from downtown Newcastle. It is the lower Hunter Valley's first successful wetland rehabilitation project, paving the way for three other significant wetland projects in the ensuing years. This center is modeled on and assisted by the famous Slimbridge in the UK , and is Australia's only dedicated wetland center of it kind managed by a community organization. The complex supports a range of significant natural, social, and economic values within the 45 hectare site. These values include coastal freshwater lagoons and marshes and non-tidal freshwater forested wetlands, which provide important habitat for a diverse range of animals throughout all seasons including water birds, frogs, invertebrates and fish. Water-loving plants include sedges, rushes and various tree species such as Swamp Mahogany.
The center will place the interns in a variety of field based and laboratory based jobs that may include sampling waters and adjacent streams, tracking wildlife such as birds or frogs or looking for toxic algae that could affect wildlife, domestic stock or human health.
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Marine Biology - Auckland
Marine Biology Research Internship with Earth and Oceanic Science Center
Location: Auckland, North Ilsand, New Zealand
This internship is with a research centre that focus on Earth and Oceanic sciences. Interns will assist professors and graduate students in the area of marine biology.
Interns will gain experience in:
- Small vessel use in Manukau and Waitemata Harbors for the collection of biological samples by way of core and grab sample devices;
- SCUBA and snorkeling, pending appropriate dive certification; sample processing and sorting to assist post-grad researchers; fauna and floral inventory in series of inter tidal surveys extending from Tauranga to Whangarei;
- Assistance with cephalod aquaculture, including field collection of food, culture maintenance, developmental and behavioral studies; illustration for the purpose of invertebrate guide preparation; and
- Assisting post grad students in the months leading towards completion of their studies.
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Marine Biology - Whale SharksWhale Shark Research in Western Australia
Location: Crawley, Western Australia
This internship is with a tropical marine science institute consistently ranked among the top one per cent of specialist research institutions internationally and is known for its unique capacity to investigate topics from broad-scale ecology to microbiology. They are committed to the protection and sustainable use of Australia's marine resources. Its research programs support the management of tropical marine environments around the world, with a primary focus on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, the pristine Ningaloo Marine Park in Western Australia and northwest Australia.
During your internship, you will aid with a project that uses photo-identification and mark-recapture models to examine the population biology of whale sharks. You will be required to sort, process and match photographs from large libraries provided by ecotourism operators using a computer-aided matching program. You will also help out with field work for PhD student projects that involve the monitoring of shark and stingray populations at Ningaloo Reef WA. Field work will involve travel to Ningaloo Reef, accommodation at a field station, use of small boats, and snorkelling.Chiropractic Research - Perth
Chiropractic Internship at University Research Center
Location: Perth, Australia
This University has over 10,000 students and 1200 staff spread over three campuses in Perth, Western Australia. The Chiropractic program has about 300 undergraduates. The sports science degree nested within the School of Chiropractic commenced in 2008 and has about 50 students in its first enrollment.
The intern will be a Clinical Research Intern. This is an opportunity to gain clinical research experience in the School of Chiropractic and Sports Science. The experience will involve learning about how various types of research on humans is conducted. This includes randomized clinical trials, outcomes studies, and literature reviews. The research within the School is designed around answering research questions that involve human health and suffering. The research is designed to improve the human condition particularly in areas related to the human frame. The Intern will explore and participate in various pieces of research within the School. This may include sitting in on tutorials about research, understanding the plans of research underway and assisting in the conduct of that research.
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Brewery Operations
Intenship with New Zealand Microbrewery
Location: Nelson, New Zealand
This company has been brewing beer for nearly 12 years, and they've become so popular they had to buy more brewing equipment that allows them to brew 20,000 litres of quality brew a week. They have a new kettle, a new mash/lauter tun, another 20 conditioning tanks and 4 fermenters that allow them to brew twice a day.
The internship will offer an overview of brewery operations including filling kegs; keg washing; stock control for 15 beers; tank cleaning; using brewery equipment; a hands on opportunity to brew from blending grains, putting in the mill, boiling, fermentation, and conditioning; and selling and marketing the beer. The beer made is only draught beer and not bottled. They have a team of 5 and the intern will gain exposure to all areas of the brewery. There is a strong possibility of beer journalism and writing for local beer press depending on the intern's skills and enthusiasm.
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Conservation Genetics
Benthic Invertebrate Conservation Research
Location: Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand
For many marine benthic invertebrates, dispersal over large distances is only possible during a pelagic larval phase. For coastal species, larvae are exported from inshore waters and develop over a period of weeks to months before returning to coastal habitats in late larval of early post-larval form. It is through the broadcasting of gametes that sedentary organisms can achieve genetic exchange between geographically separated subpopulations, colonise new or disturbed sites and avoid the genetic pitfalls associated with inbreeding, small population size and asexual reproduction. Little is known about the fate of larvae once they are released into the water column. While it is widely accepted that pre-settlement processes are of primary importance in shaping marine communities, the incorporation of pelagic larval processes into the management of fisheries in general and the marine environment as a whole has often been based on unproven assumptions and hydrodynamic models which may only bear an approximate resemblance to reality. This organization is using population genetics to investigate how populations of benthic marine invertebrates are connected via the transport of their larvae.
As an intern on this project you will be involved in extracting DNA from marine invertebrates and amplifying the DNA for sequencing and fragment analysis. No experience in scientific research is necessary. You will be taught laboratory methodology and how genetic data can be used in ecosystem management. An effort will also be made to have you work in the field. Interns will also learn the value of scientific research for effective natural resource management and contribute towards to more effective management of the New Zealand’s marine environment.
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Environmental Management
Sustainability and Environmental Research Internship
Location: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
This organization is New Zealand’s leading provider of solutions and advice for sustainable development and the management of land-based natural resources. They passionately believe that excellent science and its effective application can contribute significantly to the economic transformation necessary to provide a higher quality of life for New Zealanders, while also ensuring the land environments are protected and respected.
The intern will work on a research project that involves invertebrate ecology. Three shingle beaches categorized as rich in invertebrate biodiversity were intensively sampled using pitfall traps, flight intercept/malaise traps, beating, sweeping, hand collecting etc. Many invertebrates were collected and preserved in Ethanol. All computer and laboratory facilities and training are available for a project requiring the sorting, taxonomic identification, systematic curation of rare and interesting specimens, and Excel-based data entry of these preserved invertebrates. Results of this project will be integral in our increased understanding of the invertebrate biota living in shingle beach habitats. Additional projects involving New Zealand Arthropod Collection based curation, and upskilling in DNA extraction and PCR based molecular work may be available.
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Eco-Tourism
Eco-Tourism Internship on Great Barrier Reef
Location: Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Intern will be working on a 25 meter sailing catamaran conducting daily trips to the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns . The boat has two destinations. The first is on the Outer Barrier Reef, where the activities are scuba diving (intro and certified), snorkeling and glass bottom boat tours. The second destination is Michaelams Cay, a world famous bird sanctuary host to over 20,000 marine birds. This company has one of the few rare permits which allows passengers access to the beach to get close to the birds. The company is locally owned, has represented the state of Queensland in the Australian Tourism Awards for the last four years, and has Advanced Eco-tourism certification. It employs a part-time Harvard educated consultant marine biologist to monitor it's interpretative programs, and encourages high levels of interaction between crew and passengers.
Interns will observe the snorkel and nature briefs to the passengers, guide them in the water, provide bird tours on the sand cay, as well as have an opportunity to produce new material for the boat, assess our interpretative work and assist us in making improvements. Interns will learn what it is like to work on a busy boat, in a large marine park, with tourists from around the world. Additionally, all interns will be exposed to customer service skills, best environmental practice, issues with compliance, and marine park management. The work environment is supportive and interns will have opportunities to scuba dive, snorkel and get involved in the whole tourism experience.
*Interns applying for this position must agree to pay an extra insurance rate AUD $208.73. This insurance is required to enable you to work on the boat (out at sea).
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Environmental Advocacy
Environmental Internship with Australian Advocacy Organization
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The internship placement is with an Australian national, community-based, environmental advocacy organization whose purpose is to protect, promote and restore wilderness and natural processes across Australia for the survival and ongoing evolution of life on Earth. They work through the avenues of public education and empowerment, advocacy and negotiation, and desk and field research. This organization is politically unaligned, but uses democratic processes to maximize wise conservation decisions. They value passion for our purpose, the power of people to make change, organizational independence and integrity, compassion in dealing with our staff and others, and a commitment to success in protecting the environment. This organization also supports indigenous people's land and sea rights, and is committed to proper and detailed consultation with affected indigenous people before and during campaigns to protect wilderness and biological diversity. Employees come from all walks of life, with energy, ideas, skills or just an interest, all of which eminently help out this organization with its aim to protect, promote and preserve wilderness.
Some of the different internship duties include:
- Raising public awareness through running stalls
- Researching
- Presenting slide shows and information at schools
- Writing and distributing information sheets and newsletters
- Lobbying
- Painting and hanging banners
- Street theater
- Answering public inquiries
- Direct action to prevent wilderness destruction
- Administration and general office help
- Organizing fundraising projects; and
- Even dressing up as a koala!
The opportunity to work directly with the environment is minimal.
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Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Advocacy Internship in New Zealand
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
This internship is with an international organization that advocates for environmental protection around the world. Internships can be arranged in a wide variety of areas, including campaigning, media, fundraising, communications, and marketing. Duties may include working on the web site, marketing promotions, market planning, research, and public out reach.
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Environmental Economics
Internship Opportunity Exploring the Economics of Environmental Protection
Location: Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
This internship placement is at an environmental research center. The center works in association with regional primary and secondary industry to achieve environmentally sustainable development that is resilient within the highly seasonal and unpredictable Australian environment and is compatible with the ecology of wet/dry tropical Australia. Central Queensland has the largest river basin on the east coast of Australia and it drains into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. Issues of land management, mainly cattle, mining, agriculture and tourism within the catchment and the environmental impacts in inland, coastal and marine areas, are of prime concern. The social and cultural issues are also complex. The population of many rural towns is declining and some economic development is desirable, but the question is how do we trade-off these benefits with some of the environmental costs. New development may also have an impact on Aboriginal cultural heritage sites in the region. The issues are complex, and there is no simple solution, but economists offer one way of analyzing the situation that can include consideration of environmental, social and economic values.
This is a unique opportunity for an intern to gain an understanding of these complex issues in the Australian context, but also be provided with practical tools that are transferable to a situation in their own country. The intern will be working with a team of economists with skills and expertise in a range of economic areas, including environmental and resource economics, natural resource management, agricultural economics, and regional development. The principal area of research is in non-market valuation mainly to assess the value of environmental goods as well as other social services. The intern will gain a range of experience in data collection methods, such as focus groups, questionnaire surveys, experimental workshops, practical experience in the application of non-market valuation techniques, practical experience in the application of quantitative data analysis techniques (opportunities for more complex analysis are available if desired), a better understanding of the environmental issues in Australia and Queensland in particular. An intern would be directly involved in the collection and analysis of data and information relating to projects available at the time of internship.
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Sustainable Forestry
Sustainable Forestry Internship
Location: Lincoln, North Island, New Zealand
This opportunity is with New Zealand’s leading provider of solutions and advice for sustainable development and the management of land-based natural resources. Their research focuses on six key areas:
- Conserving and restoring our biodiversity and the healthy resilience of natural ecosystems
- Reducing pest, disease and weed impacts in our natural and managed ecosystems
- Understanding, mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change
- Sustaining the long-term health of soils, waterways and landscapes for the continued viability of our rural environments
- Enhancing urban biodiversity and developing low-impact approaches for built environments
- Fostering environmentally sustainable and globally competitive business practices
The intern will be involved with work in two research programmes. The first is focused on researching sustainable indigenous forestry: Designing low-impact silvicultural systems. This programme has two main thrusts: 1) Understanding single-tree, small-group, and coupe system impacts on the structural integrity, carbon dynamics, biodiversity, and nutrient cycling in beech, tawa and podocarp-tawa forests; and 2) Evaluating productivity and economic trade-offs among these systems with known environmental effects. The second programme is on Maintaining Threatened Rare Ecosystems. In this program you will identify rare ecosystems nationally, typify their biota and control processes, determine major threats, and develop a framework to ensure effective conservation management. Intern Duties: In the indigenous forestry area, the intern may participate in field work and data collection, process field specimens, conduct literature reviews and digitize data. If time permits, the intern will collate information from a wide range of sources to contribute to web pages on rare ecosystems.
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Environmental Change
Environmental Internship with Community Change Organization
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
This internship is with a community based social change cooperative working on local, regional, national and international issues. They are working towards the creation of an ecologically sustainable and socially just society through community action.
As an intern, you have an opportunity to conduct various research projects and develop policy recommendations regarding your findings. The specific project will depend on your particular job dates and could include the effects on water quality, including sediment load & nutrient load, of the sugar cane industry (and other biofuel feedstocks) and mining (especially the coal industry) in Queensland. (These are potential research projects which may be changed in negotiation between the intern and supervisor.)
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Climate Change Research
Climate Change Research Internship
Location: Lincoln, North Island, New Zealand
This opportunity is with New Zealand’s leading provider of solutions and advice for sustainable development and the management of land-based natural resources. Their research focuses on six key areas:
- Conserving and restoring our biodiversity and the healthy resilience of natural ecosystems
- Reducing pest, disease and weed impacts in our natural and managed ecosystems
- Understanding, mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change
- Sustaining the long-term health of soils, waterways and landscapes for the continued viability of our rural environments
- Enhancing urban biodiversity and developing low-impact approaches for built environments
- Fostering environmentally sustainable and globally competitive business practices
The intern will work with a strategic business unit within the organization which operates an internationally recognized Greenhouse Gas certification scheme for organizations, products, services and events offering optional mitigation strategies thought the provision of creditable and verified offsets. Intern duties will include: Collection, collation and analysis of programme data, such as common emission sources & identify potential reduction potentials, indicative trends and present findings.
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Conservation Internship and Mammal ResearchMammal Research Internship
Location: Lincoln, North Island, New Zealand
This opportunity is with New Zealand’s leading provider of solutions and advice for sustainable development and the management of land-based natural resources. Their research focuses on six key areas:
- Conserving and restoring our biodiversity and the healthy resilience of natural ecosystems
- Reducing pest, disease and weed impacts in our natural and managed ecosystems
- Understanding, mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change
- Sustaining the long-term health of soils, waterways and landscapes for the continued viability of our rural environments
- Enhancing urban biodiversity and developing low-impact approaches for built environments
- Fostering environmentally sustainable and globally competitive business practices
This internship will allow you to provide field assistance for the Pest Control Technologies under the Research Leader and support the acquisition of mammal distribution data for entering into an online system for recording natural history observations. This work and interaction with supervisors and technical staff will provide a background to NZ’s biogeographical history (and consequences of having no native land mammals), the impacts of introduced organisms (especially mammals), and control technologies developed to specifically deal with the unique conservation problems here. There will be opportunities to gather information from around NZ and at the same time see the contrasting conditions – from rain forests to semi-arid inter-montane basins.
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Environmental Management-Marine Ecology
Marine Ecology Internship with Environmental Management Center
Location: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
The internship placement is at a center that has wet and soil laboratories for undertaking analysis of material collected from the adjacent marine environments, identification of marine animals and a laboratory for understanding the impacts of industrial bi-products on the marine plants and animals. The center has two boats and marine sampling gear and the scientific diving team is based here. The Centre will place the interns in a variety of field-based and laboratory-based internships that may include observations of sampling coastal waters and adjacent streams and looking for toxic algae that could affect marine life.
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Ecology, Economics, and Hydrodyanics
Terrestrial and Fresh Water Ecology Internship
Locations: Rockhampton & Mackay, Queensland, Australia
The activities conducted at this center include terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, resource economics and coastal hydrodynamics. Facilities here include an aquatic laboratory for working on freshwater biota and a terrestrial ecology work space where a variety of work is undertaken on plant and animal communities, vegetation mapping and terrestrial invertebrate studies. This organization also hosts a koala research center. It currently has a major study program on koalas on an island near Mackay. Interns may have the opportunity to observe this study program though it would not be the major focus of the internship.
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Forensic Science - Wellington
Forensic Science Research Internship with Public University's School of Psychology
Location: Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
The School of Psychology at this University has 30 academic, teaching, and research staff and is the top ranked psychology department in New Zealand. The clinical psychology program has particular strengths in the area of forensic clinical psychology. The intern will work on gathering and summarising key papers and publications on human rights and forensic practice and related topics. In addition, there would be scope to do undertake admininstrative tasks on a book project on the good lives model of offender rehabilitation.
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Forensic Science - Auckland
Research Internship with Forensic Science Faculty
Location: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
This placement is with the Faculty of Forensic Science at a New Zealand University. This university was established in 1883 and has grown into an international center of learning and academic excellence. The University offers a world-class education to 34,000 students. This placement is within the Forensic Science Department. The intern will be conducting research in various areas of forensic science.
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Forensic Biology - Auckland
Forensic Biology and DNA Research Internship with this Government Research Institution
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
ESR is a Government owned Crown Research Institute that provides operational and scientific research services to the NZ Government and other organizations. The main areas of science covered are forensic science and environmental and public health. The Forensic Business Group has three sites in NZ that provide forensic services, mainly to the NZ Police. The laboratory in Auckland provides one of the analytical arms of the forensic services; forensic biology expertise. The Forensic Biology Group comprises approximately 50 staff that work in the areas of Serious Crime, Volume Crime, the National DNA Databank and Research. The scientists and students (both Masters and PhD) in the research group encompass a wide range of projects, including such projects as cell identification by mRNA profiling and proteomics, plant DNA, degraded DNA studies, persistence and transfer studies of DNA, wildlife DNA, novel analytical techniques, and biological photofitting.
Through this internship, you will:
- Prepare your own solutions and samples required for testing
- Become competent using common histological stains and if time permits a selected specialist stain. This specialist stain has, as yet, not been selected but may be FISH labeling or DAB immunohistochemistry.
- Become a competent user of the Leica laser micro dissector, the LMD6000
- Select target cells from prepared cell smears by LMD cell selection for down-stream analysis
- Undertake DNA profiling of selected cells
- You will need to be familiar with microscopic, DNA extraction and PCR techniques.
Your duties will also include interpreting the DNA profiling results obtained from tested samples. Practical experience with analysis packages such as Genemapper is desirable but not mandatory.
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Marine Biology and Conservation
Marine Biology Internship with Conservation Company
Location: Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
This placement is with a conservation organization set up by researchers to foster research and effective conservation of whales and dolphins in New Zealand. The long-term goal is to enhance the current knowledge of behavioral ecology, distribution and genetic diversity of New Zealand's whales and dolphins and help create informed management decisions. An intern will do field work, research and lab work with Hector's Dolphins, one of the rarest dolphins in the world. This will include taking photos of dolphins, data entry, basic data analysis, producing reports, graphs, and other visual plots of data, literature searches, creation of literature databases, and other lab and office work associated with research.
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Marine Biology - Adelaide
Marine Biology Internship with School of Biological Sciences at Leading Research University
Location: Adelaide, Australia
The School of Biological Sciences is one of three Schools within the Faculty of Science & Engineering at this public university in Adelaide. The school runs extensive programs encompassing both research and teaching in biological sciences, focused into three collaborative clusters: 1) Biodiversity and Ecology; 2) Marine Biology and Aquaculture and 3) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Currently, their community consists of about 30 faculty, 70 PhD students, 25 Masters students, 40 research associates, assistants and technical staff, and 25 visiting and honorary staff.
You will be placed in the university's mollusca research laboratory. Your duties will include 1) field trips to undertake intertidal biodiversity surveys; 2) sorting macro and meiofauna from benthic soft sediment samples; 3) specimen enumeration and identification; 4) data presentation and analysis; 5) assistance with the maintenance of whelk cultures and 6) participation in lab meetings and other laboratory activities.
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Marine Biology Research
Research Internship with Australian Marine Biology Institute
Location: West Beach, South Australia
This research and development institute helps deliver the sustainable growth of South Australian aquaculture industries and protects fisheries' resources and their environments by the application of innovative science. Their core skills include aquaculture nutrition, genetics and propagation, micro-algal production, marine and freshwater ecological research, environmental assessment, oceanography, aquatic biosecurity and fisheries biology, assessment and modeling.
This organization offers a number of different marine biology and ecology internships, including:
- Assisting with a lab-based project to develop a food-web for the Spencer Gulf in South Australia. This will be developed by examining the gut contents of a range of 150 species of fish obtained from trawl surveys to determine the diet of each fish species.
- Fisheries research techniques including aging techniques, trophic analysis, field work, and analysis.
- Researching latitudinal changes in fouling assemblages in South Australia’s gulfs.
- Researching interactions between marine macrophytes and epifauna.
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Plant Ecology
Ecology Conservation Internship with Government Open Space Department
Location: Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
This placement is with the open space department of a city government. The intern will help assist with inventory assessment of key indigenous vegetation types within the city. This will involve ecological assessments, field work and recommendations.
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Regional Planning
Regional Planning and Development Internship with Independent Consultant
Location: Newcastle, Australia
This is an independent consultancy offering contemporary practices in town planning, engineering, traffic management and environmental planning. They provide a range of services to architects, designers, builders, homeowners and businesses, delivered by a team of planners that is PIA certified and skilled in all aspects of strategic and statutory planning.
The intern will will undertake site analysis, planning policy reviews, report writing, environmental assessments, liaison with council and other statutory agencies, and Development Application co-ordination.
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Sustainability
Sustainability Marketing with Networking Organization
Location:Wellington, New Zealand
This internship is with a network for young professionals interested in sustainability. The primary objectives of the network are: educate people about sustainability; develop professionally; increase networking amongst young professionals; and create an environment for people to carry out their own initiatives.
The position offers a great degree of flexibility to carry out work and show leadership. Primary areas of work include: organizing events, increasing membership, linking with partner organizations, developing funding opportunities, and modifying the current website.
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Community Sustainability
Community Sustainability Internship in New Zealand
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
This internship is with a five year old company that assists households with practical services such as home heating and insulation as well as advice and community programs. The intern will assist with Public engagement, research, marketing and communications, household sustainability, and community capacity building. The intern will mainly be involved with assisting the team in participant evaluation and market and product research.
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Shark Research
Shark Research Internship with School of Biological Sciences at Leading Research University
Location: Adelaide, Australia
The School of Biological Sciences is one of three Schools within the Faculty of Science & Engineering at this public university in Adelaide. The school runs extensive programs encompassing both research and teaching in biological sciences, focused into three collaborative clusters: Biodiversity and Ecology; 2) Marine Biology and Aquaculture and 3) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Currently, their community consists of about 30 faculty, 70 PhD students, 25 Masters students, 40 research associates, assistants and technical staff, and 25 visiting and honorary staff.
Your internship will be assisting a shark research project. Your duties would include fish market surveys, collection of Port Jackson eggs and embryos, support project investigating osmoregulation in Port Jackson embryos, vertebrae preparation for age and growth analysis, determining age shark vertebrae, organising and participating in fieldtrips, and participation in lab meetings.
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Custom Date Australia or New Zealand
Design an Internship to Meet Your Specific Needs
Location: Any city in Australia or New Zealand
Custom Date Internship placements are available for students who are unable to participate in one of our PDAC placements for any one of the following reasons:
- You do not meet the minimum GPA or college level requirements.
- You cannot attend the program during the pre-set PDAC dates.
- You need an internship of a duration other than 10 weeks.
AustraLearn Custom Date Internships are available in most every field of study. These one-of-a kind placements can accommodate a variety of start and end dates and program lengths of 6-26 weeks. In the required cover letter, applicants should detail the type of internship that they are seeking and their desired start and end dates. The success rate of these placements is very high, and students marvel at being able to intern with organizations that most closely mirror their desired experience.
In general, it is possible to start an AustraLearn Custom Date Internship at any time; however, applications must be completed at least four months prior to the desired internship start date. AustraLearn will try to match up these dates as closely as possible, but we suggest that the applicants have some flexibility.
Program fees vary with the actual finalized program length. Once you have submitted your completed application with all supporting documentation, including a specific cover letter, and have paid the initial deposit, our overseas staff members in Australia and New Zealand will find an internship placement to meet your needs. Your application MUST be received at least four months prior to your intended start date.
Most aspects of the custom date internship placements are the same as the PDAC placements. For instance, housing, on-site support services, and pre-departure services are similar across both types of programs. However, the custom designed internships do not include a Program Introduction because of the varying start dates for each placement. You will receive a welcome packet and an orientation phone call upon arrival in Australia or New Zealand. Additionally, custom designed internship placements do not carry credit from Chapman University; however, you can often arrange credit with your home university. You will want to speak with advisors at your home university about the processes and assessments they will require.
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Fees| Program Fees | $2265.00 | | Housing | | Without Meals | $2,900.00 |
Fee IncludesPDAC Internships- Internship Fee and Academic Credit Includes: in-country development of internship opportunities, personal placement/match of student with internship opportunity, delivery of the internship by the host site as stated in the position outline, student supervision by host site, PDAC academic consultation with supervision and assessment, 6 credits of upper division academic credit from Chapman University, and all pre-departure services including assistance with visas, airline tickets, orientation, health and safety, and family consultation (as needed). Mandatory On-Site Housing and Student Support Includes: Housing for duration of program (rent only), on-site 3-day group Program Introduction on arrival including airport reception, on-going 24-hour phone student support (as needed), cell phone (minutes purchased at an additional cost), premium ISIC card for travel/other insurance, and international health insurance. Meals will be billed at an extra cost when students are placed into accommodation that has a required or optional meal plan. Housing is arranged by the AustraLearn office and is not negotiable. Students are responsible for international travel, domestic travel to/from workplace sites, meals (where not paid in advance), immigration visa fees, and all personal costs for the period of the program as well as any extra travel while in country. Custom Designed Internships- Placement and Processing Fee - $2,702 Includes: on-site development of customized internship opportunities, personal placement/match of student with internship opportunity, delivery of the internship by the host site as stated in the position outline, student supervision by host site, customization of program dates and lengths, and all pre-departure service including assistance of visas, airline tickets, orientation, health and safety and family consultation (as needed). Mandatory On-Site Housing $1,668 USD for 6 weeks $250 for each additional week beyond 6 Fee SemesterThe fees above are valid for all internship programs commencing in or before October 2010. Fees are subject to change. Dates| All dates are provided by each university and are subject to change. AustraLearn will attempt to provide you with the most up-to-date information as we receive it. Be sure to confirm dates before finalizing any travel plans. | |
| June 1 - August 13, 2010 PDAC Internship - Summer | Application Deadline: February 26, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | June 1, 2010 | | Start Date | June 1, 2010 | | End Date | August 13, 2010 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| June 22 - September 03, 2010 PDAC Internship - Summer | Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | June 22, 2010 | | Start Date | June 22, 2010 | | End Date | September 3, 2010 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| June 22 - August 6, 2010 PDNC Internship - Summer | Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | June 22, 2010 | | Start Date | June 22, 2010 | | End Date | August 6, 2010 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| September 2010 PDAC (September 21 - December 3) - Fall | Application Deadline: June 18, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | September 21, 2010 | | Start Date | September 21, 2010 | | End Date | December 3, 2010 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| January 2011 PDAC (January 24 - April 8, 2011) - Spring | Application Deadline: October 1, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | January 24, 2011 | | Start Date | January 24, 2011 | | End Date | April 8, 2011 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| May 2011 PDAC (May 30 - August 12) - Summer | Application Deadline: February 1, 2011
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| Anticipated Departure | May 30, 2011 | | Start Date | May 30, 2011 | | End Date | August 12, 2011 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| June 2011 PDAC (June 27 - September 9) - Summer | Application Deadline: March 1, 2011
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| Anticipated Departure | June 27, 2011 | | Start Date | June 27, 2011 | | End Date | September 9, 2011 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| June 2011 PDNC (June 27 - August 12) - Summer | Application Deadline: March 1, 2011
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| Anticipated Departure | June 27, 2011 | | Start Date | June 27, 2011 | | End Date | August 12, 2011 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| Custom Date - | Application Deadline: Varies
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| Anticipated Departure | Varies | | Start Date | Varies | | End Date | Varies | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
Entry RequirementsPDAC Internships-
2.5 GPA and must be at least a college Junior (successful completion of two full years of university level education). Must also be between the ages of 18 and 30 at the program start date.
Custom Designed Internships-
Must be between the ages of 18 and 30 and have graduated from high school.
Required GPA: 2.50
AustraLearn Coordinator| Name: | Barbara West | | Title: | Manager, Internship Programs | | Department: | Internships in Australia and New Zealand |
BIO:
Barbara manages the enrollment services and program facilitation of the Internship Program.
Barbara graduated from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana with a BA in German and Geography. She studied for a year abroad in Giessen, Germany and has traveled through out the United States, Europe, Costa Rica, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Hong Kong.
Advice From The Coordinator:
International internships look incredibly impressive on your resume, especially when they’re the type of quality placement that AustraLearn provides. Interns get practical experience in their chosen field and are not subject to the busy work that many employers request when they know they have free labor. The integrity of the program is never compromised and students gain a wealth of cultural and professional knowledge; knowledge that is very marketable when they begin their career. Internships are an excellent option for students looking to get both work and international experience at the same time and at an affordable price. |
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