Fish and Wildlife Sciences Undergraduate Student Resources

Internships

• Internship Guide
• Student Internship Examples

Departmental Internship Opportunities

• Summer Internship with the Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit Recovery Project
• Summer Internship Opportunity with USFWS Mexican Wolf Recovery Project
• Sonoran Pronghorn Summer Internship
• Summer Internships Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) – Clarkston Office
• Undergraduate Summer 2023 IDFG Fishery Internships
• Undergraduate Summer 2023 IDFG Wildlife Internships
• Summer Internship at the UI Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station
• Summer Internship at the UI Moscow Moscow Campus Aquaculture Research Institute

Michael Gratson Field Experience Award in Wildlife

The Michael Gratson Field Experience Award is offered to undergraduate students enrolled in the Wildlife Sciences major (or minor). The award supports students to obtain summer field work experiences that they might not otherwise afford and can be used to supplement an internship or summer employment. The recipient of this award will benefit through wildlife-related, hands-on, professional experience with state or federal agencies or private corporations. Individual awards typically run $1000-4000 and can be used to cover travel to summer internship, food, a salary stipend or other justified requests. See below file for application deadlines and information.

• 2023 Gratson Award

Dudley Reiser Summer Fisheries Experience Fellowship 

The Dudley Reiser Summer Fisheries Experience Fellowship at the University of Idaho is offered to undergraduate students enrolled in the Fisheries Sciences major (or minor.) The recipient of this award will benefit through fisheries-related, hands-on, professional experience with state, federal, tribal agencies or private corporations. Individual awards typically run $1000-$4000 and can be used to cover travel to summer internship, food, a salary stipend or other justified request. See below file for application deadlines and information.

• 2023 Reiser Fellowship

Senior Thesis Guidelines for ECB and CB Majors

• Senior Thesis Guide

Curriculum

• College of Natural Resources curriculum pages
• Fisheries Sciences
  • Conservation Law Enforcement Emphasis
  • Fisheries Science & Management
• Wildlife Sciences
  • Conservation Law Enforcement Emphasis
  • Human-Wildlife Interactions Emphasis
  • Wildlife Science & Management
• Conservation Biology
• Minors, Certificates, and Certification

Research Opportunities

• Adele Berklund Undergraduate Research Scholar Award
• Office of Undergraduate Research Grants Program
• NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program

UI job boards

• Hire A Vandal
• Career Services Job Resources by Major/Industry
• On Campus Jobs
• Off Campus Jobs

Regional Job boards

• Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG)
• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
  • Look under "current openings" tab in the upper left corner of the page.

National Job boards

• AFS Job Board
• Fisheries Conservation Job Board
• Wildlife Conservation Job Board
• Texas A&M Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Job Board
• NOAA Fisheries Office
• National Wildlife Federation Job Board
• Marine Science-related Internship & Job Board
• The Wildlife Society Job Board
• Society for Wetland Scientists
• North American Associations for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
• Society for Conservation Biology