Join Maryland Sea Grant and the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology for our summer 2026 community engaged internship. This intern will engage with scientific research and storytelling about the Baltimore Harbor environment. Using data and expert knowledge from scientists studying this area, and working in collaboration with science communicators, the intern will develop several web-based communications products informing general audiences about this unique environment. The intern will also collect and interpret videographic data from invertebrate community substrates deployed in the Baltimore Harbor as part of an international marine biodiversity project. While working on these projects, the intern will have opportunities to participate in professional development and networking activities. The intern will be based at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology in Baltimore, with occasional visits to Maryland Sea Grant in College Park.

The internship will begin on June 1 and end on August 7. The intern will be based in Baltimore. The internship will be hybrid, with time spent onsite at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, working remotely, and occasionally visiting the Maryland Sea Grant office in College Park, Maryland. The 10-week internship includes a stipend of $6,000.

You must be a current undergraduate from a Maryland or District of Columbia college or university seeking a degree in natural, social, or environmental sciences, environmental policy, or communications/writing fields.

Interested students are required to submit an application through our application portal by Monday, March 30, 2026. From the landing page, or under the ‘Internship’ tab, choose the Community Engaged Internship position and enter or upload the requested information:

  • Applicant Information
  • Personal and Career Goals Statement (up to 500 words that describes what skills and experience you will bring to the internship and how this internship will help you achieve your long-term career goals)
  • Additional short answer questions
  • Resume
  • Transcript (unofficial undergraduate transcripts released to student acceptable, electronic PDF or hard copy)
  • Example of your work