Events

Spring Opportunities

Applications are open for Startup Yale 2025 | Startup Yale 2025 is officially accepting applications for this year’s pitch competition, offering over $230,000 in prizes across eight exciting categories. Showcase your bold ideas, connect with Yale’s dynamic entrepreneurial network, and become part of a decade-long legacy of innovation.

2025 LEAP Student Grant Program Call for Applications | The Law, Environment & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School invites applications for its student grant program. Applicants may work individually or in teams. The grant program supports student-led research and creative projects that advance understanding of, draw attention to, and/or develop strategies to address the urgent threats facing non-human animals. All current Yale students can submit proposals for term time and summer projects. For details on how to apply, see the LEAP website. Funding awards can range from $250 to $2,000. The deadline for submitting a proposal is Friday, March 28, 2025 at 12 pm ET. Decisions will be made by mid-April 2025. Projects should be completed by December 1, 2025, though this deadline is flexible for longer-term projects. More information can be found on LEAP’s website. Contact LEAP Postgraduate Fellow Laurie Sellars (laurie.sellars@yale.edu) with questions.

Public Humanities Grant Program | Offers small grants of $250–3,000 for public humanities projects broadly related to the environment. Read news items about some past grant projects here. Apply via the application webform by Friday, February 7th @ 1:00pm. Decisions will be announced by the end of February. Visit their website for more details.

Summer Opportunities

Check out the Summer 2025 tab on the EVST website for Yale Summer Internships and Fellowships, listed below:

2025 YPCCC/Pulitzer Center Fellowship for Climate Reporting | Apply by February 2nd
*NEW* URI Community Forestry Internship Summer 2025 | Apply by February 3rd
Yale Center on Climate Change and Health (YCCCH) Summer Internships | Apply by February 7
Yale Sustainable Food Program's Lazarus Summer Internship | Apply by February 14th
*NEW* Ingalls Field Ecology Program at the Yale Forests | Apply by February 18th
Planetary Solutions in Clean Energy | Apply by February 20th
Yale-Myers Forest Summer Camp Cook | Apply be February 24th
*NEW* Summer Internships at the Peabody Museum | Apply by February 28th
Student/Recent Grad Summer Field Position at YSE | Available in Colorado Studying Stand Dynamics and Carbon Storage in Aspen Exclosures | Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Yale Sustainable Food Program's Global Food Fellowship | Apply by March 5th
EVST Summer Environmental Fellowships | Apply by March 7th
Tropical Resources Institute (TRI) Fellowship | Apply by March 14th
Western Resources Fellowship at Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative | Apply by March 17th
Ongoing Compilation of Summer Opportunities for BS Program Students

Yale Funding for Environmental Summer Experiences

Other Internship & Fellowship Opportunities

Internships at the Smithsonian Institution | Stipends range from $7000-$7500 (a travel allowance of $3000 available). Environmentally related internships include the Marine Historical Ecology and Zooarchaeology Internship, Natural History Research Experiences (NHRE), Mo'orea Biocode 2.0 Ultra-Barcoded Coral Reef Internship, Ocean Science Writing Internship, REU Summer Internship at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and more! Application dates vary by internship.

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) internship | Offers students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the fields of environmental research and public engagement. Internships are professional learning experiences available to currently enrolled undergraduate students, or students who have recently graduated. Apply by February 15th.

Opportunities in prior newsletters

Carbon Containment Lab Summer Internship | Apply by February 9th
UNH Summer '25 Sustainability Fellowship | Apply here by February 9th
The Sustainable CT Fellowship Program 2025 cohort | Apply by February 10th
Alaska Conservation Foundation’s conservation internships | Apply by February 12th
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's (SERC) Internship Program | Apply by February 15th using the SOLAA web portal
Middlebury School of the Environment Summer Program | Apply by March 1st
Montana Conservation Corps | Apply here
Overland Summers | Apply here by March 31st
Rachel Carson National Environment al Leadership Fellowship | Apply by April 15
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) at BIOS: Collaborative Marine Research | The 2025 program will start on August 25 and end on November 14, apply by May 31st

Seniors

FoodCorps AmeriCorps | Details here.

Lazarus Fellow 2025-27 position | Applications will be received through Yale’s STARS. Find the job posting and apply here by March 2, 5:00 PM EST. Any inquiries on the application process can be sent to jacqueline.munno@yale.edu with “Lazarus Fellowship Application 2025-2027” in the subject line. More information about the fellowship is available upon request. To learn more about this position from our current Lazarus Fellow, contact fafa.vanha@yale.edu.

Request to follow Yale College Environmental Studies on LinkedIn for additional internship and job opportunities!

Resources

Do you have questions about the EVST major? Meet with EVST's BA DUS or BS DUS, reach out to a Peer Mentor or Certificate or Graduate School Liaison, or join Yale Environmental Studies on GroupMe.

Weekly DUS office hours are posted on the EVST website.