{"id":2814,"date":"2019-05-24T01:37:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T01:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2024-03-26T17:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T00:25:59","slug":"national-park-service-geoscientists-in-the-parks-internship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/national-park-service-geoscientists-in-the-parks-internship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"National Park Service: Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Internship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About the Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Internship Program<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Geoscientists-in-the Parks Internship Program (GIP), developed by the National Park Service (NPS)<br \/>\nGeologic Resources Division in 1996, provides university students and recent graduates 18 \u2013 35 years old with on-the-ground, natural resource, science-based work experience with the NPS. Most GIP internships occur during the summer months, however many fall and winter positions are also available. This program is run in partnership with Stewards Individual Placement Program and The Geological Society of America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Objectives<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022Provide on-the-job natural resource science training for university students and recent graduates 18-35 years old<br \/>\n\u2022Introduce students and recent graduates to science careers in the NPS<br \/>\n\u2022Build natural resource science technical capacity for parks and central offices<br \/>\n\u2022Enhance the public understanding of the natural resource sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of Projects<\/strong><br \/>\nNatural resource research<br \/>\nMapping (geology, plants, animals)<br \/>\nAssessing natural resource hazards<br \/>\nPreparing field guides and park resource overviews<br \/>\nAssisting in natural resource inventories<br \/>\nLeading interpretive talks or programs for park visitors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong><br \/>\nGIP participants have the opportunity to work at a national park and gain valuable work experience. Interns are paid a minimum of $3,600 stipend, travel allowance, provided housing (or a housing allowance) for the duration of the project, are eligible for an AmeriCorps education award, and may be eligible for a special federal hiring authority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><br \/>\nStudents and recent graduates that are United States citizens or permanent legal residents with a background in natural resource sciences are eligible for the program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Now!<\/strong><br \/>\nThe majority of the positions for spring\/summer are advertised in December to mid January, and fall\/winter positions are advertised in May to mid June of each year at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/GSA\/Education_Careers\/Field_Experiences\/sip\/GSA\/fieldexp\/sip\/home.aspx\">Geoscientists-in-the-Parks<\/a><br \/>\nInternship Program<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/go.nps.gov\/gip\">go.nps.gov\/gip<\/a> or contact nps_gip_program@nps.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Internship Program The Geoscientists-in-the Parks Internship Program (GIP), developed by the National Park Service (NPS) Geologic Resources Division in 1996, provides university students and recent graduates 18 \u2013 35 years old with on-the-ground, natural resource, science-based work experience with the NPS. Most GIP internships occur during the summer months, however many fall&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/national-park-service-geoscientists-in-the-parks-internship-program\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3467,3620],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-funding","category-past-student"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 09:49:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17847,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2814\/revisions\/17847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pnwcesu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}