Public outreach is accomplished though the Mote Marine Aquarium, an educational museum providing marine programs for all ages. Mote Marine Laboratory provides unpaid internships throughout the year for currently enrolled college students and recent graduates. Internships are available in all research areas of the laboratory, as well as such support areas as the aquarium, communications and education. Students gain valuable hands-on experience with field and laboratory work, including sample collecting and analysis. The students also have the opportunity to develop skills in scientific literature review, project development, data processing, analysis and report writing.
Specific duties vary with each program.
A limited number of scholarships are available. Students must have completed one year of college, although internships are best suited for college jumiors and seniors. A minimum 2.5 GPA is required. Please note that we receive far more applications than the number of internships available, especially for summer positions, so these limited openings are competitive. Because we receive so many requets for summer internships it is best to apply before February 1 for these positions.