We are looking for candidates with solid research skills (preferably with experience reviewing corporate sustainability reports), an ability to work independently, excellent verbal and written communication skills and familiarity with key environmental and social sustainability issues that influence, and are influenced by, the private sector. Graduate students preferred, but all will be considered.

Do you want to begin a career in academic or policy research? Are you interested in contributing to impactful, balanced research that is aimed at improving environmental, energy and natural resource decisions? A summer research internship with Resources for the Future (RFF) might be right for you. RFF has several openings for our 2020 summer internship program. The RFF summer internship program provides an opportunity for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and early career professionals to prepare for careers that engage in academic and policy-relevant research. Our research internships are paid, 10-12 weeks and located in Washington, DC.

Resources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonprofit research institution in Washington, DC. Our mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement. We work with leading national and global partners—from technologists at NASA to climate scientists at our new European institute—to apply an economic lens to climate change and other global environmental and resource challenges of the 21st century. We’re leaders in our field: RFF was recently named #1 for environmental economics from a field of 8,000 global institutions.

NCGrowth is seeking excellent, highly-motivated graduate students with a wide range of skills and professional experiences – business, law, public policy, environmental sciences, etc – to work on impactful economic development research projects in rural NC.

Analysts have the opportunity to work with NCGrowth staff, university faculty, and community and business leaders on projects such as:

Assisting a rural county with the development of a small business incubator
Tribal business development
Connecting small farmers with institutional buyers
Helping a tortilla manufacturer access new markets

Analysts work on a remote basis with occasional required travel. A typical projects consist of 100-150 hours of work done over the course of the summer or semester, but may extend longer depending on the analyst’s schedule and the project scope. Compensation is $20/hr.

Under the guidance and supervision of staff, Student Fellows will develop revitalization plans for distressed buildings, neighborhoods, or targeted redevelopment sites from work that includes touring
local projects; meeting stakeholders; conducting market research; researching and performing due diligence on projects; developing strategies, plans, pro formas; researching best practices; writing blog
posts and preparing presentations. Fellows may have the opportunity to present findings to local officials, faculty, staff, private developers and other stakeholders. Some in-state travel will be required with possible occasional overnight trips.

NelsonNygaard Consulting Associates seeks a highly organized, independent, and motivated Intern for its Boston office. This is an outstanding opportunity for the right person to become involved in NelsonNygaard’s growing practice, which is focused on multimodal transportation planning for livable communities. NelsonNygaard’s work emphasizes creative, innovative transportation planning and community involvement, often within a wider set of goals such as economic development and reduced dependence on the private automobile.

The position will be responsible for assisting on a range of projects including multimodal plans, transportation demand management (TDM) studies, active transportation plans, street design, Complete Streets policy work, transit-oriented development (TOD) plans, and parking analysis, among others.

NelsonNygaard Consulting Associates seeks a highly organized, independent, and motivated Intern for its Boston office to support the firm’s nationally recognized transit service planning practice. This practice emphasizes creative and innovative bus and rail transit service planning and community involvement, often within a wider set of goals such as economic development and reduced dependence on the private automobile.

The position will be responsible for assisting on a range of projects including comprehensive operational analyses, transit master plans, shuttles for universities and corporate campuses, transit corridors, bus stop improvement plans, high-capacity transit, streetcar studies, and paratransit studies, among others.

We believe in the power of evidence to improve lives and strengthen communities. Public policies work best when they are rooted in facts, and our research sparks solutions in programs and practice. Our analyses and recommendations help expand opportunities for all people, reduce hardship among the most vulnerable, and strengthen the fiscal health and effectiveness of government.

As an intern at the Urban Institute, you’ll work alongside research and policy experts across the organization. Your work will have an impact on real-life, real-time policy issues and discussions.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is currently accepting applications with many teams that make up the Sustainable Streets and Transit Divisions. Internships are available for students with our Planning and Engineering groups including, Transportation Planning, Livable Streets, Curb Management, Capital Finance, Office of Innovation, Transit, Accessible Services, Signals Projects/Street Use, Traffic Routing for Construction, Transit Enginnering and SFGo. Please see the attached flyers providing more information about the type of work each team is responsible for. Regardless of experience level, the SFMTA prides itself on providing professional development to highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals.

Each student is placed with a team and primary supervisor but are exposed to project work from all teams at the SFMTA. Our program also includes weekly field trips and informational seminars to learn more about the individual parts of the SFMTA, the projects and services that the agency is responsible for, and what it’s like to be a part of the City family.

The Transportation Planning Division is seeking up to two (2) motivated and organized self-starters to fill the role of Transportation Planning Assistant. This position is responsible for working with Town staff on transportation planning projects, multimodal count data analysis, demographics studies, and GIS data management.

The position offers exposure to municipal transportation planning focused on bicycle, pedestrian, and transit access and connectivity.

Successful candidates will receive professional oversight from transportation planning professionals.

The Prince George’s County Planning Department has a wide variety of opportunities that will provide students with a realistic work experience. Selected students will have the opportunity to work with experienced individuals in their respective disciplines. The Prince George’s County Planning Department will be seeking students pursuing degrees or disciplines in the following areas:

•Civil Engineering
•Communications/Public Relations
•Economic/Community Development
•Environmental Planning/Science
•Geography/Geographic Information Systems
•Historic Preservation
•Landscape Architecture
•Public Policy/Administration
•Sociology
•Transportation Planning
•Urban Design/Studies
•Regional and Community Planning