Internships Supported by the Marshall Weinberg Fellowship Program

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About the Program

The Marshall Weinberg Fellowship Program is designed for SNRE students interested in a professional development internship. Weinberg internship funding can be used to support internships that take place in the US and internationally. Students must be in good academic standing to apply. Funding amounts are typically $2,500 per student.

How to Apply

2009 Marshall Weinberg Fellowship Program applications are due Wednesday, March 18, 2009.  We will start accepting applications on Monday, February 2, 2009.  To view what is required to apply, click Apply Now to view the application materials.  

Previous Internships Supported by the Weinberg Program

WWF - Indonesia

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Christopher Theriot interned with the World Wildlife Fund in Indonesia.

National Wildlife Federation

Alexandria Teague interned with the National Wildlife Federation, Great Lakes Office.

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Anna Ruszaj interned with the Alliance for the Great Lakes, spending seven weeks with this advocacy NGO based in Chicago, IL.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Berlin, Germany

Jasmine Jieru Zhang interned with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Berlin, Germany. 

Food System Economic Partnership

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Jennifer Young interned with the Food System Economic Partnership.

Institute for Fisheries Research

Kensuke Mori interned with the Institute for Fisheries Research.

World Wildlife Fund – Indonesia

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Monique Toubia, a recent graduate of SNRE, participated in a three month long internship with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). 

Quality Behavioral Health, Inc.

Shilpy Singh interned with Quality Behavioral Health, Inc.

Poyang Lake Ecological Environment and Resource Development Program

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Tao Zhang interned with the Poyang Lake Ecological Environment and Resource Development Program.

Huron River Watershed Council

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Elizabeth Nellums organized the volunteer teams for the Bioreserve Assessments. She also spent time in the field conducting assessments herself. She organized the data that was collected.

Sierra Club

Michelle Martinez worked with the Sierra Club Environmental Justice Chapter in Detroit to investigate the cumulative health impacts of industrial pollution on human health. She learned that institutional responses fall short of addressing dire matters that include chronic lung disease, cancers, and other adverse health impacts. While community benefit agreements may help to alleviate some of the burdens caused by constant pollution, it can never balance the cost of entire communities dying from pollution.

USAID, EcoRegional Initiatives + Development Alternatives Inc.

Katie Pethan spent summer 2008 in Madagascar, working on a USAID Eco-Regional Initiatives project concerning invasive species management and the question of the invasiveness of Jatropha curcas in the New Protected Areas (NAPs) of the Ranomafana-Andringitra Corridor. Her home base was in Fianarantsoa, at the DAI / ERI USAID office.