Akamai Workforce Initiative

Delighted to announce the application is now Open for the 2026 Internship Program! Find out all details on the website. Deadline to submit a COMPLETE application is January 23, 2026.

Akamai Workforce Initiative | Building Hawaii's Scientific & Technical Workforce Akamai Workforce Initiative Building Hawai‘i’s scientific and technical workforce since 2001 Led by ISEE at University of California Observatories in partnership with University of Hawai‘i at Hilo The application for the 2026 Akamai Internship Program is open SUPPORT THE AKAMAI WORKFORCE INITI...

Akamai and Maunakea Observatories linking up at the UHM CoE Fall Career Expo, to promote the 2026 Internship Season. Stay tuned for the announcement when the Akamai application is open (soon!)

Big Congrats to the Maui Interns.

Congrats to the Hilo Interns, knocking it out of the park today!
Akamaihawaii.org/akamai-internship-symposia/

Mahalo to all the amazing ʻōpio makua who applied to the Program. Stay tuned for the 2025 Cohort to be announced!

Looking forward to another fantastic year! if you know an eligible undergraduate student from Hawaii, please have them check out: www.akamaihawaii.org/

Ready for 3rd Symposium on Maui!
One more to go in Santa Cruz on Friday.
https://www.akamaihawaii.org/akamai-internship-symposia/

Thank you to everyone making the Akamai PREP week at UH Hilo such a success! we met, we learned, we shared and we are inspired! All 44 interns will be starting their summer projects next week (June 10). Congrats and see you soon!
photo credit: Ian Padgett

Delighted to be announcing the 2024 Akamai Cohort is the biggest one yet! 44 interns will be working on projects on the Big Island and Maui this summer.

Akamai Alums full list | Akamai Workforce Initiative Akamai Alums and Past Projects 202420232022202120192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003 Akamai 2024 Cohort Booklet Acohido, Clark Lane Current University: UH Manoa Major: Astronomy Internship Site: Gemini Observatory, Hilo HI Alip, Joseph Current University: UH Manoa Majo...

The Application for the 2024 Program is now Open! See all details: akamaihawaii.org/interning-page-new/. Deadline to get the application completed is Feb 5, 2024!

Hilo Symposium starting!
Can join on Zoom! https://www.akamaihawaii.org/akamai-2023-symposium/

Huge congrats to the first group of Akamai 2023 interns to give their presentations yesterday! Canada France Hawai'i Telescope Keck Telescopes NELHA Blue Ocean Barns