Smithsonian Internships and Fellowships

Looking for fellowship opportunities the Smithsonian? Now accepting applications in the following fields: Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science including an emphasis on the tropics; Anthropology, Earth sciences and paleobiology; Evolutionary & systematic biology; Earth sciences and paleobiology; Evolutionary & systematic biology; Folklife; History of science and technology; History of art; Social and cultural history of the United States https://fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program-sifp

Our planet faces unprecedented and interrelated crises, from climate change and biodiversity loss to our complicated history of social injustice. Join the Smithsonian in taking action against these pressing challenges through two new fellowship programs: the Smithsonian Climate Change Fellowship and Smithsonian Environmental Justice Fellowship.

The application deadline is coming up soon – August 31st, 2022! Learn more about these research opportunities and their eligibility guidelines here: https://fellowships.si.edu/CCEJ

On National Intern Day, the Smithsonian celebrates the 1000+ (and counting) students, rising leaders, future curators and scientists, and career changers who are participating in internships in 2022! Learn more about our internship programs here: https://internships.si.edu/.

Looking for fellowship opportunities ? Applications for the 2022 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program now being accepted. To apply, click on the following link fellowships.si.edu

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Molly Bryson is a former intern at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and a recent graduate of Oberlin College, where she earned a BA in art history and creative writing. During her internship at CFCH, Molly covered a story on a beloved Chicago family diner forced to shut down by the pandemic.

“Today, the pandemic continues to afflict independent businesses across the country, and a pattern is emerging: places like Jeri’s are the first to go.” To read the full article on the the beautiful legacy of Jeri’s Grill, click here: https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/crisis-jeris-grill-legacy-beloved-chicago-diner

Tommy Gartman is an intern at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage who wrote a story for Folklife Magazine covering Jim “McDowell, known to many simply as ‘the Black Potter,’…a ceramicist who specializes in stoneware face jugs, a type of vessel bearing the likeness of the human face. Through his work, [McDowell] honors the origin of these culturally rich vessels and reflects on ‘living while Black’ in America in order to call out the racism and injustice endemic to this country. At seventy-five years old, McDowell says he is busier than ever.”

Tommy Gartman shared that the experience of working on this story has altered his grad school and career choices and hopes to share Jim McDowell’s story to Smithsonian audiences. To read the full article, please click here: https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/facing-history-jim-mcdowell-black-potter

Calling all art history and related majors! The Katzenberger Foundation Art History Internship Program is accepting applications for virtual internships until February 14th.

Applicants must be declared as an art history major, concentration, or related discipline and enrolled in an undergraduate program with academic standing as a junior or senior. You can find more information here:

Katzenberger Foundation Art History Internship | Smithsonian Fellowships and Internships Katzenberger Foundation Art History Internship 2021 Timeline January 13: Application opens February 14: Deadline for applications April 1: Award notification   Internship Dates: 6/1/21-8/10/21 Interns must be available for the entire 10 weeks, 40 hours per week, and capable of carrying out their ...

On Friday October 16, the US-UK Fulbright Commission is holding a webinar and Q&A session to discuss their various partner awards and the opportunity they offer. It is likely that you will hear about the Fulbright-Smithsonian Scholar Award!

If you are interested, please register for the webinar here:

Fulbright Awards webinar - Scholar partner awards | US-UK Fulbright Commission This session will feature a presentation focusing on our various partner awards before moving to a Q&A session for any of your Scholar Awards questions. Partner Awards are those that have ties to professional bodies, charitable organisations or US university partners. These awards can be in a specif...

In a recent blog post, Danielle Verna (SERC Predoctoral Fellow) discusses how the items we depend on in our everyday lives often originate from distant shores, and how the ships that carry them are also known to transport invasive plants and animals.

Click the link below to read the full blog post and learn how exactly organisms are moved with ships and what types of goods drive shipping.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-institution-office-fellowships-and-int/2020/10/06/port-port-ships-carry-more-just-our-cargo/

Photo: The author lowers a net into a topside ballast water tank to sample marine plankton and zooplankton (K. Holzer)

As a postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Dumas Gálvez has been studying ants (Ectatomma ruidum) and whether colonies inhabiting contrasting environments in the neotropics differ in their resistance to certain fungal pathogens. You can read more about Dumas’ process behind collecting and studying ant colonies 50 cm below ground here: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/.../digging-knowledge.../

Photo: Dumas digging up a nest of Ectatomma ruidum. (Jorge Alemán, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)