Explore Ecosystem Services at Solar Energy Facilities on Tribal Lands in the Midwest
Spring and Summer positions are available!
Stantec and Argonne National Laboratory, along with their partners, are seeking to hire an intern to support ongoing research on ecosystem services at solar energy facilities (with an emphasis on soil-related ecosystem services). The project will focus on understanding community interest and/or resistance to the development of solar energy facilities on Tribal Lands in the Midwest.
Semester 2025 Internship – Approximately 15 hrs./week, 15 weeks, starting in February 2025
Summer 2025 Internship - Full time; 10-15 weeks, starting May or June 2025
Key Internship Details:
Main Goal: Develop educational content on ecosystem services utilizing relevant experience in communications and partnership building. The material content will address solar development with and without management for ecosystem services and include information about the potential benefits of and barriers to the implementation of such management practices.
Additional Responsibilities: Provide general support for ongoing research on the environmental aspects and impacts of energy sources, particularly large-scale solar facilities. Some fieldwork may be required.
Preferred Skills: Prior working knowledge of statistics and GIS to help support data analysis (or willingness to learn) is a plus but not required.
How To Apply:
Please email Laura Fox (lfox@anl.gov), Natural Resource Specialist- Environmental Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory, with any questions or to learn more about applying.
MTERA is excited to share this internship opportunity.
Although MTERA is not directly involved in this internship, we encourage YOU to consider applying!