Internships

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We offer internships to qualified applicants at both the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. With this opportunity, interns gain hands-on experience with professionals in the fields of botany, horticulture, education, marketing, and conservation!

Education Department Internship – S.E.E.D. Camp Intern

Duration: May 29th – July 26th 2024, 35 hours per week
Stipend: $3000
Location: Fully onsite at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Application Deadline: April 8th, 2024
This internship will emphasize the implementation of educational programing for the FWBG summer camp program, S.E.E.D. Camp. The intern will work alongside the camp director and lead teachers to assist with camp procedures and activities for children in grades PreK-8th Grade. Interns will prepare a presentation to be shared with staff at the end of the program.
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Research Department:

Ferns of Colombia Undergraduate Research Experience

Duration: August 2024- December 2024 (240 Hours total)
Stipend: $3700
Schedule: Intern will create a regular weekly schedule that fits within 9am-5pm Mon-Fri.
Location: Fully onsite in the Philecology Herbarium and the Sumner Molecular Laboratory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Application Deadline: April 30, 2024
This internship will give students their own research project within the Ferns of Colombia project, funded by the National Science Foundation. Students will be trained in basic herbarium and laboratory techniques to study plant diversity and evolution.
To Apply: Submit your resume or CV and cover letter to ksasan@fwbg.org .
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Horticulture Department:

Curating, Vouchering, and Inventorying Living Collections

Duration: 20-May-2024 to 20-August-2024
Stipend: $3000
Schedule: Intern will create a regular weekly schedule that fits within 9am-5pm Mon-Fri and contribute a minimum of 180 project hours.
Location: Onsite at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
Application Deadline: 10-May-2024
Overview: Learn the basics of professional curation of living plant collections. Ideal for current or former students in Horticulture, Biology, Ecology, or related field
To Apply: Submit CV and cover letter to Director of Living Collections Seth Hamby at shamby@fwbg.org.
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Horticulture Department:

Begonia Species Bank (BSB) Scientific Photography

Duration: 20-May-2024 to 20-August-2024
Stipend: $3000
Schedule: Intern will create a regular weekly schedule that fits within 9am-5pm Mon-Fri and contribute a minimum of 180 project hours.
Location: Onsite at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
Application Deadline: 10-May-2024
Overview: Initiate and standardize the process of systematically photographing the Begonia Species Bank collection. Ideal for current or former students in Photography, Horticulture, Biology, Ecology, or related field.
To Apply: Submit CV and cover letter to Director of Living Collections Seth Hamby at shamby@fwbg.org.
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Research Department:

Conservation & Collections Internship

Duration: 31-May-2024 to 19-July-2024
Stipend: $3000
Schedule: Intern will create a regular weekly schedule that fits within 7am-5pm Mon-Fri. Approx. ~24 hr per week, ~200 hr total.
Location: Onsite in the Philecology Herbarium and the BRIT Seed Lab and in the field in the DFW Metroplex.
Application Deadline: Friday 03-May-2024
Overview: Provide field work experience and experience working with natural history collections for plant conservation purposes. We strongly encourage applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums, natural history collections, and/or field biology.
To Apply: Click button below to fill out the form and upload resume/CV.
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