The NAC’s Student Urban Nature (SUN) internship program engages local high school students using a framework of “science identity” to promote environmental stewardship among New York City’s youth.
With hubs in Forest Park, Queens, and in Staten Island’s Greenbelt, our place-based model connects participants to nearby natural areas to learn more about the importance of healthy forests, wetlands, and trails.
You must be an NYC resident.
You must attend school in Queens or Staten Island, and live no more than one-hour from the program locations located within these boroughs.
You must be enrolled in an NYC high school in the fall of the program year (rising junior or senior).
You will be 16 years old by July 1 of the program year.
You have a strong interest in and positive attitude about science research and nature, caring for NYC’s forests and parks, working outdoors, and growing independently and with a team.
Information sessions occur and applications close.
Interviews take place, offers extended, and virtual professional development sessions with City Parks Foundation begin for two hours a week.
Virtual professional development sessions with City Parks Foundation end.
One-hour asynchronous work happens on Mondays. In-person programming begins at four days a week (Tuesdays - Fridays), 25 hours/week (9:00 am - 4:00 pm).
Applications open for the next summer's cohort.
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Sign Up(this link opens in new window)The Natural Areas Conservancy runs the Student Urban Nature (SUN) high school internship program through July and August of each year. This is a paid urban ecology program for rising junior and seniors in Quee...
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