This internship is open to undergraduate students or recent graduates with a genuine interest in coral reefs and marine conservation and is limited to 12 interns at a time. Students will live and work at our facility and gain valuable research and field experience on some of the most well-developed and ecologically diverse reefs in the Caribbean. ​ The Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences was founded in 1989 with the primary objective of preserving the island’s resources through education and research. In almost three decades, RIMS has established itself as a dedicated teaching institution and many student groups visit our facility throughout the year to study tropical marine ecosystems. This field station is ideally located on the northwest coast of Roatan where over thirty mi