The Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) offers two summer internships with our research team; the first is for high school students, between their junior and senior years, to help them gain a hands-on understanding of work and job opportunities within the STEM field. Our second internship is for college undergraduates who are looking to gain ‘real world’ research experience. The application period for an ORCA internship opens on December 1st and closes February 1st. If selected for an interview, interviews will take place during the month of February. Applicants will be notified of their application status by March 1st. The internship lasts from the beginning of June to the middle of August (the timeframe can be adjusted to meet the intern’s schedule, bu