URBAN Internship Partners

Interested in learning more about URBAN and the possibility of partnering with an URBAN Trainee on a relevant project?

URBAN Trainees are graduate students (doctoral and master’s) across departments at Boston University who are united in a passion for addressing urban environmental challenges. Some Trainees come to this work with a public health lens, others with an environmental science perspective, and still others with an economic or data science background. They bring a variety of skills and experiences that can benefit partner organizations.

We are looking for partners who would benefit from the additional support provided by an URBAN Trainee on a specific project focused on an urban sustainability issue that has direct or indirect implications for policy or practice. URBAN collaborates with local and state government agencies, non-profit community organizations, and the private-sector. URBAN Internship Projects are a minimum of 80 hours and should be defined by key deliverables that the Trainee can focus their efforts on. They can be part-time, full-time, in-person, remote, or hybrid. We work with partner organizations and Trainees to define the scope, products, and expectations of each internship project individually. To read about past projects Trainees have contributed to, expand each section (Air, Water, Climate, Greenspace) on the Internship Impacts page of our website.

If you are interested in connecting with the URBAN Program Manager to discuss internship possibilities with your organization, please complete the form below.

Internship Project Inquiry

Contact Person Name
Contact Person Email
Organization Name
Type of Organization (and website, if applicable)
Government, non-profit, private company, consultancy, elected official, etc.
If you already have a project in mind, what is the goal of the project? How do you hope to incorporate an URBAN Trainee? If you don't yet have a specific project in mind, please describe the nature of your organization and the types of projects you envision an URBAN Trainee supporting.
Please share any requirements in terms of timing and duration of the project, qualifications of the student, etc.
Do you have capacity to pay an URBAN Trainee for their time?
Optional: If you have a document outlining the project or supplementary materials, feel free to upload here.
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Any other comments or questions?

Due to the nature of the varying departments and levels of graduate education across the university, we appreciate internship partners who can pay Trainees for their time. However in some cases, BU Graduate Students may be restricted in their ability to accept paid positions outside the university. We connect students to both paid and unpaid internship opportunities.