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Arctic International Internships

The Arctic is vast, diverse, and powerful. Travelling to Arctic regions can be a transformative experience, invoking thoughtfulness and cultivating personal growth.

The Institute of Arctic Studies, in parallel to the Dickey Center's international internship program, offers a funded opportunity for students to experience the Arctic. These ventures support either established relationships with Arctic organizations, or students are able to tailor their own experience with an organization that speaks to their interests, skills, and timeframe.

For more information, please direct inquiries to Arctic Program Manager Sanaa Siddiqi.

APPLICATION

To apply for funding if you are a new applicant, complete the Build an International Internship ONLINE APPLICATION by the application deadline. An application is considered incomplete if it does not include all items listed below.

**Please note: Log-in by using your Dartmouth credentials/net id through the link provided above. Please do not create a new sign-in. If you have any issues or questions please contact sanaa.k.siddiqi@dartmouth.edu.  We advise that you submit early and do not wait until the deadline.  The application will close at midnight (11:59 PM) Eastern Standard Time.**

ITEMS TO SUBMIT WITH YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION

You are required to submit a resume/CV and unofficial transcript with your application at the time of submission. These are uploaded directly into the application.

Budget

  • Standard funding available for travel-based internships is $5,500. If expenses are higher than the standard award amount please specify and articulate where additional funds are needed. Consideration will be given on a case-by-case basis. Please provide detail in the budget outline.

Resume or CV

  • Please submit a current resume or CV.

Supervisor Statement

  • Applicants must ask their host organizations to complete the Supervisor Statement, which verifies your offer of internship and includes a description of the work to be completed. This is not required if applying to partnered opportunities. 

Recommendation(s)

Requests for recommendations are made directly through the application link. Please begin your application and use the links provided to invite recommenders to complete an online form

  • One recommendation must come from a Dartmouth faculty member

  • A second recommendation is suggested, but not required. Secondary recommendations can come from previous employers, advisors, staff, or an additional faculty member. 

In addition, if you plan to travel to a country not included on Dartmouth's List of Locations with Lower Risk, you will also need to apply for and be granted a Travel Exception.  For more information on Dartmouth's Travel Safety Policy, Travel Registry, and Exception process, please visit the Global Dartmouth website here. 

For inquiries or expression of interest, please contact Sanaa Siddiqi.

Application Deadlines

This is an internship that is available on a quarterly basis. Deadlines for future internships will be updated here.

Currently, we are accepting applications for Winter Internships.

Applications for Winter projects will be due on WEDNESDAY, October 16, at midnight (11:59).

Requirements

The Arctic International Internship elevates and enriches a facet of your on-campus academic work. The ideal internship should also develop your ability to communicate comfortably with individuals from other cultures and backgrounds, and to understand the processes for addressing Arctic issues that confront nations. If your choice of Arctic internship is international, students should ideally have some familiarity with the language of the country in which they wish to intern.

You may choose to undertake your internship with an organization based domestically or abroad, so long as the proposed work is Arctic focused.

You must be an enrolled Dartmouth College undergraduate on a registered leave term, and must be returning to Dartmouth for at least one term after completing the internship. If you withdraw from the College for any reason (in good standing or not), you will not be eligible for Dickey Center funding during the terms in which you are withdrawn. If you are accepted for a Dickey Center internship in a given term but withdraw from the College during that term, you must contact the Dickey Center immediately. See the College webpage on withdrawals for more information. 

All "Build Your Own" Internships must be 8-10 weeks in length and 35-40 hours per week. The internship must be Arctic-focussed in location and/or scope of work being completed.

If you have already recieved "Build Your Own" International Internship funding, you are not eligable to recieve it again. There are other funding programs at through the Institute of Arctic Studies, and through the Dickey Center, to look into and others across campus as well. Please reach out to sanaa.k.siddiqi@dartmouth.edu if you have any questions about this.

Returning interns agree to participate in workshops or informational sessions related to internships. Following completion of your internship, you are required to submit a 3-5 page report describing not only the kind of work done, but also something about the organizational host, the people with whom you worked, and how the experience was meaningful.