The Virginia Water Resources Research Center offers a number of opportunities in the form of internships, fellowships, and assistantships! Click below to find out more.
Carla Lopez Lloreda received the Walker Graduate Research Fellowship! She studies greenhouse gas dynamics in wetlands.
Jenna Kalgren was an intern for the Virginia Water Center. She worked on a snow melt prediction model.
Joe Buckwalter was a Walker Graduate Research Fellow! He studies Fish and Wildlife Conservation.
Water Center Interns Ross Cooper and Nizhoni Tallas on a trip to Capitol Hill in Washington DC.
Hallie Tucker was an intern with the Water Center. She interviewed people who do environmental justice work.
Katie Mayer received the Walker Research Fellow Award! She studies emerging contaminants in freshwater.
William R. Walker Graduate Fellowship
Graduate students from Virginia Tech are invited each spring to submit applications to the Virginia Water Resources Research Center for the William R. Walker graduate fellowship. Eligible applicants for the fellowship are individuals enrolled in a water resources-related graduate program at Virginia Tech and who did not study water resources as an undergraduate student, or individuals with work experience returning to graduate school
- For more information please see the Walker fellowship page.
Undergraduate Water Scholarships and Research Fellowships
Opportunities are available for undergraduate students enrolled in the Water: Resources, Policy, and Management (WRPM) B.S. program at Virginia Tech.
- For more information, please see the WRPM webpage
Undergraduate Internships at the Center
Each year the Water Center supports a Virginia Tech student (second-semester sophomore or above) for a semester-long, paid internship. The Water Center envisions the internship as an opportunity for a student to experience learning and work activities that will enhance the student’s knowledge about, and skills useful for, a variety of possible water-related careers.
- For more information, please see our internship program page.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) internships
This program provides undergraduate and graduate students with career-enhancing field, laboratory, and research experience through participation in USGS activities as interns. The program is available in selected states. The Water Center facilitates these occasional internship opportunities for students at any Virginia college and university. When there are available internships at Virginia Tech, they will be listed here.
- For general information about the USGS Internship program, please visit the USGS website.
Graduate Research Assistantships
Please contact individual faculty to inquire about assistantship opportunities in their programs.
- For a list of water faculty and research areas, please go to the Virginia Water Faculty listing.
