Check out some of the students we help fund and work with through our William R. Walker graduate fellowship and internships! These are a few of the ways that the VWRRC helps support interdisciplinary, meaningful water research and projects.
Lily Michaud was the 2019 Water Center Intern. She attended the annual NIWR meeting, wrote about water policy and history in Texas, visited Capitol Hill, and worked in the field in Bland County. Find out more HERE 
As the 2018 Water Center Intern, Saalehah Habeebah published a public information piece for Water Radio, and worked on a publication for the VA extension program. Find out more about the internship program HERE 
Eryn Turney was the 2017 Water Center Intern. Eryn conducted a small-scale study on specific conductance and mosquito larvae and assisted in stream surveying and discharge gaging. Find out more about the internship program and Eryn’s work HERE 
Mary Lofton was the 2018-2019 Walker Award winner. She studies phytoplankton communities in southwest Virginia drinking water reservoirs as a Ph.D. Candidate in Biological Sciences. Read more here 
Jake Diamond was the 2017 Walker Research Fellow. He is a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech studying ecohydrology and the self-organization of wetlands by investigating feedbacks between vegetation and hydrology. Click here to read more 
Sarah Busch (left) and Katie Krueger (right) were the 2018 Student Seed Grant Recipients. Sarah Busch studies pathogen growth in drinking water pipes, and Katie Krueger studies metal fluxes in drinking water reservoirs. Click here to read more
Fellowships
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
Undergraduate internship opportunities at the Water Center are year-round research opportunities typically for junior and senior level undergraduates at Virginia Tech. Each year, the Water Center recruits Virginia Tech undergraduates to assist with projects and participate in sponsored research directed by the center’s staff.
Students are paid hourly wages. The number of students and wage rates depend on the available resources. The Center typically supports one internship per academic year.
- For more information, please see our internship program page or email water@vt.edu or call (540) 231-5624.
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.
