Internships present excellent opportunities to gain experience in your field, oftentimes to earn money, and receive credits. The Guidelines for Internships in Anthropology outline the procedures for obtaining the necessary approval for your proposed internship. You and your prospective employer, or sponsor, are responsible for making all appropriate arrangements pertaining to your internship, including location, duration, supervision, evaluation criteria, etc.

Volunteer and Paid Internship Opportunities:

Action Without Borders
A network of nonprofit and community organizations around the world established to bring together volunteers and opportunities to serve in humanitarian and environmental projects.

AIA Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities
The Archaeological Institute of America online Guide to Fieldwork Opportunities allows you to search for volunteer, field school, and staff positions at sites around the world.

American Museum of Natural History Anthropology Internship Program
This program offers internships for undergraduate and graduate students to work on projects relating to the collections or to the ongoing research interests of the curatorial staff in the museum or in the field.

AmericaView Summer Intern Program
The AmericaView Summer intern program, conducted in collaboration with USGS Survey Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) and South Dakota State University, is designed to help graduate and advanced undergraduate students learn how to apply satellite remote sensing imagery and related geospatial technologies to applied research.  Details may be obtained from the AmericaView website or from americaview.usgs.gov.  Application deadline is 1 March.

AmeriCorps National Service Program
A public organization designed to meet local needs through a wide array of service opportunities, including projects in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other critical areas.

Amerind Foundation Program
A private, nonprofit anthropological and archaeological museum and research center in southeastern Arizona dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Native American cultures and their histories. Paid internships are sometimes available.

Archaeological Volunteer Opportunities
A network site for researching volunteer fieldwork opportunities, as well as posting your qualifications.

Archaeology Digs
About.com's listing of current digs around the world, including both field schools and projects accepting volunteers.

Archaeo-Volunteers
A guide to archaeological and heritage volunteer positions around the world.

Ball State Career Center Cardinal Viewjobs
A list of internship and cooperative education vacancies for students.

Carter Center
A nonprofit, nonpartisan public-policy institute in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. The center is dedicated to fighting disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression worldwide through collaborative initiatives in the areas of democratization and development, global health, and urban revitalization.

Center for American Archeology
The Center for America Archeology in Kampsville, Illinois, usually offers two "Women in Archeology" internships each summer.  These are open to women juniors, seniors, and graduate students aged 21 and over with a valid driver's licens and experience in archaeology.  A stipend is provided for room & board.  For further information, check "Opportunities" on their web site.  Applications are due in February.

Community Career Center   
An online gathering place where not-for-profit employers and management personnel can meet one another to network.

Dayton Society of Natural History
Internships at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery are designed to provide students with practical experience in a science and natural history museum.  Interns may work in a variety of settings and learn about the overall structure and daily operations of the Museum, earning academic credit and gaining hands-on experience along the way.  They also offer summer positions for college and graduate students interested in Midwestern prehistory.  Emphasis for these is on the excavation of Fort Ancient culture site in Dayton, Ohio, dating to approximately A.D. 1200.

Essential Information
A national directory of nonprofit organizations that promote social change.

Field Museum
The Field Museum in Chicago offers undergraduate internships and graduate fellowships in support of research on their collections.

Global Volunteers
A private, nonprofit corporation that sponsors volunteer participation in international human and economic development projects in the form of "service learning" travel programs.

Historical Archaeology Internships at Mount Vernon  
A 10-week program for advanced undergraduate and graduate students with field experience and a four-month program for recent graduates seeking additional fieldwork in historical archaeology and interpretation.

Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology Internships
Unpaid internships are offered throughout the year for undergraduates and recent graduates.  Interns have the opportunity to gain practical experience and exposure to work in the State Archaeologist's office including, for example, work with archaeological site forms and other records, archaeological data entry, mapping, work with collections (cleaning, cataloguing, etc.), limited fieldworkd, and assisting with Indiana Archaeology Month planning and/or activities.  To apply, please contact Dr. Rick Jones, Indiana State Archaeologist, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, 402 W. Washington Street - Room W274, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739; 317/232-1646; rjones@dnr.IN.gov.

Indiana State Government
From this page, search of "internships."  These internships provide students with the opportunity to work within Indiana state agencies and meet with a variety of elected officials, agency directors, and others.  For example, openings are sometimes available within the Indiana Department of Transportation for students with majors in anthropology, archaeology, architecture, geography, historic preservation, history, museum studies, and the like.  These IDOT internships pay $11.12 per hour for a 37.5-hour workweek.  The Governor's Public Service Summer Internship Program website is only active during the application period.

InterAction
A collection of key resources for people seeking paid or volunteer positions with international relief and development agencies in the United States and abroad.

Media Education Foundation
MEF offers internships for undergraduate and graduate students each term, including the summer.  Interns at MEF will gain experience in media education, production, and activism.  Since MEF is both a production and distribution organization, interns will gain experience in both the production and operations departments.  The internships carry credit but no stipend.  Women and people of color are strongly urged to apply.

Midwest Archaeological Internships
The Midwest Archaeological Conference provides listings of archaeological internships (and employment opportunities) in the region.

Minnestrista Cultural Center
The Minnestrista Cultural Center in Muncie offers internships in such areas as collections management, exhibit design, special projects, and public education.

National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
The NAPA "Students" page provides links to internships in applied anthropology.

National Center for Preservation Technology & Training
Ten-week summer Internships are available for undergraduate and graduate students in the Archaeology and Collections Programs of the NCPTT, located at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.  Applications are due by 15 March.

National Park Service
This site provides links to positions for archaeological and anthropological volunteer positions with the National Park Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and various other agencies and organization.

Nonprofit Career Network
A "complete, one-stop resource center for nonprofit organizations, individuals seeking job opportunities in a nonprofit organization, and people who want to volunteer to make a difference in this world.".

Points of Light Foundation
A national clearinghouse for connecting volunteers with opportunities to serve and with links to the America's Promise Initiative/President's Summit on Volunteerism.

Rising Star Internships
A listing of internships in a wide variety of fields with organizations in the United States and abroad.

Servenet
A link to volunteer opportunities, nonprofit careers, and networking resources.

Save the Children
A nonprofit organization devoted to child advocacy through nutritional education, economic development, and basic schooling in addition to helping children cope and recover in emergency situations.

Second Harvest
The largest domestic hunger relief organization in the United States, Second Harvest provides food for those who are hungry due to poverty and those affected by natural disaster.

Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution offers a variety of internships and its internship Web site links to internship opportunities at a number of other museums as well.

South Dakota Summer Internships
The state of South Dakota offers summer historic preservation internships.  These involve carrying out surveys, preparing National Register of Historic Places nominations, etc.  The salary is $8.50- $9.45, depending on qualifications.

Student Conservation Association Internships
The leader in national resource conservation—providing service opportunities, outdoor skills, and leadership training to thousands of young men and women each year. Internships are offered by federal and state agencies at parks and monuments throughout the country, including work in archaeology, museums, public interpretation, environmental education, and more.