Please note that the opportunities below are those that have been reported to EPA webmasters. Many offices, both at EPA headquarters and around the nation, may have volunteer opportunities available but not reported to webmasters, as described in the Unpaid Internships - General Information section on the Student Internships page. Check the information below periodically. Opportunities for work in specific offices will be posted as they open up. 

The last item in the bulleted list of internships available is a link to the EPA Order authorizing the hiring of student volunteers.  If it is the only item in the bulleted list, that means that no internships are currently available.

• Authority for EPA Offering Volunteer (Unpaid) Internships: EPA Order 3100.4B -- Volunteer Service Program (PDF)(8 pp, 348 K, May 1980)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Economics Internship Position with EPA's Office of Water, Washington, DC (No Closing Date) (PDF)(2 pp, 119 K, 10/23/2017)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Internship Position with EPA's Office of Water in Washington, D.C. - Building Resilience to Extreme Weather (No Closing Date) (PDF)(2 pp, 77 K, 10/23/2017)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Water Quality Internship Position with EPA's Office of Water, Washington, DC (No Closing Date) (PDF)(2 pp, 78 K, 10/23/2017)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Internship Position with EPA Region 1, Field Assistant for Water Quality Studies, Chelmsford, MA (CLOSING DATE: April 23, 2018) (PDF)(1 pg, 191 K)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Internship Position with EPA Region 1, Wetlands and Water Quality Branch, Boston, MA (CLOSING DATE: April 23, 2018) (PDF)(1 pg, 327 K)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Internship Position with EPA Region 1, Regulatory Enforcement Student Volunteer Internship, Boston, MA (CLOSING DATE: April 23, 2018) (PDF)(1 pg, 190 K)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Internship Position with EPA Region 1, ORA Administrative, Boston, MA (CLOSING DATE: April 23, 2018) (PDF)(1 pg, 188 K)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Internship Positions with EPA’s Office of Science and Technology, Washington, DC (Closing Date 4/27/2018) (PDF)(3 pp, 45 K, 4/4/2018)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Positions for Summer 2018 in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Washington, D.C., CLOSING DATE: April 30, 2018 (PDF)(15 pp, 239 K)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Positions for Summer 2018 in the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Arlington, VA, D.C., CLOSING DATE: May 4, 2018 (PDF)(24 pp, 248 K)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Internships; Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI), EDISON, NJ; ARLINGTON, VA.; (CLOSING DATE 5/11/2018) (PDF)(3 pp, 136 K)
• Volunteer/Unpaid Internship Positions with EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Washington, DC (Closing Date 5/31/2018) (PDF)(2 pp, 64 K, 4/4/2018)