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.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Student Volunteer Internships for 2020/2021 in the Office of Water, Washington, D.C. (PDF)(2 pp, 160 K)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internships for Summer/Fall/Winter 2020 in the Office of Air and Radiation, Multiple locations (No closing date) (PDF)(1 pg, 133 K)
- Student/Volunteer/Unpaid Internship for Summer/Fall/Winter 2019 in Office of Administrator Smart Sectors Program, Washington, DC (No closing date) (PDF)(1 pg, 88 K, 04-03-19)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8, Indoor Air Quality, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 159 K, 3/9/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8 Air and Radiation Division, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 176 K, 3/9/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship in the EPA Region 8 Brownfields Program, Denver CO (CLOSING DATE 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 127 K, 3/9/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Brownfields to Brighfields Internship, Denver, CO, (CLOSING DATE 04172020) (PDF)(2 pp, 134 K, 3/9/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8 Laboratory, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 93 K, 3/9/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8 Chemical Safety & Environmental Stewardship Branch, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(3 pp, 165 K, 3/9/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, Region 8 Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Division (ECAD), Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 149 K, 3/9/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8, Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Division (ECAD) Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA), Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE 4/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 177 K, 03/09/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8 Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Division (ECAD) Surface Water Discharge, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 146 K, 03/09/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8, RCRA Hazardous & Solid Waste, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 139 K, 03/09/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8, Environmental Justice (EJ), Denver, CO, (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 135 K, 03/09/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8, Superfund Project Management Division, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 100 K, 03/09/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8 Laboratory Services and Applied Sciences Division (LSASD) Technical Assistance Branch/Water Division-Water Quality (Hydro-Geo), Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 153 K, 03/09/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8 Laboratory Services and Applied Sciences Division (LSASD) – Technical Assistance Branch/Water Division-Water Quality, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 176 K, 03/09/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship,EPA Region 8, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)/Laboratory Services and Applied Sciences Division, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 178 K)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8, Underground Injection Control, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 153 K, 03/09/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8 Site Assessment Program, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(1 pg, 88 K, 03/09/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8 Quality Assurance (QA) Branch, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 133 K)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internship, EPA Region 8, Water Division, Safe Drinking Water Branch, Denver, CO (CLOSING DATE: 04/17/2020) (PDF)(2 pp, 137 K, 04/07/2020)
- Volunteer/Unpaid Internships for Spring/Summer 2020 in the Office of Mission Support, Federal Advisory Committee Management, Washington, D.C., CLOSING DATE: March 4, 2020 (PDF)(2 pp, 84 K)
- Authority for EPA Offering Volunteer (Unpaid) Internships: EPA Order 3100.4B -- Volunteer Service Program (PDF)(8 pp, 348 K, May 19, 1980)