More Impact for More People: Geoscientists-in-the-Parks (GIP) internship program advances park science, promotes stewardship, and launches careers
Remillard J and Gottschalk Druchke C. 2019. More Impact for More People: Geoscientists-in-the-Parks (GIP) internship program advances park science, promotes stewardship, and launches careers
The National Park Service and the Geological Society of America (GSA) partner together to deliver unmatched experiential learning opportunities through the Geoscientists-in-the-Parks (GIP) Program (formerly GeoCorps) since 1997. Through this program, NPS and GSA provide aspiring natural resource scientists and geoscientists with paid short-term internships in public lands, including National Park sites across the country, where the interns contribute to all forms of natural resource monitoring, research, and science communication. Starting in 2016, the NPS partners with Stewards Individual Placement Program (Stewards) to administer the GIP Program. With funding from the National Park Service (NPS), two students GIP internship took them to the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area (GATE).
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Remillard, Jamie; Gottschalk Druchke, Caroline
- Date of Issue
- 2019-03
- Units
- GATE , NCBN
- Keywords
- beaches, coastal communities, coastal geomorphology, dunes, GATE, Gateway National Recreation Area, Geological Society of America, geoscientists-in-the-Parks, GIP intern, GSA, Hurricane Sandy, I&M, Inventory and Monitoring Program, NCBN, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Sandy Hook Cooperative Research Program, Sandy Hook Unit, shoreline, SHU, Stewards, Stewards Individual Placement Program