When: Sept 1 - Nov 30, 2026 (Give or take a few days)

Where: Moorea, French Polynesia

Pricing: Internship does not cost anything. Accommodation is provided and heavily subsidized; $600 USD per month per intern and includes the cost of a rental car (not fuel). You are responsible for covering price of flights, food and any other purchases in Moorea. 

Qualifications: Previous fieldwork experience, post secondary education (Bachelors, etc.), must be intuitive, outgoing, motivated and have a good attention to detail. You must be a FINstitute Member before applications close on March 15th for your application to be eligible. 

Research responsibilities during your time in Moorea: The role involves evening fieldwork five nights per week, rotating across ten nursery sites around the island so that each site is sampled twice per month. Work focuses on two species – newborn blacktip reef sharks and lemon sharks – and includes ~3 hours of evening sampling plus ~30–40 minutes travel each way.

Application will close March 15, 2026, 11:59 pm PST. Emails will be sent out on March 22, 2026 with confirmation or rejection. 

We are seeking motivated student interns/researchers to join our long-term shark nursery monitoring program on Mo’orea, running continuously since 2013. This program provides hands-on experience in ecological and physiological field research, contributing to an unparalleled 12-year dataset aimed at understanding how baby sharks are coping with climate change stressors in their natural habitats. Interns will gain practical skills in field sampling, data collection, and animal handling, while contributing to real-world conservation physiology.