The Rising Voices, Changing Coasts (RVCC) Hub is a coastal research project that brings together university-trained scientists and Indigenous knowledge-holders to study the interactions between natural, human-built, and social systems in coastal populated environments. Applications for the RVCC Summer Internship program are now being accepted. Priority will be given to those who apply before February 16, 2025.
The RVCC Summer Internship trains participants how to explore climate changes through the multiple lenses of research instructed by Native scholars. It will center Indigenous Knowledges/sciences and compliment Western Science as it explores the many ways to do climate science work. Interns will spend four plus weeks in Lawrence Kansas at Haskell Indian Nations University studying about research, writing, the site culture, etiquette and protocols, science communication, TEK, Indigenous science and Western science, and science communication. Week five will take students to Louisiana southern coastal regions to visit some research sites, scientists doing research, and Native Americans from the communities to learn about the multiple ways climate is observed, adapted to, and expressed across disciplines to inform other scientists and community members.
Interns spend time at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS and onsite in Indigenous communities along Louisiana’s southern coast. Interns will receive stipends to attendß the eight week program.
For more information or to indicate your interest in the program, see the official internship announcement on the RVCC web site.
