Currently Listed Opportunities
Summer 2026 Internships
Travelers is looking for geospatial interns for this summer. The work can range across a broad set of experiences at Travelers that develop your knowledge of geographic information science, platform technology, statistics, spatial thinking, remote sensing, location intelligence issues, and the social/physical sciences to characterize CAT events, discover relationships and trends. The paid posiitons are be based in Hartford, CT, or St Paul, MN. Get more information on the Travelers internship. Contact Tracy Whelen (TWHELEN@travelers.com) if you have questions.
The South Carolina Forestry Commission is looking for interns for this spring and summer. The positions will involve surveying for invasive pests/plants and may involve remote sensing. If you would like more information, please reach out to the Forest Health Program Manager, David Jenkins (djenkins@scfc.gov).
Scholarship Support
The McCausland Internship Scholarship offers support to students who want to explore career opportunities with summer internships. Find out more about the McCausland Internship Scholarship.
Intersted in arranging your own internship with a business, government agency, or non-profit? This list of groups past geography interns have partnered with may help you get started..
- Central Midlands Council of Governments
- City of Columbia Planning & Development Services
- City of Columbia Public Works, Forestry and Beautification Division
- Columbia Parks Greenways
- Congaree Land Trust
- FoodShare South Carolina
- Gills Creek Watershed Association
- GIS Team, SCDNR
- Historic Columbia
- National Weather Service Forecast Office, Columbia
- North Inlet–Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NIWB NERR)
- Palmetto Cycling Coalition
- Richland County Democratic Party
- SC Forestry Commission
- South Carolina State Climatology Office (SCO), SCDNR
- South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority