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Open: May 1, 2026 — Closes: May 10, 2026
Summary
Make an impact while you learn. The Semester of Service Program offers students a volunteer project-based opportunity to support real Federal missions, gaining hands-on experience and valuable career-ready skills. With this project, you'll support a research-based project.
Major Duties
Work Schedule and Flexibilities: Work schedule: 8-20 hours per week depending on the week, potentially some field work which would require invitational travel. In-person work. Project Description: Research support mainly for a Great Lakes Fishery Commission funded cohabitation study to determine if melanoma cancer is transmissible in brown bullhead. The study will begin mid-May and last 6 months, but the student's help for a single academic term (summer) would be sufficient. Duties include: Helping with fish care and data collection during the experiment but would also get the opportunity to work on other ongoing collaborative studies with things such as extracting DNA/RNA from samples waiting to be extracted Helping with field sampling fish for different projects Helping with histology related lab work.
