National Geographic Geography Intern Program Application Update

Greetings from National Geographic! As you may have heard, the National Geographic Society recently announced major changes in the way the organization will operate. These changes have impacted our long-running intern program for 2016. We continue to be committed to the intern program, but will only be offering two 12-week semesters in 2016: one in the summer (May through August) and one in the fall (August through November). As always, these internships are paid. We hope to post the internship application in February for a mid-May start date, and you will receive a notification once the internship has been posted. The National Geographic Society established its Geography Intern Program in 1981 to furnish qualified students with a professional learning experience. Over 30 years later, more than 800 university and college juniors, seniors, and master’s students majoring in geography or cartography have participated in the program by interning on various projects aimed at the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. National Geographic continues to be committed to geography education as we head into 2016. On September 9th, National Geographic announced the creation of National Geographic Partners, a move that combines our content assets (including cable channels, magazines and digital publishing) and other consumer-facing activities (travel, licensing and location-based entertainment) into one entity co-owned by 21st Century Fox. The National Geographic Society will itself remain a non-profit organization. Proceeds from the creation of National Geographic Partners and its ongoing work will increase the Society’s endowment to nearly $1 billion and essentially double the annual resources the Society has available to invest in the work of scientists, explorers, researchers and educators. More information on the expanded partnership can be found here. National Geographic believes in the power of science, education, exploration and storytelling to change the world — and this new partnership and changes at the Society will help those that share this vision to do just that. Thank you for your continued support of this program and encouraging your exceptional students to apply. We look forward to reading their applications this spring. For more information about the program and application process, please refer to our website. Regards, Allison Allison Taylor National Geographic 1145 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20036