The Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program is an eight week paid summer internship and mentoring program for high school students sponsored by the American Fisheries Society (AFS). Through our network of mentors, we can place students in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico within a 45 minute commute of the student’s home.

Non-credit

Commuter

The Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program is an eight week, paid, full time summer internship and mentoring program for high school students sponsored by the American Fisheries Society (AFS). Selected students, known as Hutton Scholars, are matched and mentored by a fisheries and aquatic science professional in their local area to enjoy a hands-on fisheries science experience in a marine and/or freshwater setting.
Hutton Scholars receive a stipend over the course of their internship as well as valuable work experience in an exciting and rewarding field. Each student must complete biweekly time sheets, a mid-summer report, and a final report in order to successfully complete the program.
Each student that is accepted into the Hutton Program and matched with a mentor will participate in a unique internship opportunity for the summer. Hutton Mentors are located all over the country and work with a wide variety of organizations, resulting in a unique internship opportunity at each location. The student may work outdoors in the field, on a boat, in a laboratory, and in an office. Possible activities might include:
- taking fish population surveys
- establishing aquatic vegetation and fish habitat
- electrofishing
- snorkeling
- examining specimens under a microscope
- water quality testing
- data processing
- assisting with children’s educational programs
- and much more!

Some fieldwork activities can be quite rigorous and can involve overnight, multiple day, or week-long trips. Students must be willing to perform the duties outlined by the mentor in their preliminary meeting.

Students are expected to work 32-40 hours a week on a schedule determined between them and their mentor. Students are required to meet with their mentor prior to the start of their internship to work out the start and end dates to their internship, daily schedule and additional locations for the internship (i.e. field site locations). Students and mentors may take a week or two off during the summer as long as they complete all eight weeks of the internship.
AFS provides liability insurance for coverage up to $10,000 for each student.

Internship period

Jun 16 - Aug 02

7 weeks

Commuter

0 USD

Hutton Scholars receive a $3,000 stipend over the course of their eight week internship, receiving four separate paychecks of $750 every two weeks.