Opportunities within INR

Current Opportunities

INR provides opportunities through Oregon State University and Portland State University. For current opportunities:

Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring Seasonal Positions

Several seasonal positions are open for technicians, botanists, and crew leads with INR's Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) Lotic and Riparian & Wetland crews. Work may take place in Oregon or Northern California, depending on the position. More information on the AIM program is available from the Bureau of Land Management. Please see the position announcements for details and how to apply:

Faculty and Staff Positions

Positions will be posted to the PSU and OSU job boards when available.

Student Positions

We occasionally have paid student positions open at our INR-OSU and INR-PSU offices. You must be enrolled as a student and taking either 6 or more undergraduate credits or 5 or more graduate credits to be eligible. Student positions are posted on PSU's Handshake careers site and at the OSU Jobs Portal.

Volunteering and Internships

Pika monitoring in the Oregon Cascades: volunteer with ODFW and INR's Erika Anderson to survey sites for pikas. Learn more via this article and sign up through ODFW to participate.

Citizen's Rare Plant Watch (CRPW) is a botany program which takes volunteers out to visit known locations of native rare plant species in Oregon to assess their health and viability, and to update the ORBIC state database for rare species. Based out of Portland State University, CRPW most effectively serves plant populations within a 3 hour driving radius of Portland. We are working to extend our network to the rest of Oregon by making contacts and training volunteers in other locations. Recently we worked with one of the chapters of the Native Plant Society of Oregon (NPSO), one of our funders, to train volunteers of the NPSO High Desert chapter and look for rare plant species near Bend, OR. CRPW is dedicated to the conservation of plants, and bringing the joy of conservation to all communities in Oregon. There is no experience necessary to volunteer with us, just an interest in plants and spending time outdoors. Questions can be directed to the CRPW coordinator, Nora Dunkirk.

To inquire about additional volunteer or intern positions, please contact us. PSU students may be eligible for course credit. 

National Science Foundation Undergraduate Fellowships

In this NSF project, INR is involved in the projects' broader impacts initiative through the follownig fellowship program:

  • The Cascadia Coastline and Peoples Hazards Research Hub, or Cascadia CoPes Hub (2022-2027), is a team of researchers funded by the National Science Foundation to increase knowledge about natural hazards and climate change risks coastal communities face and ways to increase their resilience. The Hub is working with communities in the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, Oregon, and Northern California to increase their ability to mitigate and adapt to impacts from hazards like “The Really Big One”- a mega-earthquake, tsunamis, sea level rise, landslides, erosion, and climate change. The Cascadia Coastal Hazards and Resilience Training, Education and Research, or CHARTER, program offers formal and informal training, education and hazards science research across the middle school, high school, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. The CHARTER Fellows Program provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to engage with CoPes Hub research and conduct research, act as role models for high school students, and engage with the public around the science of coastal hazards.
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