Drexel Environmental Science Leadership Academy - http://www.drexel.edu/bees/summerscience/

"Drexel's weeklong Environmental Science Leadership Academy is one part adventure travel, one part leadership training, and two parts environmental science field experience. Students will habitat-hop from seaside, to salt marsh, to maritime forest, all along the New Jersey coastline, gaining hands-on experience in a range of research areas, including beach, marsh and Pine Barren ecology, botany and paleontology. The "tour guides" on this adventure will be all-star Drexel professors and expert scientists from the nation’s oldest natural history museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences. Students will gain a broad understanding of what it means to be an environmental scientist and what it takes to be a leader in the field.

Based at the Barnegat Bay Field Station in Ocean Township, NJ, the Environmental Science Leadership Academy opens with a canoe trip through the Pine Barrens and ends with a fossil dig with Drexel paleontologist Dr. Ken Lacovara, whose world-class Mantua dig site has been featured on the Discovery Channel. Through a combination of theory-based courses and a lot of hands-on experience—the heart of a Drexel education—students will bond together through a research-rich summer adventure that will open the door to a future in environmental science and related fields."

Hotchkiss Program in Environmental Science - http://www.hotchkiss.org/Summer/Summ_Environmen.aspx

"The Hotchkiss Summer Environmental Science (SES) program cultivates in its students a knowledge of environmental science, provides an immersion in the natural world, and encourages them to become stewards of those resources on a local, regional, national, and global level."

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Internship Program - http://www.serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/internships.aspx

"The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's (SERC) Internship Program offers undergraduate and  beginning graduate students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the fields of environmental research and education. This program enables students to work on specific projects under the direction of SERC's professional staff and is tailored to provide the maximum educational benefit to each participant."

Teen Research and Education in Environmental Science (TREES) - http://www.med.upenn.edu/ceet/TREES.shtml

• Students must have completed grade 9, 10, or 11 by the summer.
• There is no tuition or fees for the program.
• GPA at least 3.0/4.0.
• Parental consent required
• Students must live in Philadelphia or the surrounding area.
• TREES is a day program, not residential; housing is not provided by the program and students must arrange transportation to campus daily.
• Candidates from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Wildlife Ecology Research at the Huyck Preserve (NY)

http://www.huyckpreserve.org/wer/index.html

"Wildlife Ecology Research is an intensive 3 week program where rising juniors and seniors learn basic ecological principles through hands-on research experience. Ecologist from colleges and universities around the country instruct students on population, community, physiological, disease and behavioral ecology using a diverse array of wildlife and standard research techniques. Wildlife Ecology Research culminates in rigorous small group research projects where students develop and implement research projects from hypothesis to final paper. This program aims to provide a significant academic experience that will help students prepare for courses and research experiences at the college level."