Hands-On Sustainability Experience
Cornell Atkinson sponsors summer internships for Cornell students who want to fully immerse themselves in project teams working at the intersection of science, policy, community, and the private sector. Embedded across the country in the offices of our close partner the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Cornell students emerge understanding how lasting change is co-created among multiple stakeholders and with a set of real skills that allow them to contribute to the process.
How to Apply
Eligibility:
- Primarily intended for Cornell undergraduate students
The 2025 Cycle Is Closed
2025 Atkinson-EDF Summer Internships
(Follow these links for application details or search for “Atkinson-EDF” in the “Opportunities” section of the Cornell Experience platform.)
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- Beef Systems (Cornell Graduate and Professional Students may apply)
- Canada Oil and Gas Emissions
- Climate and Clean Energy Policy
- Climate Innovative Research
- Climate Resilient Safe Housing
- Energy Transition and Labor Markets
- Engagement and Communications
- Net Zero Data
- Ocean Data Systems
- U.S. Power Sector Decarbonization
Meet Xindi Liu ’26, 2024 Atkinson-EDF Summer Intern
This past summer, rising junior Xindi Liu (Cornell CALS/Biometry & Statistics and Environmental Engineering) was a Climate and Health intern with Dr. Fiona Lo and Dr. Julia Gohlke at EDF. She helped gather systematic literature reviews and analyses of the potential relationship between increasing ambient temperatures and the risk of preterm human births.