The Rockies and High Plains Vector-borne Diseases Center (RaHP VEC) is continuing our summer internship program for summer 2025. We seek to facilitate opportunities for field training and localized research projects for students from throughout our region (CO, WY, NM, UT, and the TX panhandle) who are interested in vector control and public health. 

These internships aim to improve connections between local mosquito districts, health agencies, and academic institutions. RaHP VEC will help facilitate connections with the local districts and health agencies, but encourages you to get the process started earlier if possible. After April 1^st, RaHP VEC will begin to review applicants and work with individual interns and their local districts to devise project plans (applications will still be accepted until a later date). We encourage current undergraduate (2- or 4- year institutions) and Master’s students to apply.

Example activities:

• Field collections (e.g., selecting sites, deploying and recovering traps, counting/sorting insects)
• Lab-based work (e.g., insecticide resistance assays, virus detection)
• Analysis (e.g., data processing, managing data streams, visualization and dissemination)
• Outreach (e.g., conducting vector control/risk assessment surveys)