RISE provides paid internships to a select group of high school students in the spring and summer to conduct authentic research under the mentorship of scientists from local universities and research institutions on projects focused on the Rockaway shoreline.

Any student in 9th-11th grade, who lives or attends school in Rockaway (or surrounding communities) is eligible to apply to the Environmentor Program. The online application for the 2020 cycle will open in January. Check back in the New Year to register. 

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Program Expectations

• Students attend afterschool programming once a week at the RISE Center from February - June 2020.
• Students commit to 3 full days/week for 7 weeks from June 29th - August 14th, 2020 to conduct a research project with a science mentor collecting data along Jamaica Bay and the Rockaway shoreline.
• Students receive up to $1,000 stipend for their research work. 
• Students participate in regular RISE community service weekend events and will receive community    service hours for the events they attend.
• The Environmentor Program is part of the Pinkerton Science Scholars Program and the NYC Science Research Mentoring Consortium (SRMC) led by the American Museum of Natural History.

For more information, contact Program Coordinator, Mesha Joseph, at: programs@riserockaway.org

For more information about the NYC Science Research Mentoring Consortium program go to: www.studentresearchnyc.org

Below are the research projects, Environmentor students worked on in 2019: