AWRI offers several funding opportunities to students interested in natural resources and the environment!

AWRI Undergraduate Student Internships
Spring/Summer Semester

AWRI is offering up to 8 competitive spring/summer semester 2026 internships. These internships are awarded to Grand Valley undergraduate students from any discipline (as long as it can relate to water) to conduct research at the Annis Water Resources Institute during their undergraduate tenure at GVSU.

The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2026. Learn more by downloading the summer 2026 AWRI internship announcement and application form.

AWRI Undergraduate SciComm Internship
Spring/Summer Semester

AWRI is offering 1 paid not-for-credit science communication internship for spring/summer semester 2026. This internship will be awarded to a Grand Valley State University undergraduate student from any science major or communications major to work with AWRI staff and scientists at GVSU's Lake Michigan Center in Muskegon, MI.

The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2026. Learn more and find application instructions by downloading the summer 2026 AWRI SciComm Internship announcement.

Application available through myScholarships. Deadline is March 1st each year.

Bill and Diana Wipperfurth Student Research Scholarship
Fall Semester

AWRI offers a student research scholarship made possible by a gift from Bill and Diana Wipperfurth. The Wipperfurths started this scholarship because of their love of water and wanted to support promotion of water quality, particularly in the Great Lakes. The scholarship is awarded to a full-time student at Grand Valley entering either their Junior year, Senior year, or at the graduate level. Applicants must be available to conduct research at AWRI for 10 hours per week for 15 weeks in the fall semester.