Field Research Intern
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About The Position
Corteva Agriscience is offering an exciting and impactful 3-month internship designed to provide broad-based exposure to the day-to-day activities at a field research center. This internship is an excellent opportunity for students to contribute to innovative research aimed at enhancing food security and driving sustainability. Interns will work in various research areas, including plant breeding, trait development, and crop health research activities. The internship typically lasts throughout the summer and may take place at various locations, including Aberdeen, SD; Champaign, IL; College Station, TX; and many others. Interns will be part of a team and will engage in field plot management, plot maintenance, seed production, harvesting, and analyzing samples. They will be responsible for collecting high-quality data on specific traits of economic importance and may need to travel to other field locations as part of the data collection process. Each intern will also manage their own research project and is expected to present a verbal report to the larger intern group across the United States. This internship provides excellent experience that can be applied to full-time positions in the industry or in preparation for further graduate-level training in plant sciences.
