Forensic Anthropology Field School
Category: Field School (U.S.)
Application Deadline: around March 1
Location: Pensacola, FL
Length: 5 weeks during summer (early May to mid-June)
Website:https://uwf.edu/cassh/departments/anthropology/field-schools/general-information/
Cost: 3 credits at the University of West Florida
Maya Research Program
Category: Field School (International)
Application deadline: March 15
Location: Belize
Website: http://www.mayaresearchprogram.org/styled-4/Excavate%20a%20Maya%20city.html
Cost: $2,900
Scholarships available for 13 students (2021 season) for $1,000 each
Slavia Field School in Archaeology
Category: Field School (International)
Application deadline: Until all spaces are filled (field school June/July/August)
Location: various sites in Poland
Website: http://slavia.org/
Archaeotek Field School
Category: Field School (International)
Application Deadline:
Location: various sites in Transylvania
Tell Timai Field School
Category: Field School (International)
Application Deadline: December 1st
Location: Egypt
Website: http://www.telltimai.org/
Cost: Cost: $5,000 for 5 weeks (full field school) or $1,000 per week (for a reduced period of 2 weeks minimum)
Scholarships: Some partial scholarships usually available
Bioarchaeology in Croatia I & II: Bioarchaeology in the lab & field
Category: Field School (International)
Application Deadline: February 26, 2021
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Cost: $7330, includes $150 application fee (non-refundable)
Forensic Archaeology Field School, Department of Anthropology, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category: Field School (International)
Duration: 1 week
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cost: $1570 (Nova Scotian Canadians), $1700 (non-Nova Scotian Canadians), $2500 (International students)
Contact: Dr. Tanya Peckman and Andrew Rozendaal (SMUFRSCarchaeology@gmail.com)
Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University
Category: Internship
Deadline: March 31, annually
Location: San Marcos, TX
Length: entire month of June
Website: https://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/facts/courses/intern.html
No cost to participate, participants are responsible for their own room and board, participants must have a transportation plan while participating, participants are offered complimentary enrollment in summer workshops valued at $2,000.
Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
Category: Internship
Deadline: March 31
Location: Houston, TX
Length: 12 weeks (but customizable)
Website: https://ifs.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/Internships.aspx
Unpaid (intern has to cover their own living expenses)
International Committee of the Red Cross
Category: Internship
Deadline: November 1
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Length: 12 months
Paid opportunity: 3000 CHF/month
Washington D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Category: Internship
Deadline: N/A
Location: Washington D.C.
Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Category: Internship
Deadline: Rolling
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Length: TBD
Contact: Dr. Christine Pink (Christine.Pink@med.wmich.edu) and Dr. Jered Cornelison (Jered.Cornelison@med.wmich.edu)
Description: The program is designed to give current graduate students additional experience with casework and/or research within a medical examiner setting. Osteological knowledge is a requirement. An interview and letter of support are required.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Forensic Anthropology Center
Category: Internship
Deadline: mid February
Location: Knoxville, TN
Length: 1 month during the summer
Unpaid (intern will have to cover their own living expenses)
Contact: Dr. Giovanna Vidoli (gvidoli@utk.edu)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Laboratory, Academic Internships
Category: Internship
Requirement: US Citizen and at least 18 years of age, must be enrolled in an academic program
Deadline: Rolling (six months prior to start date)
Duration: 6 weeks (minimum)
Location: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, near Honolulu HI and Offutt Base, Omaha NB
Unpaid (intern will have to cover their own travel and living expenses)
Website: www.dpaa.mil.
Mercyhurst University
Category: Internship
Contact: Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat (ddirkmaat@mercyhurst.edu)
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Laboratory, Administrative Volunteers
Category: Volunteer opportunity
Requirement: US Citizen and at least 18 years of age
Deadline: Rolling (six months prior to start date)
Duration: 4-6 months preferred
Location: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, near Honolulu HI and Offutt Base, Omaha NB
Unpaid (intern will have to cover their own travel and living expenses)
Website: www.dpaa.mil.
Advanced Recovery Course: Fire Death Scene Investigation
Category: Course
Deadline: open until filled
Date: September, annually (one week)
Location: Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University
Cost: $900.00
Website: https://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/facts/workshops.html
Forensic Entomology and Taphonomy of Texas
Category: Course
Deadline: open until filled
Date: June, annually (two days)
Location: Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University
Cost: $400.00
Website: https://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/facts/workshops.html
Human Osteology
Category: Course
Deadline: open until filled
Date: August, annually (one week)
Location: Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University
Cost: $700.00
Website: https://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/facts/workshops.html
Identifying Human from Nonhuman
Category: Course
Deadline: open until filled
Date: August, annually and on-demand (one day)
Location: Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University
Cost: $85.00
Website: https://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/facts/workshops.html
Outdoor Human Remains Recovery Course
Category: Course
Deadline: open until filled
Date: January and June, annually (one week)
Location: Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University
Cost: $800.00
Website: https://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/facts/workshops/fieldrecovery.html
Mercyhurst University
Category: Course
Contact: Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat (ddirkmaat@mercyhurst.edu)
New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Category: Visiting Scholar
Deadline: Check website (dependent on funding)
Location: New York City, NY
Length: 1 month
Contact: Director of Forensic Anthropology, Dr. Bradley Adams (badams@ocme.nyc.gov)
Website: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ocme/services/visiting-scientist-opportunities.page
Description: The program is open to domestic and international forensic anthropology graduate students and professionals. The purpose is to provide hands-on experience and learn the day-to-day operations of the Forensic Anthropology Unit.
Forensic Field Methods
Category: Course
Deadline: Until filled
Location: Knoxville, TN
Length: 4 days, annually the week of Memorial Day Weekend
Cost: $600
Contact: Giovanna Vidoli, gvidoli@utk.edu
Bioarchaeology Field School
Category: Field School
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Website: www.transylvaniabioarchaeology.org
Contact: Dr. Kori Lea Filipek (University of Derby, Durham University), K.filipek@derby.ac.uk
Internship at Bioarchaeology Field School
Category: Internship (paid)
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Website: www.transylvaniabioarchaeology.org
Contact: Dr. Kori Lea Filipek (University of Derby, Durham University), K.filipek@derby.ac.uk