An integral educational component of this program is an 8 to 12 week internship at the end of the first academic year. Students are required to make contact with prospective mentors at the following partner organizations or establish a partnership at another organization approved by the IGERT Steering Committee.
- Board of Fisheries
- Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Alaska Federation of Natives
- Alaska Marine Conservation Council
- Alaska Ocean Observing System
- Alaska Ocean Seafood
- Alaska Sea Grant, including the Marine Advisory Program
- Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
- Alaskan Private Not-for-Profit Aquaculture Associations
- American Seafoods Company, LLC
- Arctic Storm, Inc.
- Barrow Arctic Science Consortium
- Census of Marine Life/CORE
- Central Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association
- Coastal Villages Regional Fund
- Glacier Fish Company, LLC
- Highland Light Seafoods, LLC
- Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage
- International Indigenous Graduate Institute
- International Pacific Halibut Commission
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
- National Park Service
- National Research Council – National Academy of Sciences
- Native Harbor Seal Commission
- Nature Conservancy
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service - Alaska Fisheries Science Center
- North Pacific Fishery Management Council
- North Pacific Research Board
- Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation
- Oceana
- Rasmuson Foundation
- Starbound, LLC
- Trident Seafoods Corporation
- US Coast Guard
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
- Western Alaska Community Development Association
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