Filipino Internship

We have project sites across the country

Click on the icons to learn more about our research sites that can host scholars.

We have two tiers of scholarship:

• Tier 1 is partially funded and includes accommodation, food and on-site project related transportation. This tier is supported by LAMAVE and is limited to a set number of scholarships a year. It does not include your travel costs to and from the project site or equipment.

• Tier 2 is fully-funded. It includes accommodation, food, on-site project related transportation, your travel to the project site and snorkelling gear (fins, mask, snorkel). This is funded by donors through our Future Fund and is based on donor availability.

LAMAVE will inform you once we has received your application as to which tier is available to you. While it is not required, if you know someone who would be interested in sponsoring your internship, feel free to share with them the Future Fund and get them to contact us directly.

Both scholarship tiers include:

Accommodation

Our project houses are communal, shared living space.

All team members are required to stay at the project house throughout their stay, this is for health and safety and for team work purposes.

All project houses have a kitchen, bathroom and a shared place where you can lounge and work. You’ll be provided with a bed in a shared room. 

Due to the remoteness of some of our sites some project houses have limited signal (phone and internet data), electricity and water. For example some of our sites are based on islands where electricity is only available at certain periods of the day or where we collect shower water from a well and drinking water from another town.

Part of your role will be helping keep the project house clean and contributing to daily chores such as cooking.

Three meals a day

Food and cooking is communal, so it is essential that applicants provide their food intolerances, strict preferences and allergies in their application. The food we serve is plant-based and is sourced within the local community. Ingredients are often limited but the cooking creativity of the team often makes up for this!

All our sites have access to local food markets and a variety of small shops where you are able to buy (at your own cost) and additional snacks, luxury items or treats. Imported goods are usually only available in larger towns or cities.

Transport on site

All our sites rely on public transport (buses, jeepneys, tricycles) so you’ll experience the colourful options of getting around in the Philippines. On site, you and the team will use a variety of public transport to move between the project house and the research site.

For safety, the use of motorcycles, with (habal-habal ride) or without (rented) a driver is strictly prohibited. 

You are responsible for the following:

• Medical Insurance. This must include dive Insurance if you are applying for a scuba based project. (applicable to Tier 1 and 2)

• Dive gear (BCD, Regulator etc) if you are applying for a scuba based project (applicable to Tier 1 and 2)

• Your transport to and from the Project Site (applicable to Tier 1 only)

• Free diving fins, mask and snorkel (applicable to Tier 1 only)

As part of a research team you’ll learn a host of skills

You’ll be trained in project-specific research techniques such as photo identification, citizen science, remote underwater video systems and/or compliance surveys. You’ll also practice data cleaning and learn the importance of cataloguing data correctly.

You’ll acquire leadership and teamwork skills, improve your communication and learn to work with a diverse international team. You’ll also build your network when it comes to research and conservation and be part of LAMAVE’s Scholar Alumni.

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