Marine Environment Research Internship

If you always wanted to do dolphin research but never had the chance, or if you are starting a career in the field and need more experience, you are in the right place: AIMM Portugal has an internship program running from May to October.

Our program will give you the opportunity to get to know several species of cetaceans, sharks, sea turtles and marine birds, which occur in the South of Portugal. Namely it will provide you the chance to identify and interpret their behavior, social composition of the group, amongst others. AIMM researchers will provide training lectures and field work training. During this period you will learn and use several of the most used techniques and methodologies to study cetaceans. It will be given the opportunity to learn about data collection, photo analyses (photo-id), acoustic records, underwater and aerial videos, etc.