The CALS Global Fellows Program supports CALS undergraduate students from any major in pursuit of challenging, professionally-focused summer internships and research placements that enhance and complement their career goals and academic progress, while enriching their undergraduate experience with diverse cultural and international immersion. Through key partnerships, the Global Fellows Program provides a platform for students to make positive and definable contributions to global organizations and communities.

Acceptance to the program is competitive and a limited number of students are selected each year. 

Students who are accepted into the CALS Global Fellows Program will be required to complete 4 parts of the program:

• An in-person 7-week, Spring (session 2) pre-engagement 1 credit course focusing on health and safety, cultural awareness, logistics and more.
• a continuous 7–8-week internship or research placement in an international setting
• and a 7-week, 1 credit post-engagement course in the first half of the Fall semester (ALS/GDEV 3105)
• Poster Symposium in Fall

Placement Opportunities

Placements: 1-3 (in-person)

Interns Assist wildlife and veterinary staff with field patrols, ecological monitoring, wildlife population censuses, and habitat health assessments across Zambian protected areas and Game Management Areas (GMAs). Support wildlife immobilization, rescue, translocation, and clinical handling activities under the direct supervision of experienced wildlife veterinarians and conservation officers and stakeholder communication with local conservation partners and authorities (such as the Department of National Parks and Wildlife - DNPW).

Our work focuses on protecting source populations, minimizing mortalities at the human-wildlife interface and restoring and protecting connectivity between wild cat populations. We currently support 17 anti-poaching teams, two dedicated lion monitoring and protected teams and one leopard monitoring team across Kafue National Park and surrounding Game Management Areas. These teams operate within four intensive protection zones and from four dedicated anti-poaching protection and support bases. We use SMART and Earth Ranger technology for adaptive management and conducting wildlife monitoring across the whole system to ensure our adaptive management activities are impactful and evidence-based.

• Assist wildlife and veterinary staff with field patrols, ecological monitoring, wildlife population censuses, and habitat health assessments across Zambian protected areas( Private, Quasi Government and Government).
• Support wildlife immobilization, rescue, translocation, and clinical handling activities under the direct supervision of experienced wildlife veterinarians and conservation officers.
• Contribute to wildlife health databases, community conservation outreach, public education on human-wildlife coexistence, and stakeholder communication with local conservation partners and authorities (such as the Private Ranchers, Community conservancies,  mines, Department of National Parks and Wildlife - DNPW).
• Ideal candidates must be mature, adaptable, collaborative team players, and innovative thinkers.