The Namibian Dolphin Project, was established in 2008 to study the whales, dolphins and turtles of Namibia. Since then we have published over 20 papers on humpback whales, bottlenose, dusky and Heaviside's dolphins and green and leatherback turtles in Namibia - significantly contributing to the knowledge in the region. Our research ranges from gathering baseline data on abundance and distribution of species to investigating human impacts such as boat traffic and port development on dolphins and entanglement on seals, to more blue skies work on interactions between sociality, genetics and vocal behaviour in cetaceans and fur seals. Our results have directly contributed to conservation such as IUCN red list assessments, marine spatial planning and environmental impact assessments. Our main field season is during the southern hemisphere winter (June to August) when bottlenose dolphins are abundant in the bay and humpback whales are migrating past. We are inviting a maximum of 6 students or graduates to join us during this busy field work period as an intern - to help us run the project, and collect data and learn field and analytical skills 'on the job'. Internships are for a minimum of One month (up to the full 3 months) during our main field season Jun-Aug 2020 and targeted at students looking to get *field experience* and *training* in marine mammal research techniques. These internships are intense and the team is busy 6 days a week with field work, data processing, attending whale and dolphin strandings and necropsies and education events. Importantly there is a focus on active training in field techniques including photo-ID and line-transect, acoustic data processing, boat skills as well as discussion groups on scientific ethics and the scientific publication process. The majority of training is provided by project PI’s Dr Simon Elwen and Dr Tess Gridley. Please Look at the NDP website and social media pages Facebook/namibiandolphinproject instagram/namibiandolphinproject for more details about us and our current work. Brochure with more details on the website here: http://www.namibiandolphinproject.org/get-involved/volunteer-internship-prog... If you would like to join us - please email Info@SeaSearch.co.za with a CV and brief motivation. Regards Dr Simon Elwen -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Simon Elwen Ph.D. - Director Sea Search Research & Conservation and the Namibian Dolphin Project Research Associate: Department of Zoology and Botany - Stellenbosch University & Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria