LSPA Interns & Fellows

Water Quality Lab Internships

We hire motivated student interns every summer to assist with water quality monitoring. Interns gather and analyze water samples in LSPA’s Water Quality Lab at Colby-Sawyer College. Our water quality monitoring program is part of a long-standing partnership with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Volunteer Assessment Program (VLAP).

2025 Water Quality Lab Interns

Isabella Winston

Olivia Britton

Maren Elvidge

Center for Lake Studies Internships

We also offer internships at our Center for Lake Studies in Sunapee Harbor. Interns at the Center engage in a wide range of tasks that support education, scientific research, and the implementation of our Watershed Management Plan.

2025 Center for Lake Studies Interns

Erin Beckett

Fellowships

LSPA provides fellowship opportunities to undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates whose work contributes to our mission of preserving and enhancing the environmental integrity of the Lake Sunapee Watershed. These fellowships are made possible through generous donations.

The Midge Eliassen Fellowship supports scientific research and monitoring that furthers the understanding of Lake Sunapee, and contributes, with data and knowledge of Lake Sunapee, to the broader understanding of freshwater lakes everywhere.
The Calhoun Fellowship
The Burkehaven Fellowship

Midge Eliassen Fellows

Past Scientific Reports:

Lake Sunapee Planktonic Food Web - Dylan Wang

The Calhoun Fellows

Katie Hoffman & Sean Kenny