Volunteer with the Charles Darwin Foundation

Since 1971 the Charles Darwin Foundation has maintained a Volunteer and Scholarship Program. Our main objective is to support local and national education and to provide opportunities for students and professionals to collaborate through research and conservation in the exceptional environment that is the Galapagos.

The principal goals of the program are: 1) to generate educational opportunities; 2) to remove economic barriers that may block access to a better science education; and 3) to mentor students in biology, conservation, and environmental education.

Whether it’s monitoring the reproductive behavior of the Philornis fly, creating puppets for Día Darwin community shows, or writing grants to secure funds for the Floreana Project, volunteers and scholarship students are critical to operations at CDF. Volunteers may be national or international, student or professional. The majority are based at the Charles Darwin Research Station in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz island, although other assignment sites may be on San Cristóbal or Isabela island.

  Volunteers & scholarship recipients who have worked for the CDF (1971-2009)