Get Hands On - Become a Research Participant Volunteer

Become a part of the answer by joining one of our Research Participant Volunteer Programs! CCC has set up these very unique travel and research programs to give the public an outstanding opportunity to not only see the depth of our organization's research, but to also be a part of it! In addition, CCC can provide accommodations for scientists and research groups studying the local flora and fauna.

Participant volutneers have helped CCC's research and conservation efforts in Tortuguero for over 50 years. You can continue that tradition by assisting CCC's biologists study leatherback sea turtles, green sea turtles, and Tortuguero's native and migrant bird species. (View Slideshow)

By joining one of CCC's Research Programs, you will not only support our research efforts financially, you will get the chance to work with us and other research participant volunteers in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Research Participants stay at our facilities on-site at the John H. Phipps Biological Field Station, located in a tropical rainforest setting, and just steps from the black sand beach. Visiting researchers and participants wanting a more comfortable accomodations can stay in the Landon T. Clay Scientists Residence.

You will work hands-on with our research staff on the program of your choice. But please understand that the Caribbean Conservation Corporation's research programs are scientific research projects, not guided tours or package holidays. You will be assisting researchers with scientific field work at a remote field station, and when not working you will have unsupervised free time to relax and enjoy the nature surrounding you.

Named by National Geographic Adventure as one of the ten hands-on scientific expeditions to get involved in. Volunteer Research Trips: Get Scientific - If your interest in scientific exploration goes beyond watching public television, join one of these hand-on, volunteer vacations that get you close to the action alongside scientists in the field.

Sound like fun? Then we want you as part of our team. Our participants truly make a difference in advancing our research, and you can too!

Research Participant Programs Brochure