Since 1976 graduate students and post doctorate fellows, from the United States and international universities, have participated in research at Toolik Lake. Their efforts have resulted in numerous dissertations and papers (see bibliography). Students continue to utilize the ongoing long-term experimental sites at the Arctic LTER. These sites not only provide manipulated systems in which to conduct research but also systems for which many of the processes are described.

Undergraduates have been involved with research at the Arctic LTER both as summer employees and through the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. REU students gain experience by working as assistants on a project and by taking responsibility for some component of the project. Working closely with researchers they design and carry out a project, collect and analyze the data, and then produce a poster which is presented in a poster session at the Toolik Field Station. Several students' projects have led to undergraduate thesis projects at their home institutes.  For a listing of current employment opportunities see Employment at the MBL.

Through the Marine Biological Laboratory's Science Writing Fellowships Program professional science reporters are provided opportunities to immerse themselves in the process of basic biomedical and environmental research. At least one Fellowship is awarded to a reporter wishing to participate in the Arctic LTER project, traveling to Toolik Field Station for three to seven weeks of field work.

Schoolyard LTER programs are conducted at all 24 sites in the LTER Network, providing local schools around the country with educational opportunities in long-term ecological research. The Arctic Schoolyard LTER, based in Barrow, Alaska, consists of two major activities: a tundra greenhouse warming experiment and a Saturday afternoon lecture series. Students from all grades, teachers and residents participate in the lecture series.