NOAA Student Opportunities
Opportunity Description:
Search the database of opportunities available for undergraduates through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration here. Selected internship opportunities include:
Chesapeake Bay Summer Internship Program: Each summer, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, in partnership with the Chesapeake Research Consortium, offers several paid summer internships primarily geared toward current undergraduate students. Internships focus on scientific field research to resource management and policy.
CICOES Undergraduate Internship Program: Summer research opportunities are available for 10-12 undergraduate interns through the Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Sciences (CICOES). Interns are matched with a research project within one of CICOES nine research themes and work with a CICOES, NOAA, or University of Washington (UW) scientist at either the UW campus or the NOAA Northwest Regional Center in Seattle. Students will receive a stipend of $600 per week ($5,400 for the summer). CICOES also covers the cost of travel to and from Seattle and provides housing on the University of Washington campus.
Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES) Research Internship Program at Princeton University: The Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES) at Princeton University in collaboration with NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) summer research internships is open to both undergraduate and graduate students for 8-10 week paid research internships in atmospheric, oceanic and earth system science. Awardees will work with host scientists at the NOAA/GFDL, a world-leading center of earth system modeling, research and prediction.
Inclusive NOAA Fisheries Internship Program: IN FISH is a program offered in a partnership with NOAA’s research partners in academia and non-governmental research institutions. IN FISH is a 10-week paid undergraduate internship that provides course work, career-building activities, and a research or management project with a mentor in a NOAA lab or office, or in a lab with one the IN FISH partner institutions. The 2022 IN FISH! program will run from June 1 through August 13, beginning with an orientation and a two–week course (“Complex Systems and Ecosystems Dynamics”) offered at the NOAA Fisheries laboratory in Sandy Hook New Jersey. Two-hours of academic credit are available through the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. After the course, IN FISH interns will be in residency at their assigned research lab or office. IN FISH provides a $5,000 stipend and also covers travel, lodgings, food, tuition and course supplies. If pandemic conditions make residency impossible, the 2022 IN FISH program will be offered virtually. Applications are due in mid-February, 2022.
José E. Serrano EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship Program: The EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship Program provides scholarships for two years of undergraduate study to rising junior undergraduate students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields that directly support NOAA's mission. Participants conduct research at a NOAA facility during two paid summer internships.
NOAA Ocean Exploration Explorer-in-Training Program: This program provides interdisciplinary opportunities that enable the next generation of ocean explorers to increase their competitiveness in ocean-related fields. Shore-based or at-sea internships can include collaboration on ongoing projects or supporting expeditions and are available to undergraduate students, graduate students and recent graduates.
Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Young Scientist Opportunity: The PIFSC Young Scientist Opportunity (PYSO) is a collaborative program between PIFSC and the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. This program offers qualified participants professional scientific research experience and formal training opportunities tailored to meet their educational and professional goals and interests.
Research Experience for Undergraduates in Earth System Science: This research experience for undergraduates offers paid summer undergraduate research internships at Colorado State University in the Department of Atmospheric Science. Interns participate in a paid 10 week program from early June through early August. During the program interns have the opportunity to attend scientific seminars, visit national scientific laboratories, and participate in a variety of professional development training.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Marine and Estuarine Science: The REU program at the NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center offers paid summer internships to undergraduates interested in marine and estuarine science. With a faculty mentor, interns conduct research projects, take field trips, and attend seminars and workshops related to science careers.
The William M. Lapenta NOAA Student Internship Program: Targets current undergraduate and graduate students to work on areas such as weather, climate and ocean modeling and forecasting, Earth system science, decision support tools, social science and operational products to support NOAA's weather, water and climate enterprise. Each student will collaborate with one or more scientists at NWS, OAR and NESDIS labs and offices nationwide. Applications due December 31.
Woods Hole Partnership Education Program: The Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP) is designed primarily for college juniors and seniors to spend a summer gaining practical experience in marine and environmental science.
Minimum Qualifications and/or Eligibility Requirements:
Please see the program websites of the opportunities you are interested in to learn more about the eligibility requirements. Not all opportunities will be open to all students.