Coastal, Ocean, and Marine Enterprise Inclusion and Network-building
Opportunity Directory
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Gulf of Maine Research Institute, NSF
Region: Northeast
REU: Integrated Studies in a Rapidly Warming Fishery Ecosystem
The REU facilitates independent, student-led research projects that contribute to our understanding of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem. Provide an authentic, inclusive summer research experience for a diverse range of undergraduate students. Open to undergraduates at 2-4 year institution already completed at least one year of study.
https://www.gmri.org/projects/research-experience-undergraduates/
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Georgia Institute of Technology, NSF
Region: Southeast
REU: Aquatic Chemical Ecology at Georgia Tech
Participate in research with one or more of our faculty, learn about careers in science and engineering, and see how scientists blend knowledge and skills from physics, chemistry and biology to investigate some of the most challenging problems in environmental sciences. Open to undergraduate students.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Duke University, NSF
Region: Southeast
REU: Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems
Students will participate in a 10-week semi-independent research program over the summer with Duke University Marine Laboratory faculty mentors. Each student will work with a faculty mentor, develop a research project, present progress and final oral reports and prepare a final written paper. Rising sophomores, juniors, or seniors enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program are eligible.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Dauphin Island Sea Lab, NSF
Region: Southeast
REU: Coastal and Nearshore
Opportunity to carry out an independent research project while working under the direction of a faculty mentor as part of a productive research laboratory. Open to undergraduates rising to their sophomore, junior, or senior years with broad interests in ecology, biology, chemistry, geology, biomedicine, and physical and environmental sciences. Students cannot have graduated at the time of the fellowship.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Columbia University, NSF
Region: Northeast
REU: Analyzing Global Databases
A hands-on research project under the supervision of a Columbia-affiliated scientists and opportunities to discuss science with both experts and peers. Undergraduate students in junior or sophomore year with majors in earth science, environmental science, biology, chemistry, physics, math, or engineering are eligible.
https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/education/programs/summer-internship/lamont-summer-intern-program
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, NSF
Region: Caribbean
REU: Fall Semester Student Research in Oceanography and Marine Science at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Selected students conduct independent projects under faculty and staff supervision within several research areas. Throughout the semester, REU students will give presentations that outline their research topic, methods, and results, including a final presentation to BIOS faculty, staff, and visiting students. REU students will also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of field excursions to learn about Bermuda’s natural history, flora and fauna as well as workshops and seminars given by BIOS faculty. Open to undergraduate students who have completed at least one year of undergraduate study.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 12 weeks
Seasonal: Fall
Bigelow, NSF
Region: Northeast
REU: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
REU students are immersed in the Bigelow community and participate in seminars, field trips, Laboratory outreach programs, social events, and more. Each student in the program is paired with a Bigelow Laboratory scientist based on mutual research interests. Open to undergraduate students with basic biology and earth science knowledge.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
College of Charleston , NSF
Region: Southeast
REU: Resilience and Response of Marine Organisms to Environmental Change
Interns will investigate diverse questions on organismal responses to the environment at the individual, population, community, and species levels. Open to undergraduate students with1-3 years of college and current plans for career in STEM field.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
California State University, NSF
Region: California
REU: California State University, Monterey Bay
Students collaborate with mentors at local host institutions to develop hypothesis-driven projects and receive critical feedback from mentors. Students also participate in professional development workshops and trainings. Undergraduate students, sophomore and junior level at 2 or 4 year institutions of higher education are eligible.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, NSF
Region: Mid-Atlantic
REU: Virginia Institute of Marine Science
The selected REU students are matched with faculty mentors for a research experience in many areas of marine science. Interns are expected to work with their mentors to develop a project idea in the form of a brief research prospectus, conduct their research, and then present results in a final program that is open to the VIMS community. The REU intern also prepares a summary research paper that is maintained in the program archives. Open to undergraduate students attending college; rising junior and seniors are preferred.
https://www.vims.edu/education/college/summer_intern/about/index.php
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
NOAA & Chesapeake Bay Consortium
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Chesapeake Bay Internships
Provide undergraduate students with real-world, hands-on experience in coastal ecology and resource management. 4 available projects. Open to undergraduate students: sophomore, junior or senior. Must be willing to undergo background check.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 12 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
NOAA- Sea Grant
Region: Southeast
Marine Education Fellowship
Train/work for 50 weeks to gain experience in environmental education, aquarium husbandry and coastal extension. There are three distinct tracks that focus on marine education and outreach, aquarium education and husbandry, and coastal extension. Each track includes teaching, program development and delivery, and additional but varying responsibilities. Recent college graduates with a B.S. or B.A. in coastal related discipline from an accredited college or university are eligible. Other qualifications include prior experience teaching or working with children/students, physical ability to teach outdoors in hot summers/cold winters and fluency in english.
https://gacoast.uga.edu/education/college-students/marine-education-fellowship/
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 52 weeks
Seasonal: Full Year
Chesapeake Research Consortium
Region: Multiple Regions
C-StREAM
Chesapeake Research Consortium works with C-StREAM Fellows to match them with meaningful summer internships and mentors at partnering host institutions. Any continuing undergraduate at any level of study who identifies as a person of color and/or a first generation college student is eligible.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 12 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Aquarium of the Pacific
Region: California
African American Scholar Program at the Aquarium of the Pacific
The program awards funds to support African American students who demonstrate a commitment to studies related to careers in the aquarium field, including ocean education, animal husbandry, water quality, building maintenance or facilities, microbiology, and business management. Through this program, the Aquarium hopes to bring meaningful opportunities in the marine sciences to African American students and to bring diverse minds to solving the issues facing our planet and its inhabitants. The scholarship is available to residents of California of any age with African American heritage as long as they meet the proof of acceptance or enrollment as listed above. Aquarium of the Pacific paid employees, Board members, and their immediate families are not eligible. Volunteers and their immediate families are eligible to apply.
https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/africanamericanscholar
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Duration: Avg length (weeks) weeks
Seasonal: Other
Marine Advanced Technical Education
Region: Multiple Regions
MATE Internships
For students interested in becoming marine technicians on research vessels, MATE is especially looking for students in marine technology, engineering, computer science, or other technical programs at two- year colleges or in their first two years of a baccalaureate degree program. MATE Internships offer land-based and at-sea marine technical internship opportunities for college students. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and an current undergraduate student or very recently graduated from an undergraduate program from a US institution and a citizen of the United States or its possessions.
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Duration: one to ten weeks weeks
Seasonal: Other