Coastal, Ocean, and Marine Enterprise Inclusion and Network-building
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Region: Mid-Atlantic
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Internship
TMCF interns will gain valuable professional development experience in environmental/conservation and non-profit work. Interns will work on challenging projects that encourage students to think critically, solve challenging problems, and develop skills and walk away with tangible outcomes to immediately apply to their professional growth. Applicants must be juniors, seniors, recent graduates, or a graduate student at an HBCU with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and at least 17 years old.
https://www.tmcf.org/career/national-fish-and-wildlife-foundation-internship/
Category: Other
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Lab
Region: Mid-Atlantic
PEARL Summer Internship
Conduct research, gain hands-on experiences in the field and lab under guidance of researchers, develop skills in project design, fieldwork, lab research and scientific writing. Open to undergraduate students and recent graduates.
Category: Other
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
University of Maryland Eastern Shore, NSF
Region: Mid-Atlantic
REU: Marine and Estuarine Science
With the assistance of faculty mentors, program staff and graduate students, Marine and Estuarine Science interns conduct research projects, take field trips, and attend seminars and workshops related to science careers. Open to undergraduate students.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
University of Maryland, NSF
Region: Mid-Atlantic
REU: Estuarine Processes
Each student works with a mentor on an individual research project. It’s a special opportunity to develop your research skills and interests by working with top science mentors studying America’s largest estuary. The REU is open to students that have completed at least two years of study towards (but not yet completed) a bachelor’s degree.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 12 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
University of Delaware, NSF
Region: Mid-Atlantic
REU: University of Delaware
Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, interns work in a research-intensive atmosphere on a topic in chemical, physical, or biological oceanography or marine biology/geology/ biogeochemistry. The program includes weekly research seminars, professional development presentations, and field trips to nearby coastal marine systems. Open to continuing undergraduate students.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, NSF
Region: Mid-Atlantic
REU: Ocean Sciences
RIOS is an undergraduate research program that will introduce you to an active and collaborative ocean research environment. With support from the National Science Foundation, you will conduct ocean research over a paid, 10-week summer internship offered by the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Open to continuing undergraduates at 2-4 year institution pursuing STEM majors.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Old Dominion University, NSF
Region: Mid-Atlantic
REU: Interdisciplinary Program at ODU for the Study of Metropolitan Coastal Environments and Communities
Students will work one-on-one with faculty mentors in ocean sciences and related fields, devising a research plan, conducting independent research in the field, and presenting their findings to scientists and the community. Undergraduate students majoring in sciences.
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: Mid-Atlantic
Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
A unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. The Fellowship matches highly qualified graduate students with “hosts” in the legislative and executive branch of government located in the Washington, D.C. area, for a one year paid fellowship. Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited institution of higher education in the U.S. or U.S. territories and must have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.
https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Prospective#289216-who-is-eligible-for-the-knauss-fellowship
Category: Graduate
Duration: 52 weeks
Seasonal: Full Year
Michigan Sea Grant
Region: Midwest
Michigan Sea GrantÕs Environmental Internship
Coordinates and funds undergraduate students from any accredited community college, college, or university in Michigan to work with private businesses, local government, state and federal agencies, and environmental non-profit organizations, or university faculty to plan or implement environmental stewardship in the Great Lakes. Applicants should be enrolled undergraduate students at any level of study.
https://www.michiganseagrant.org/student-opportunities/michigan-sea-grant-environmental-internship/
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 8 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Central Michigan University, NSF
Region: Midwest
REU: Great Lakes
Students will develop research projects ranging from limnology, fisheries biology, conservation and spatial ecology, molecular ecology, and microbial ecology in collaboration with CMU faculty to gain hands-on experience in all parts of the scientific process, from experimental design through data dissemination and translation. Students will engage with multiple stakeholders (e.g. government, private, and cultural) who have interests in Great Lakes resources and will learn to communicate their science to these groups. Open to returning undergraduates with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/se/cmubs/CMUREU/Pages/default.aspx
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
University of Florida
Region: Mountain West
GEOSpace Geoscience Field Program
The GEOSpace Geoscience Field Program’s mission is to create an accessible and inclusive planetary geoscience field course and mentoring program to increase the number of students with disabilities that continue in geosciences beyond undergraduate studies. There are opportunities for all students (or recent grads), whether you identify as disabled or not. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and an undergraduate student beyond your freshman year, a recent graduate with an interest in applying for graduate school, or an early graduate student. Applicants should have completed at least one geoscience course (geology, geography, natural science, environmental science, etc). Geology majors are not necessary, but science majors are preferred.
https://sites.google.com/ufl.edu/geospace-field-program/home?authuser=0
Category: Other
Duration: 2 weeks weeks
Seasonal: Summer
NOAA
Region: Multiple Regions
Jose E. Serrano Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship Program)
The scholarship provides funds for two years of undergraduate study to rising junior undergraduate students attending Minority Serving Institutions 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. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or U.S. nationals currently enrolled as a full-time 2nd year student in a four-year academic program; or transferring from a two-year to a four-year institution; or a 3rd year student in a five-year program, studying a discipline related to NOAA’s programs and mission at an accredited minority serving institution (college or university within the United States or U.S. territories. Must earn and maintain a minimum 3.2 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/epp-msi/undergraduate-scholarship
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 21 weeks (11 first summer, 10 during second) weeks
Seasonal: Multiple Seasons
Lead institutions: University of the Virgin Islands, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, University of Guam, Karen Peterman Consulting
Region: Multiple Regions
Seas Island Alliance Project
The SEAS Islands Alliance works to broaden participation and possibilities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, inclusion of nuanced cultural expertise from diverse underrepresented minority (URM) and underserved populations in U.S. territories and U.S.-affiliated islands. Island regions are strongly connected to the oceans that surround them and are among the country’s most diverse communities. The Alliance works to collaborate with these communities to broaden participation of the STEM workforce. Eligibility depends on the program. They range from middle school to post-graduate. One consistent eligibility requirement is to be based on one of the islands.
Category: Other
Duration: Depends on the program weeks
Seasonal: Other