Coastal, Ocean, and Marine Enterprise Inclusion and Network-building
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Connecticut Sea Grant
Region: Northeast
Connecticut Sea Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship Opportunity
The goal of the Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG) Undergraduate Research Fellowship is to broaden participation of underrepresented/underserved students in marine and coastal professions by providing early career experience, training and mentorship to the next generation of scientists, decision makers, and marine industry professionals. Selected students will conduct independent research under the guidance of a Research Mentor. Open to undergraduate students enrolled at an accredited 2- or 4-year college or university located in Connecticut.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
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
Wisconsin Sea Grant
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Wisconsin Sea Grant Summer Internship Program
Places college undergraduate students with outreach or communications specialists on issues affecting coastal and water resources in Wisconsin. It provides a diversity of students with hands-on experience under the mentorship of a career professional. Interns will assist mentors with field work, analyses, research and/or outreach and public engagement efforts. Open to current undergraduates.
https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/summer-internships/
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Oregon Sea Grant
Region: Pacific
Oregon Sea Grant Summer Scholars
Provides a diversity of students with hands-on experience under the mentorship of a career professional. Scholars can assist host agencies with field work, lab work, analyses, research, policy development, and outreach and public engagement efforts. Open to undergraduate students who are currently enrolled.
https://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/fellowships/summer-scholars
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Sciences (CICOES)
Region: Pacific Northwest and Alaska
Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Sciences Research Internship
As a Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Sciences Research inter, students work closely with a mentor, often within the context of a research team, to conduct a research project related to their specific interests. Depending on the project, the summer interns may involve hands-on experience in the field or laboratory, or both. Open to current undergraduate student who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Participants must be returning to an undergraduate program after their summer with CICOES.
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Duration: 9 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
NOAA
Region: Multiple Regions
The William M. Lapenta
NOAA Student Internship Program
Provide robust research and/or operational experience that will prepare the student for further study in NOAA fields, for application to fellowships or for the NOAA-mission workforce. Must be enrolled in an undergraduate (sophomore and junior status only) or graduate degree program, and be a U.S. Citizen willing to undergo a security background check.
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Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Woods Hole Partnership Education Program
Spend a summer gaining practical experience in marine and environmental science. The program consists of a four-week course and a ten-week research project Ð all in the sea-side village of Woods Hole. The Partnership Education Program is designed for college students, with priority given to rising juniors and seniors, majoring in the natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, or geosciences and earth system sciences), engineering, mathematics or social sciences, who have had some course work in oceanography, biology, or marine and/or environmental science.
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Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Princeton University, NOAAÕs Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System Research Internship Program
Awardees will work with host scientists at the NOAA Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES) Research program, a world-leading center of earth system modeling, research and prediction. Open to undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in a degree program at time of application.
https://cimes.princeton.edu/education-outreach/intern-program
Category: Other
Duration: 8 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
NOAA
Region: Multiple Regions
Explorer-in-Training Program
The Explorer-in-Training Program interns gain valuable, interdisciplinary experience in ocean exploration while collaborating on OER projects and expeditions. Open to currently enrolled students (undergraduate or graduate) or students who have already graduated, but whose graduation date is within a year of the application date (i.e., gap-year students); students must be enrolled in or have received a degree from an accredited academic institution in the US. Degree, major, or intent to major in STEM fields, social sciences, communications, education, business operations/administration, and ocean policy/management.
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Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University
Region: Southeast
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University Summer Internship Program
Provide hands-on experience in a research environment in marine science, biomedicine, aquaculture, and ocean engineering. Open to undergraduates and graduate students that are at least 18 years of age and in good academic standing as evidenced by submission of a current official transcript.
Category: Other
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
University of Hawaii, Sea Grant
Region: Pacific
Peter J. Rappa Sustainable Coastal Development Fellowship
The Rappa Fellows will further their knowledge and understanding of sustainable coastal communities through research, extension, and community-based education in topics of coastal smart growth and community planning and their integration with hazard mitigation and climate change adaptation as well as cultural and traditional knowledge of Hawai’i. Full time undergraduates or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited university or community college are eligible to apply for the Rappa Fellowship.
Category: Other
Duration: 8 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
National Park Service
Region: Multiple Regions
Scientist in the Parks Fellowship
Students placed in the National Park System to work on natural resource management needs. Each opportunity with the Scientist in the Parks Fellowship Program affords a distinct and memorable experience with projects that vary based on location, length, focus, and complexity. Past projects include mapping sand dunes at Fire Island National Seashore, surveying towering cacti at Saguaro National Park, and protecting nesting sea turtles at Padre Island National Seashore. Applicant must be enrolled as an upper level undergrad (junior/ senior) and will not graduate before finishing position, or an undergrad that has already earned undergrad degree and has applied to attend grad school. Limited to 30 years or younger; 35 or younger if veteran.
Category: Other
Duration: 12 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Maine Sea Grant, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Region: Northeast
Maine Sea Grant Internship
The Maine Sea Grant Internship program provides opportunities for undergraduates to gain experience in the field of fisheries. Enrolled or accepted in a degree-granting or certificate program from an accredited institution and enrolled at least half time (6 credits or more) in the Fall semester.
Category: Other
Duration: 13 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Marine Science Laboratory Alliance Center of Excellence, NSF
Region: Southeast
MarSci-LACE Internship
The Louis Stokes Alliance program provides a unique and authentic research and training opportunities that go beyond training received by traditional degree-granting institutions. Open to enrolled students at State College of Florida or College of the Florida Keys who identify as an underrepresented minority in STEM as defined by NSF.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 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