Coastal, Ocean, and Marine Enterprise Inclusion and Network-building
Opportunity Directory
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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
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
NOAA, USDOI, NOVA SE University, US Coral Reef All Islands Committee
Region: Multiple Regions
National Coral Reef Management Fellowship
The fellowship provides state and territorial coral reef management agencies with highly qualified candidates whose education and work experience meet each jurisdictions specific needs, while providing the individual fellows with professional experience in coastal and coral reef resources management. Open to individuals with a master’s degree and two years of work experience OR a bachelor’s degree and four years of experience. Applicants with a doctorate or law degree are also eligible to apply.
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Duration: 104 weeks
Seasonal: Full Year
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
Oregon Sea Grant
Region: Pacific
Oregon Applied Sustainability Experience
The selected student is matched with an Oregon business to create sustainability solutions for industry practices. Project topics include energy or water audits, toxics reduction, green chemistry, and life cycle assessment. Open to any college student in Oregon with junior or senior standing, or attaining graduate or advanced undergraduate training.
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
Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center, NSF
Region: Pacific Northwest and Alaska
REU: From Upper Estuaries to the Deep Sea
Students spend ten weeks working on individual research projects and participating in group field trips, seminars, and science colloquia under the guidance of the University and research agency scientists. Open to undergrads that have completed at least two years of study towards a bachelor’s degree.
https://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/research-experiences-undergraduates
Category: Undergraduate
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
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
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
Savannah State University, NSF
Region: Southeast
REU: Bridge to Research in Marine Science
The program provides two weeks of classroom, field, and laboratory work to build technical, scientific, communications and ethics skills. During the final six weeks of the program, students will be actively engaged in research projects. Undergraduates with less than 60 credits are eligible.
https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/mar-env-science/marine-science/research-bridge.shtml
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 8 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, NSF
Region: Pacific Northwest and Alaska
REU: Scripps Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Script’s 10-week summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) is designed to engage students in diverse and exciting earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences research at a world-renowned institution. Open to continuing undergraduates at 2-4 year institution.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Sea Research Foundation, NSF
Region: Northeast
REU: Investigating the Consequences of Global Change on Marine Animals and their Ecosystems
With us, you will gain access to both Aquarium and University resources and expertise. In addition to the focus on cutting-edge marine research, we also give our students extensive training in professional development, teamwork and a true view into the world of research. Open to continuing undergraduate students.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer
Texas A&M University, NSF
Region: Gulf Coast
REU: Observing the Ocean
Students will work with faculty and staff mentors in laboratories and on seagoing projects to acquire the analytical skills for multidisciplinary oceanographic research. Continuing undergrad leading to associate or bachelor’s degree.
Category: Undergraduate
Duration: 10 weeks
Seasonal: Summer