Student opportunities database

The Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program (AKBMP) is a community science NOAA Fisheries-led monitoring program that facilitates collaboration between organizations, communities, and individuals to collect standardized shore-based observational data on the critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales. All participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

The NOAA Central Library offers a wide variety of internship and volunteer opportunities for students interested in library sciences, information management, or NOAA's mission. They have a variety of projects that will help students develop research, analytic, and technical skills. The NOAA Central Library often has internship openings as part of the Virtual Student Federal Service Internship Program, which is open in July. Please contact library.reference@noaa.gov for details on open opportunities.

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.

CRC Chesapeake Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (C-StREAM) program is focused on recruiting, advising, and mentoring college students from populations who have been historically excluded from the environmental field and are underrepresented in environmental research and management professions. For the purpose of this program, C-StREAM focuses on assisting students who identify as people of color and/or who are first generation college students.

The primary goal of C-StREAM is to encourage and support underrepresented students interested in leadership positions in environmental protection and restoration careers. C-StREAM endeavors to support this goal by developing inclusive career pathways that result in more diversity in the environmental workforce. The program works closely with academic institutions as well as government agencies within the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership to place selected students into meaningful summer internships, to support those students in their academic work, and to facilitate pathways for successful careers in environmental research, restoration, and/or management.

Summer research opportunities are available for 10-13 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 ($6,000 for the summer). CICOES also covers the cost of travel to and from Seattle and provides housing on the University of Washington campus.

The CIMAS/Miami-Dade College Undergraduate Internship Program will provide Miami-Dade College undergraduate students in STEM disciplines with research experience and mentoring. CIMAS researchers will design research projects, guide students through the execution of these projects, and serve as mentors. 

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 undergraduates for 8-9 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.

The EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers support the education, training and graduation of undergraduate and graduate students attending academic institutions supported by the Cooperative Science Center competitive awards. Students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in STEM disciplines aligned with NOAA's mission and participate in professional development and hands-on internship opportunities at NOAA facilities.

The Hollings Scholarship Program provides successful undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance (up to $9,500 per year) for two years of full-time study and a 10-week, full-time paid internship during the summer at a NOAA facility. Apply during undergraduate sophomore year. Applications are open September through January.

The Geosciences Bridge Program offers a 6- week paid internship at University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) for graduating high school students, particularly from underrepresented groups, planning to pursue careers in a field of geoscience. The interns:

• Reside in the UMES residence halls (housing and meals are provided), accompanied by trained resident assistants.
• Participate in lectures and field trips with hands-on activities in areas of geoscience such as atmospheric science, biogeochemistry, civil and environmental engineering, environmental science, marine biology, marine chemistry, marine geology, physical oceanography, remote sensing/GIS, and related fields.
• Enroll in either College Algebra or Calculus I (dependent upon math placement test score) and Freshman Seminar course.
• Receive $500 per week, paid bi-weekly and reimbursement for travel to/from UMES.

Eligibility: High school seniors who are entering their first year of an undergraduate degree program in the fall. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and have a minimum 2.7 GPA.

Important dates: Applications due in the spring of every year.