Student opportunities database

Welcome to NOAA’s student opportunities database! NOAA has opportunities for students of any level — from kindergarten through high school, undergraduate and graduate, and even recent graduates. Opportunities include one-day events, summer internships at NOAA, multi-year fellowships, and more. Use the filters to narrow your search and find the opportunities that work for you.

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NOAA has student opportunities in STEM fields, social science, computer science, education, and more. Try searching for topics of interest to you, like ocean, fish, climate, weather, modeling, or satellite.

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Use quotation marks around multiple-word phrases you want to search. For example, searching “climate change” will return opportunities with the term “climate change” in it. If you don’t include quotation marks, it will return opportunities that include either the word “climate” or “change.” 

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This filter refers to seasons in the Northern Hemisphere. If you’re interested in an opportunity, be sure to check the opportunity’s website for specific application opening and closing dates. 

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Central Library Internships

Audience

Undergraduate
Graduate student

Type of opportunity

Unpaid internship

Citizenship eligibility

U.S. citizen

Application period

Summer

Virtual or in-person

Virtual

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.

NWS Student Volunteer Program

Audience

High school
Undergraduate
Graduate student

Type of opportunity

Volunteer
Unpaid internship

Citizenship eligibility

U.S. citizen
U.S. national
Permanent resident
International student at a U.S. institution
No citizenship requirement

Application period

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Virtual or in-person

In-person
Virtual
Flexible location

The National Weather Service (part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) offers endless opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Use this map to find out more about opportunities across the country!

PIFSC-University of Hawaiʻi Library Information Science Internship (graduate program)

Audience

Undergraduate
Graduate student

Type of opportunity

Unpaid internship

Citizenship eligibility

No citizenship requirement
U.S. citizen
U.S. national
Permanent resident
International student at a U.S. institution

Application period

Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer

Virtual or in-person

Virtual
In-person

Graduate opportunity focused on multi-disciplinary projects developed collaboratively between University of Hawaiʻi and Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. The PIFSC library is a government library. It is a fisheries and marine science library with special emphasis on the US-associated Pacific Islands. This internship is suited for students who are interested in these kinds of libraries, as well as those who are interested in solo librarianship. Possible internship tracks include (but are not limited to): Archives and/or digital archives, scholarly communication, and solo librarianship.

Sea Grant graduate opportunities

Audience

Graduate student

Type of opportunity

Fellowship
Scholarship
Paid internship
Unpaid internship

Citizenship eligibility

U.S. citizen
U.S. national
Permanent resident
International student at a U.S. institution
No citizenship requirement

Application period

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Virtual or in-person

In-person
Virtual
Flexible location

Sea Grant is a national network that consists of 34 university-based college programs around the U.S and the National Sea Grant Library. Sea Grant programs have a variety of graduate opportunities, which provide hands-on research experiences, financial assistance, research funding, and professional development experiences in new careers.

Sea Grant undergraduate opportunities

Audience

Undergraduate

Type of opportunity

Fellowship
Scholarship
Paid internship
Unpaid internship

Citizenship eligibility

U.S. citizen
U.S. national
Permanent resident
International student at a U.S. institution
No citizenship requirement

Application period

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Virtual or in-person

In-person
Virtual
Flexible location

Sea Grant is a national network that consists of 34 university-based college programs around the U.S and the National Sea Grant Library. Sea Grant programs have a variety of undergraduate opportunities, which provide hands-on research experiences, financial assistance, research funding, and professional development experiences in new careers.

SEFSC Reef Fish Survey Team

Audience

Undergraduate
Recent graduate (degree or certificate program)

Type of opportunity

Unpaid internship

Citizenship eligibility

No citizenship requirement
U.S. citizen
U.S. national
Permanent resident
International student at a U.S. institution

Application period

Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer

Virtual or in-person

In-person

Throughout the year, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) hosts unpaid internship positions for current upper-level undergraduates (incoming juniors or seniors) or recent university graduates (prior to graduate work) to work with the Shark Population Assessment Group.

SEFSC Shark Population Assessment Team

Audience

Undergraduate
Recent graduate (degree or certificate program)

Type of opportunity

Unpaid internship

Citizenship eligibility

No citizenship requirement
U.S. citizen
U.S. national
Permanent resident
International student at a U.S. institution

Application period

Winter
Spring

Virtual or in-person

In-person

Internship positions (unpaid) are available throughout the year for current undergraduates or recent university graduates to work with the Reef Fish Survey Sampling Group at the Southeast Fisheries Science Center's (SEFSC's) Panama City Laboratory.

Virtual Student Federal Service Internships

Audience

Undergraduate
Graduate student

Type of opportunity

Unpaid internship

Citizenship eligibility

U.S. citizen

Application period

Summer

Virtual or in-person

Virtual

The Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS) program is an academic year remote internship program for undergraduate and graduate students, or students in a college-level certificate program, who are U.S. citizens and would like to make a real difference in the work of the U.S. government. Students can choose a project within NOAA or other federal government agencies and complete their internship in a virtual setting.

For NOAA staff and partners: Is the NOAA opportunity that you manage missing from this page, or do you need to update a currently listed opportunity? Please fill out the NOAA opportunity submission and update form.