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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Search for content areas of interest.

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.

Searching for terms that contain more than one word.

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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Application period.

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. 

Keep the future in mind.

If you don’t find anything that works out for you now, try looking for an opportunity that would be available to you in the next step of your education or career.

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Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program

Audience

High school
Undergraduate
Graduate student
Postdoc
Recent graduate (degree or certificate program)

Type of opportunity

Volunteer
Citizen science program

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

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.

LiMPETS Network

Audience

K-8 students
High school
Undergraduate

Type of opportunity

Citizen science program
Youth program

Citizenship eligibility

No citizenship requirement

Application period

Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer

Virtual or in-person

In-person

LiMPETS is a citizen science program that monitors the coastal ecosystems of California and helps youth develop a scientific understanding of the ocean. LiMPETS monitors the biology in rocky intertidal and sandy beach ecosystems and aims to provide publicly accessible, scientifically sound, long-term data to inform marine resource management and the scientific community.

National Marine Sanctuaries citizen science

Audience

K-8 students
High school
Undergraduate
Graduate student
Postdoc
Recent graduate (degree or certificate program)

Type of opportunity

Citizen science program
Volunteer

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

Citizen science is a term that describes projects in which volunteers partner with scientists to answer real-world questions. These volunteers can work with scientists to identify research questions, collect and analyze data, interpret results, make new discoveries, develop technologies and applications, as well as solve complex problems.

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.