Current Opportunities

These opportunities are for NOAA's College-Funded Internship Program. NOAA partners with colleges to provide undergraduate students summer internship experience in science, policy, and science communication. Students must be enrolled at a partner school to participate and apply through that school. See more information in the How to Apply section of the Program Overview page.

Note: Please do not apply to NOAA or contact NOAA mentors directly.

Ecological assessments of Kachemak Bay, Alaska

/ Alaska, Internships, Research

Scientific communication through visual storytelling

/ Internships, Science Communication

A review of NOAA’s Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program

/ Maryland, Internships, Policy, Research, Science Communication

Development of Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska

/ Internships, Research

Advancing the use of drones to support assessment of coastal habitats

/ North Carolina, Internships, Research

Partitioning of microplastic particles (MPs) into estuarine systems

/ South Carolina, Internships, Research

Science Communications for Charismatic Megafauna

/ Florida, Internships, Science Communication

Chemical Characterization of Microplastics in Sea Turtles by Using a Novel Method of Pyrolysis GC-MS

/ New Jersey, Internships, Research

Climate and Anthropogenic Impacts on Critical Reserve Habitats: The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Sentinel Site Program, Virginia

/ Virginia, Internships, Research

Using passive acoustics to monitor sea turtle bycatch in trawl fisheries

/ Internships, Research

Communication ocean acidification projects on marine bivalves

/ Connecticut, Internships, Science Communication

Developing Critical Questions in Offshore Wind Ecology Research

/ New Jersey, Internships, Policy, Research

Understanding River Herring Condition Through Lipid Content and Fatty Acid Composition

/ New Jersey, Internships, Research

Validation of Fish Age Using A Novel Amino Acid Approach

/ New Jersey, Internships, Research

Estimating Performance of Early Life-stages of Wild and Captive Populations of Marine Fishes Under Variable Environments

/ New Jersey, Internships, Research

Tracking of Caribbean Corals Outplanted from Nurseries

/ Florida, Internships, Policy

Oyster ecosystem services: phosphate analysis of tissue and shell to support a new environmental tool

/ Connecticut, Internships, Research

Monitoring underwater soundscapes with passive acoustic data analysis

/ Massachusetts, Internships, Research

Communicating Protected Species Conservation in a Changing Climate

/ Maryland, Internships, Science Communication

ESA-Listed Species Range Mapper (GIS)

/ Maryland, Internships, Research