William M. Lapenta - NOAA Student Internship Program

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Paid summer internship experience that provides opportunities for students to work at NOAA.

NOAA is offering paid summer internships targeted towards current 2nd and 3rd-year undergraduate and enrolled graduate students to work in areas that will provide robust research and/or operational experience that will prepare the student for further study in NOAA fields, for application to fellowships or for the NOAA-mission workforce. This internship program enables the National Weather Service, (NWS), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Ocean Service (NOS) and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO to target the skills needed to fulfill their specific mission needs. 

Projects may be focused on research areas or the development of operational products such as decision support tools, climate and weather forecast models, population dynamics of fish populations, ecosystem modeling, hydrology, ocean circulation models, unmanned systems (both in air and under water), data analysis methodologies, social science, and strategies to communicate climate and weather information pertaining to NOAA's mission to the public and to stakeholders. Overall, students will focus on areas that will meet the future needs of NOAA’s ever-broadening user community and address immediate challenges across a diverse spectrum from the sun to the bottom of our oceans.

  •    Internship stipend ($6000)
  •    Furnished housing
  •    Travel allowance to get to and from the internship site
  •    Payment of abstract fee for AMS or AGU conference
  •    ID cards and subsidies for use of Metro or other transportation to/from dorms to work site
  •    Upon completion, each intern will receive a certificate for Corp Conservation Act Direct Hiring Authority (CCA DHA)

Each student will collaborate with one or more scientists at one of the facilities detailed in Participating Offices tab (subject to availability).  All of NOAA's Line Offices participate in this internship program:  National Weather Service (NWS), Office of Oceanic an Atmospheric Research (OAR), the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS), National Ocean Service (NOS), and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).  The Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) also participates.  Please note that we cannot guarantee the availability of an internship opportunity at each facility on an annual basis.Application process is conducted via SmartSheets (https://app.smartsheetgov.com/b/form/ad11fef39de64fe4a237cf993c289019)

  1. Prepare the following to be uploaded to the site.
    • A personal statement
    • Curriculum Vitae (CV) or resume
    • A transcript (unofficial is sufficient) from your institution
  2. Two letters of recommendation are required to be submitted on your behalf. At least one reference must be from a professor or academic advisor.  The second reference may also be an academic reference or a character reference (e.g., employer, coach) who can speak to your capabilities and interests as they relate to the internship.  Please ask your recommenders (via email) to send letters through this link: https://app.smartsheetgov.com/b/form/fbea04747bdc4df9b8c7b33c9309dbf6.  That way they can quickly upload into our folders.  Letters of recommendation are due about a week after closeout of application portal.  The letters can be sent by email to peter.roohr@noaa.gov or lapenta.internships@noaa.gov.
  3. If you have any questions about the application process please contact Lapenta team at lapenta.internships@noaa.gov or the contacts on this page.

Q&A January 20, 3:00-4:00 pm (meet.google.com/nrk-kvth-bho)