Student Opportunities: Internships

Program Description:

The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) for College Students with Disabilities is a resource to connect public and private sector employers nationwide with highly motivated postsecondary students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to prove their abilities in the workforce. Employers seek to fill both temporary and permanent positions in a variety of fields.

Myths, stereotypes, and misconceptions about people with disabilities often stand in the way when people with disabilities look for jobs, resulting in a high rate of unemployment. Statistics show that people with disabilities from minority backgrounds encounter even greater difficulty in obtaining work. The WRP aims to eliminate this workplace discrimination one student, one employer, and one job at a time.

Application Deadlines:

The WRP operates on the following timeline:

• By mid-September, the schedule of recruitment visits to schools is confirmed.
• From late January through the end of February, recruitment visits, which include 30-minute personal interviews with individual students, are conducted.
• By late March, a data base composed of student information gathered during recruitment visits is made available to employers in the public and private sectors.
• Once the data base is released, interested employers make direct contact with students about temporary and permanent job offers. The data base is active for one year.

Award:

Dates of Opportunity:

On-going

Geographic Focus:

Nationwide

Contact:

Hope Hasberry (NWS), Rosemary Pettis (NESDIS)

WRP Coordinator at the Office of Disability Employment Policy at 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-1303, Washington, DC 20210

Telephone Number:

(301) 713-0692 x200 (H. Hasberry), (301) 713-9210 x118 (R. Pettis)

(866) 633-7365 (WRP Coordinator)

Email Address:

Hope.Hasberry@noaa.gov, Rosemary.Pettis@noaa.gov

wrp@dol.gov (WRP Coordinator)

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Program Description:

Application Deadlines:

March 15th

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Dates of Opportunity:

May through August, flexible

Geographic Focus:

Chesapeake Bay Area, specifically Annapolis, MD; and southeastern Virginia

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Application Deadlines:

April 1

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Dates of Opportunity:

May through September

Geographic Focus:

Southeast

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Program Description:

Application Deadlines:

March 1

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Dates of Opportunity:

Annually

Geographic Focus:

Coastal North Carolina

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Program Description:

Application Deadlines:

Rolling deadlines

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Dates of Opportunity:

Year- Round

Geographic Focus:

Savannah State University

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Program Description:

The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) for College Students with Disabilities is a resource to connect public and private sector employers nationwide with highly motivated postsecondary students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to prove their abilities in the workforce. Employers seek to fill both temporary and permanent positions in a variety of fields.

Myths, stereotypes, and misconceptions about people with disabilities often stand in the way when people with disabilities look for jobs, resulting in a high rate of unemployment. Statistics show that people with disabilities from minority backgrounds encounter even greater difficulty in obtaining work. The WRP aims to eliminate this workplace discrimination one student, one employer, and one job at a time.

Application Deadlines:

The WRP operates on the following timeline:

• By mid-September, the schedule of recruitment visits to schools is confirmed.
• From late January through the end of February, recruitment visits, which include 30-minute personal interviews with individual students, are conducted.
• By late March, a data base composed of student information gathered during recruitment visits is made available to employers in the public and private sectors.
• Once the data base is released, interested employers make direct contact with students about temporary and permanent job offers. The data base is active for one year.

Award:

Dates of Opportunity:

On-going

Geographic Focus:

Nationwide

Contact:

Hope Hasberry (NWS), Rosemary Pettis (NESDIS)

WRP Coordinator at the Office of Disability Employment Policy at 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-1303, Washington, DC 20210

Telephone Number:

(301) 713-0692 x.200 (H. Hasberry), (301) 713-9210 x.118 (R. Pettis)

1-866-633-7365 (WRP Coordinator)

Email Address:

Hope.Hasberry@noaa.gov or Rosemary.Pettis@noaa.gov

wrp@dol.gov (WRP Coordinator)

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Program Description:

The Population Dynamics Recruiting Program (PDRP) was developed to increase the number of highly qualified applicants for population dynamics positions with the Southeast Fisheries Science Center .

A combination of two factors led to the need for this program:

1) the wave of upcoming retirements at natural resource agencies across the country, and
2) the decline in university natural resource program enrollments.

The PDRP provides unique opportunities for top undergraduate students in the southeastern U.S. to learn about the field of marine resources population dynamics first-hand, all expenses paid, from some of the top experts in the field.

Students interested must enter the PDRP through a one week Undergraduate Workshop, held in early January, each year, in the Florida Keys . The highly competitive application process seeks students with a strong quantitative background and a basic understanding of ecology.

The second phase of the PDRP is the Summer Program where 4-8 of the top, PDRP Workshop participants spend part of their summers learning about current, important marine resource issues. A key part of the summer program is a two week tour where students meet with key university and agency scientists, managers, and policymakers to learn about the issues. The end product of the summer program is a student-developed, web-based case study which can be used in classrooms around the world to illustrate the complexity of the issues studied by the students.

The top students participating in the summer program are offered M.S. Graduate Assistantships with the NMFS RTR Unit at Virginia Tech, as funding allows. Students selected conduct research on a marine resource population dynamics issue of consequence to the Southeast Fisheries Science Center under the supervision of Virginia Tech faculty and NMFS scientists. The RTR Unit maintains excellent relationships with many other top southeastern universities including the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, the University of Miami, and Louisiana State University, among others, where outstanding students are also referred.

Application Deadlines:

Applications accepted by October 15

Award:

Dates of Opportunity:

January 3-9, 2012

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Contact Person:

Jim Berkson

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Program Description:

The Population Dynamics Recruiting Program (PDRP) now offers a new summer opportunity for undergraduate students, unlike any other in the country. Students learn about a current, important marine resource case study by meeting with the university and agency researchers, managers, stakeholders, and policymakers involved during visits to the universities, marine institutes, and agencies where they work. The 4-6 week program involves only 4-8 top undergraduate students, all who must have previously participated in a PDRP Undergraduate Workshop.

Students are responsible for learning the background of their issue, developing questions for the individuals they'll meet, and ultimately developing multimedia Case Study Websites based integrating all that they've learned. Students who participate learn about marine resources from the people involved at the locations that are impacted by the issue. The students go wherever they need, to understand the issue whether its visiting sports fishermen on a charter boat or meeting with field biologists on a sea turtle nesting beach.

The resulting case studies are then available for use in classrooms across the world, providing opportunities for the summer program students to share what they've learned. The students have to work incredibly hard to meet their deadlines, but along the way, they also have a great time, building new, long-term friendships.

The top students participating in the Summer Program may be offered Graduate Research Assistantships with the National Marine Fisheries Service - Recruiting, Training, Research Program (NMFS RTR) at Virginia Tech. The Program can also refer students to other top graduate programs in the southeastern U.S.

Application Deadlines:

Applications available to students who have participated in the Undergraduate Workshop.
Will be posted: December 2011

Award:

All expenses will be paid for those students selected; including travel, housing, supplies, etc.

Dates of Opportunity:

Summer

Geographic Focus:

Virginia Tech

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Program Description:

Application Deadlines:

Spring of each year

Award:

Paid and unpaid internships are available.

Paid students are hired through the Student Temporary Employment Program.

Dates of Opportunity:

Summers

Geographic Focus:

Pacific northwest and Alaska

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Program Description:

Application Deadlines:

Application period is January 1 to March 31 of each year.

Award:

Paid summer internship, 10 weeks, 40 hours per week, approximately $15 per hour, exact amount contingent on funding situation.

Dates of Opportunity:

May through August, flexible.

Geographic Focus:

Hawaiian archipelago and other adjacent Pacific Island areas.

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Program Description:

Application Deadlines:

September 1, 2011 - February 17, 2012

Award:

Summer Internships - Scholars select and are placed at NOAA offices and sites for 10-week paid summer internships.

Scholarships - Scholars will receive a scholarship of $650/week during the summer internship periods.

Travel - Scholars' travel costs to and from the NOAA sites will be covered.

Tuition/Fee Assistance - A maximum of $8,000 per academic year is provided to each scholar to cover the cost of actual tuition and fees and other allowable expenses approved by the program sponsor.

Housing Subsidy - Students who live at least 50 miles away from their home residence during the summer internship periods will receive additional funding.

Dates of Opportunity:

Two Years

Geographic Focus:

Nationwide

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Program Description:

The HS/HT program is a program for high school students with disabilities. This program has several goals: to motivate students to explore their own interests and potential in the sciences and technology and to explore careers in these areas. There are over 100 programs nationwide. Through this program students are provided internship opportunities, learn to write resumes, and are given public speaking and leadership skills.

Application Deadlines:

Dates vary

Award:

Dates of Opportunity:

Year-round

Geographic Focus:

Nationwide

Contact Person:

Ms. Williams

Telephone Number:

(202) 693-7880 Voice, (202) 693-7881/TTY, or (202) 693-7888 /FAX

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Program Description:

Starting in 1984 CIMAS has participated in a high school apprenticeship program that is made possible through NOAA funding. Students participate in a summer internship program at Atlanic Oceanographic and Meteorological (AOML) and Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC). The program began as an"inner city" program. More recently the program is carried out through a Miami-Dade County"magnet" school, the MAST Academy (Maritime and Science Technology High School) which is located on Virginia Key, only a few hundred meters from Cooperative Institude for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) and the NOAA laboratories.

Application Deadlines:

Dates vary

Award:

Dates of Opportunity:

Every Summer

Geographic Focus:

Dade County Florida

Contact Person:

Essie C. Duffie

Telephone Number:

(305) 361-4237

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Program Description:

NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center internship program offered through Savannah State University for high school students interested in marine science careers. 

Application Deadlines:

Rolling Deadlines

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Dates of Opportunity:

Year- Round

Geographic Focus:

Savannah State University

Contact Person:

Dionne Hoskins

Telephone Number:

(912) 352-8925

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