Texas Sea Grant – Community Engaged Internship (TXSG-CEI)

A summer internship opportunity for undergraduate students in any field of study with an interest in coastal and marine sciences.

This undergraduate competition is now CLOSED.

Eligibility

Undergraduate student who is currently enrolled at a 2- to 4-year college or institution in Texas.

Program Overview

The goal of the Community Engaged Internship Program is to broaden the reach of participation in coastal and marine professions by providing training and mentorship to undergraduate students. Texas Sea Grant welcomes all fields of study.

Link to funding opportunity: Texas Sea Grant Community Engaged Undergraduate Internship TXSG-CEI_Summer2025

Texas Sea Grant TXSG-CEI Stipend for 2025: $6,000.

The stipend is to be used by the intern based on their realistic needs and the project’s scope of work requirements and timeline, in coordination and advisement with the Texas Sea Grant Extension Program Mentor.

How to Apply

Submit ONE compiled application PDF by email to Mia Zwolinski, Texas Sea Grant Research Coordinator, at mzwolinski@tamu.edu.

Deadlines

Applications due: March 7, 2025, 5:00 PM CST, firm deadline.

Decisions released: late April 30, 2025

Funding to be received: mid-to-late or by May 23, 2025

Internship start date: June 2, 2025

In-person Field Experience Week in North Carolina: 7/20/2025 – 7/24/2025

If the project that you are working on is to be funded by the National Sea Grant Office, those interns may be able to participate in this July-week-long field trip to North Carolina Sea Grant;
If the project was funded from other sources, such as Texas Sea Grant, those interns will remain working on their projects in Texas.

Internship end date, presentations, celebration: August 6, 2025

Application Content

ONE compiled PDF consisting of the following 3 elements compiled in the following order:

1. CV – (2-page limit) detailed education and work experience;

2. Goal Statement – (1-page-limit) emphasize your interest and how the internship opportunity will further your career goals; optional: state which location and project to which you have a specific interest; and

3. One Letter of Recommendation – (1-page-limit) from a previous employer, current academic mentor, or a professor/instructor. Letter must be on the referee’s letterhead stationery, dated, and signed.

Application Tips

All application elements must be submitted in one combined PDF document in the exact sequential order as noted above;
Format: recommend 12 point font; 1” margins on all documents;
Ensure that the signature of the referee’s letter remains after converting to PDF; note that sometimes the signature disappears when converting a Word document to a PDF.
- Best practice: after the electronic signature is signed in a PDF, then “flatten” the document by printing to Adobe PDF (rather than to a printer), which saves the original letter and signature within the PDF;
- Then, combine all documents together in the 1 PDF for submission in the above order.

More Info

1-2 interns will work assisting at the YMCA Environmental Summer Camp Program in the Calhoun County / Port Lavaca area, for delivering environmental education programs, including assisting the TXSG Extension Mentor with developing a Fishing Cooperative and Oyster Mariculture Farm for the Matagorda Bay Fishing Cooperative and may assist with developing educational materials for an AI Water Level Project;
1-2 interns will work assisting at the YMCA Environmental Summer Camp Program in the Matagorda County / Palacios, Bay City area;
1 intern will work assisting in outreach and extension activities in the recreational fisheries sector in the Corpus Christi area;
1 intern will work assisting in outreach and extension activities in developing sustainable best practices for the recreational fishing tournament sector in the Corpus Christi area.

CEI https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Community-Engaged-Internship

Sea Grant https://seagrant.noaa.gov/

For more information specific to the TXSG-CEI program, please contact Mia Zwolinski, Texas Sea Grant Research Coordinator, at mzwolinski@tamu.edu.