Apply Now: Summer Opportunities for Graduate Students
Although the EarthLab Summer Internship Program is only available to UW undergraduate students, we are fortunate to have several Member Organizations that are currently accepting applications for a variety of graduate student programming. Learn more and consider applying with the information below!
Pacific Northwest Climate Ambassador Program
Program on Climate Change and the Washington State Climate Office
The PNW Climate Ambassadors program at the University of Washington seeks to train graduate students studying climate change, its impacts, or potential responses to effectively engage with various sectors of the public. The program will train a cohort of about 10 graduate students to develop presentations on a climate-related topic of interest to a unique sector of the public that is also related to the students’ own area of expertise. To apply, please submit a single pdf that includes both your two-page CV/resume and a one-paragraph statement of why you want to participate in this program and what you hope to learn.
Deadline to Apply: February 1, 2025
2025-2026 Research Fellowship Program Request for Proposals
Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center at the Climate Impacts Group
The Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (NW CASC) Research Fellowship Program supports research related to climate adaptation for Northwest natural and cultural resource management and provides training in the principles and practices of developing decision-relevant science. Funding will be available to support research performed during the 2025-2026 academic year. The funding period is from the beginning of the fall 2024 term through July 31, 2026, with potential for funding to begin as early as the beginning of the Fellow’s summer 2025 term and for extension to the end of summer 2026 term.
Deadline to Apply: March 10, 2025.
Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute
Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative at the Climate Impacts Group
The Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute (CERSI), formerly called the Science Justice Summer School, is an intensive summer program created for current or recent graduate students (master’s, doctoral, and post-doc), majoring in any discipline who are interested in learning about climate resilience and justice from diverse perspectives. This program is hosted by the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative, a NOAA-funded program housed at the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, and supported by EarthLab.
Deadline to Apply: March 17, 2025, with priority given to applications received by February 28, 2025.
UW Climate Impacts Group contributes to new WA State Climate Resiliency Strategy
Members of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group have supported a newly released plan for state agencies to address the regional impacts of climate change, such as dwindling snowpack, rising seas, flooding and dangerous heat events like the 2021 Pacific Northwest “heat dome.”