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The 2023 Lapenta program concluded with student project presentations scheduled on August 2-4 (hybrid) and August 9-11 (virtual). R2O’s Dr. Peter Roohr has served as the Lead of this mutually rewarding program since 2021. We look forward to celebrating the next class of Lapenta alumni and potential agency employees! The application period for the 2024 internship will end within the next month; please remember to hit "Submit" by midnight on Jan 3! Good luck!
For more information, please visit the Program Homepage.
DESCRIPTION OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
In recognition of the many contributions of Dr. William (Bill) Lapenta to advance NOAA science and services and his dedication to training the next generation of scientists, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) established the William M. Lapenta Student Internship Program in 2019. The program builds on the highly successful National Weather Service (NWS) National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Internship which Bill created in 2017. 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), and National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS) 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, data analysis methodologies, and social science strategies to communicate climate and weather information. Overall, students will focus on areas that will meet the future needs of NOAA’s ever-broadening user community and address strategic weather-water-climate issues.
To learn more information about the Lapenta Student Internship Program, please refer to the recent update.
