The Molchanov Scholars Program is an endowed internship program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Institute for the Environment. The program is a partnership between the UNC Institute for the Environment and environmentally-focused small businesses, non-profit organizations and government institutions in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Each summer undergraduate students are matched with an environmental internship where they gain hands-on, professional training. Each Molchanov Scholar receives a $5,000 stipend to support their summer experience.
1789 Hub is a community for all UNC students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship. It is free to join and membership gives you access to resources including mentorship, internships, funding, and events. In addition to our job and internship board, we also offer summer internship funding through the Carolina Innovators Connect program. This funding is meant to help support students who receive unpaid summer internships.
For questions, please reach out to 1789hub@innovate.unc.edu
These are other internship opportunities that we've heard of that may be of interest to our students. You will need to contact and apply to each organization and opportunity separately. We'll do our best to keep this page up-to-date, but there may be some opportunities that have already expired.
ORISE Undergraduate Internships and Fellowships
Find opportunities to conduct authentic research through internship programs across the country
The above listing includes all kinds of opportunities for students at every grade level. You can filter the results to just show what you want. Also check out the NOAA undergraduate scholarships, because they have some paid internships listed here.
USDA Resource Assistants Program
All RAP interns receive Direct Hire Authority (DHA) at the successful conclusion of their internship, which is a useful tool that can help with future employment in a federal agency.
Kay Blada Recycling Internship Program
Kay Blada Recycling is a 501(c)(3) certified non-profit, founded in 2015 and dedicated to alleviating poverty and cleaning up plastic waste in Haiti, while providing environmental education to the children of the community.
NCPIRG Students is a student organization that works with UNC students to protect the environment, and promote civic engagement. This Fall our priority campaign is our New Voters Project, where we will be working with the student government and other student groups this fall to make sure no one misses Election Day. We have virtual volunteer and internship opportunities doing outreach, organizing events, and spreading the world through media and social media. Click here to sign up for an information session and apply.
Peace Boat US offers an excellent opportunity to gain insight and experience in the civil society, non-profit, non-governmental field, with one of the most unique and interesting NGO's in the world - experience that will help you stand out. Interns and volunteers support office administration, attend events at the UN as Peace Boat US representatives, support campaigns, projects, and educational programs through outreach efforts, and write news and blog articles about our activities. Especially valuable skills and qualities include being multi-lingual (Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French, and Japanese are especially helpful), graphic design, networking, photography, communications, public speaking, and very importantly, a passion to support the issues that Peace Boat US works on.
Marine Conservation Internship with the Whale Shark & Oceanic Research Centre (WSORC)
Four week program focused on hands-on marine conservation, research, and fieldwork. Note that there are costs associated with this program, but you will gain SCUBA certifications. See the website for all the details.
These are summer international internship opportunities. These are targeted to sophomores and juniors. These opportunities come with significant costs, so it's important that you also apply for funding to help support these amazing opportunities!
Please familiarize yourself with these requirements to participate in an international internship program.
There are about ten different internships available for Summer 2027 that have a sustainability component to them.
Detailed Information about the program
More information about the internships
Send an email to ecostudio@unc.edu.
