The following are summer positions or unfilled semester positions that are still available.
Students: If you are interested in learning more about the position or applying, please contact the mentor/organization directly. You can view contact info by clicking the "More" button under each project.
Client: Ethereal Films
Community Engagement with Story Intern
Ethereal Films will be releasing its long-awaited 9 year feature documentary, produced by Mark Ruffalo, about the PFAS/Forever Chemical crisis which began in 2017 when news broke that the Cape Fear River was poisoned. Our team will be leading a grassroots global campaign about the PFAS public health crisis to educate, inspire and invite communities to take action. This campaign will be heavily focused on in-person events across North Carolina and the Southeast. Our interns will immediately hit the ground running to invite and organize these events with our team. https://www.genxthefilm.org/
Project Location: Hybrid/Hillsborough
Project Level: Entry Level
Project Type
Internship
Skills Desired
Cold-calling, confident emailing, organization, time-management, event logistics, passion, and an ability to learn quickly. Knowledge about PFAS is strongly preferred.
Intern Responsibilities
Contacting, scheduling and arranging events with dozens of university, non-profit and advocacy partners to support the campaign.
Project Deliverables
Leading the creation and execution of several events across North Carolina and beyond.
Unpaid internship
Comments:
Stipend may be available as needed.
Contact Information
For more information about this project, please contact:
Elijah Yetter-Bowman
founder@etherealfilms.org
About this Organization
Total EcoStudio projects since 2018: 11
Projects led by this mentor: 11
Client: Geographic Technologies Group
GIS Intern
The maps that keep communities running -utility networks, emergency response systems, public works inventories - don't build themselves. They're created and maintained by people who understand both the data and the world it represents.
GTG is a consulting firm partnering with local and state government organizations to modernize how they manage critical infrastructure and public services.
Project Location: Hybrid/Goldsboro, NC
Project Level: Advanced
Project Type
Internship
Skills Desired
Intern Responsibilities
As a GIS Intern, you'll build on your existing GIS foundation while contributing to projects that have real community impact:
You'll also gain firsthand exposure to how city, county, and state agencies operate day to day - the kind of insight that's hard to come by from the outside. We're looking for candidates with foundational GIS exposure - coursework, a class project, or hands-on familiarity with Esri tools - and a real interest in deepening that experience.
Project Deliverables
Unpaid internship
Contact Information
For more information about this project, please contact:
Mya Geiss
mgeiss@geotg.com
About this Organization
Total EcoStudio projects since 2018: 0
Projects led by this mentor: 0
Client: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Summer 2026 Communications Intern
MoreAbout this Organization
Total EcoStudio projects since 2018: 0
Projects led by this mentor: 0
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.
Undergraduate Internships and Fellowships: Find opportunities to conduct authentic research through internship programs across the country
This 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.
Check out the 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 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.
Send an email to ecostudio@unc.edu.
