ECONet Undergraduate Internship Program

The State Climate Office of North Carolina (SCO) is looking for a enthusiastic NC State University undergraduate student to support ECONet field maintenance and research in the summer of 2025. Those interested in fieldwork, research, and learning more about weather and climate instrumentation, monitoring, and data-driven weather and climate applications are encouraged to apply. Fieldwork will be conducted in-person at ECONet stations located throughout North Carolina. Additional maintenance and a portion of the independent research tasks will be conducted in our offices on Centennial Campus under the supervision of SCO staff.

As an undergraduate intern, you will learn how to maintain and troubleshoot research-grade weather stations and how to conduct standard data quality control checks on weather stations and associated data. You will also conduct an independent ECONet-relevant research project, and present those findings at the end of the summer.

As an ECONet student undergraduate intern, you will have the opportunity to help us improve data quality control routines, increase public engagement and accessibility of ECONet data, and improve the accessibility of data products for all North Carolinians. You will also share your independent research findings with us at the end of the summer so SCO staff, the scientific community, and the public may benefit from your work.

To learn more about the internship position and apply, please check out our ECONet Summer Internship Flyer. Applications are due no later than 11:59pm EST February 24, 2025.