Internships



Studio & Internship Courses

NRT Courses after 1st year Traineeship
Required for PhD Trainees
Optional for Masters Trainees


1

Identify Stakeholder Partner
  • Start discussion in Fall Advisory Board Meeting.
  • Climate Career Panel
  • Spring Meeting with Trainees' Advisors.
  • Confirm Stakeholder in Summer.


2

Studio Course
  • SCP is part of Climate Career Panel.
  • Minimum of 3 to 4 SCP/Trainee Conversations during Semester.
  • SCP & Trainee agree upon Research Project.


3

Non-Traditional Internship
  • Trainee conducts agreed upon climate-related Research Project.
  • Potential chapter in Trainee's Dissertation.


4

Trainee Travels to Stakeholder Organization
  • Trainee presents findings to SCP.
  • Trainee tours the organization.
  • Travel funded by NRT.


GOAL

To support a co-production approach so that both science producer and user benefit from Trainee climate related Research Project(s).



TRAINEE
STAKEHOLDER PARTNER

Ally Brown

NASA and Columbia University -
Easy Global Climate Model Project (EzGCM)

Haven Cashwell

North Carolina Climate Office

Steph Courtney

Smithsonian National Museum of
Natural History

Sukanya Dasgupta

Oakridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Haylie Mikulak

AU Fisheries Extension Work:
Oysters

Kyle Lesinger

NOAA's Climate Prediction Center -
Flash Drought Products

Taylor Schillerberg

Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) - HAZUS

Ben Webster

Army Corp of Engineers-Mobile
District Water Quality Managers