Benefits of a non-traditional science communication and internship experience based on research from the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship at a Research Intensive University

• Sukanya Dasgupta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: szd0086@auburn.edu

  Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7708-712X

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• Tayler Schillerberg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America, USDA Midwest Climate Hub, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8614-2450

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• Haven Cashwell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America, State Climate Office, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Chandana Mitra,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Karen S. McNeal

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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