Undergraduate Opportunities
NOAA Office of Education Undergraduate Student Scholarship Programs
Posted 09/16/09
- NOAA Office of Education (OEd) is seeking NOAA offices and programs nationwide to host Undergraduate
Scholarship recipients in the Educational Partnership Program (EPP) and Hollings Scholarship Program. Internship
opportunities are being sought for 150 scholarship recipients to participate in a 10-week OEd paid internship in
NOAA-related research, technological, policy, management, and education activities beginning May 26,
2009.
- Host offices are requested to identify a discrete project that the undergraduate scholar can complete within a
10-week timeframe. Forms used to identify a project may be found at http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/Hollings_info.html or http://epp.noaa.gov Completed forms must be submitted to StudentScholarshipPrograms@noaa.gov by Wednesday,
September 24, 2008.
- Undergraduate scholars are U.S. citizens, full-time undergraduate students majoring in NOAA-related disciplines,
including, but not limited to, oceanic, environmental, and atmospheric sciences, mathematics, engineering, remote
sensing technology, physical and social sciences including, geography, physics, hydrology, or teacher education that
support NOAA's programs and mission.
- The Scholarship recipients receive an OEd funded award that includes academic assistance, a 10-week paid
internship, housing assistance, conference travel and round-trip travel to the internship site.
- The NOAA OEd Undergraduate Scholarship Programs provide NOAA with a valuable mechanism to achieve its vision,
mission, and goals of the NOAA Strategic Plan. The Undergraduate Scholarship Programs supports the Agency's
cross-cutting priorities of promoting environmental literacy and developing, valuing, and sustaining a world-class
workforce.
- To host an undergraduate scholar please contact the NOAA Office of Education, Student Scholarship Programs, at 1315 East-West Highway, Room 10703, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 or e-mail
StudentScholarshipPrograms@noaa.gov
- For more information on the EPP Undergraduate Scholarship Program go to http://epp.noaa.gov and for the Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program go to
http://www.oesd.noaa.gov
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