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Scholars in action

Alison sits at a lab bench, holding a scallop in one gloved hand and examining it with a pair of forceps in the other. A tray with weighing tins and a laptop with a data sheet open are on the lab bench.

EPP/MSI and Hollings scholar blog

Nadya kneels on a narrow wooden sampling path that runs through the marsh and leans forward as if to retrieve something. She is wearing gloves and has a 5-gallon bucket on next to her that looks like it holds equipment.

NOAA scholars 2021 internships — from the deep ocean to the upper atmosphere

A photo taken from above Natalie's laptop, where she can be seen wearing headphones and typing on her laptop in a office setting. The photo is made up of hundreds of excel cells colored in to create the photo.

When science inspires art: A creative collection of NOAA scholars’ research

EPP/MSI scholar Adriana Muñoz refers to her 2020 summer internship as an exciting roller coaster that she completed from the comfort of a corner in her room. Here, she shows a diagram of a drone that she developed a lightweight winch for during her internship.

'Is my camera on?' NOAA scholars overcome challenges in a 'virtual' reality

Jezella as a baby with her parents while they vacation in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

The magic of mentorship

Andrew Tokuda, Global environmental science major at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and 2018 NOAA Hollings scholar, holds a chum salmon while kneeling beside the Tutka Bay estuary. Tokuda interned at the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Homer, Alaska, in summer 2019.

What surprised you about working in an estuary? 12 scholars share their insights

Savannah Miller, a 2018 NOAA Hollings scholar, takes in the scenery while kayaking in the Sitka Sound in Sitka, Alaska, during her summer internship.

Photo story: Explore NOAA scholarships as undergraduates #TakeoverTuesday

NOAA Scholars (left to right) Adrian Teegarden, Anna Lowien, Ashley Bang and Megan Hazlett are all doing research projects related to the life cycles and habitats of salmon and forage fish in the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. As you can see, they've been out conducting field work in some of Alaska's most beautiful bays!

NOAA undergraduate scholars #TakeoverTuesday to promote the 2019 application season

Cuong Tran's Hollings internship at Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve in Huron, Ohio, focuses on determining best practices for improving communication between the scientific community and watershed property owners, as well as uncovering barriers to the installation of nature-based shorelines. In addition to his project, Cuong is taking care of native animals in the visitor center, teaching school groups about watershed-estuary-Great Lake connections and human impacts on the lakes,

For Estuaries Week, meet 5 NOAA scholars who trained as scientists in coastal reserves

EPP Scholar Camisha Few is interning this summer with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Monterey, California, working on a Sanctuary biodiversity assessment for the West Coast Region.

Photo story: Explore NOAA science alongside our 2018 summer interns

Hollings Scholar Alfre Wimberley.

Ten cool things you can do as a NOAA Scholar

Hollings Undergraduate Scholars who interned with the National Estuarine Research Reserves summer 2017.

Photo story: Science meets education where the river meets the sea

Hollings Scholar Amber Liggett filming an Owlie Skywarn video during her education and outreach internship with the National Weather Service.

NOAA Scholars wrap up a summer of research and education

Hollings Scholar Lauren Cutler in front of a P-3 "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft during her internship at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL.

NOAA Scholars are a force for hurricane research

From left: Gretchen Messick (National Ocean Service scientist), Hollings scholar Maya Spaur and Lauren Winter (UMASS Amherst).

Every day is Earth Day for NOAA Scholars

(Left to Right) Alena Reynolds (Western Washington University), Dr. Jude Apple (mentor) and Hollings Scholar Danielle Siegert conducting field studies at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Washington.

Celebrate National #EstuariesWeek with 5 #NOAAScholars!

Alumni careers and successes

Kelly poses, smiling, next to her conference poster She's wearing a suit and name tag.

Hollings alumni highlight: NOAA research scientist Kelly Balmes

After 15 years, the first Hollings scholars reflect on how NOAA shaped their careers

Hollings alumna Hillary Thalmann samples for larval Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska on the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson during her 2016 internship. Hillary poses on a ship with larval fish sampling nets and large water-quality samplers. She is wearing cold-weather field field gear and a safety helmet.

Catching up with the NOAA scholars: Where are they now?

Kate Bemis and Bruce Collette in 2016 after they submitted their book, which Kate worked on during her Hollings summer internship, for peer review.

Passing the torch: How one Hollings scholar ended up with her mentor’s job six years later

A side-by-side photo of Alek Krautmann, a management and program analyst for NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) and Damian Manda, a Lieutenant Commander in the NOAA Corps.

Then and now: Meet two Hollings alumni who give back to the scholarship

Charlie Waters, a Hollings Scholarship alum from the class of 2007, shares his experience as a scholar and how it helped shape his career path.

How the Hollings Scholarship helped shape one scientist's career path

Dr. Kersey Sturdivant, an Educational Partnership Program alum, conducts an environmental assessment for the Block Island Wind Farm.

NOAA scholars are making waves in the private sector

Scholar presentations and awards

Hollings Scholar Meghan Shea conducts oxygen sampling using a Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) instrument during her internship with the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab.

Three Hollings Alumni awarded Rhodes & Marshall Scholarships

Front row (left to right): Kimberly Clinch, Katharine Shelledy, Taylor Heckman, Gina Li, Char’Mane Robinson, Katrina Rosemond

Back row: Anna Lynn, Meghan Shea, Spencer Showalter, Russel Calendar (NOS AA), Krista Dotterer, Cody Yeary, Jessica McDonald, Austin Hunter, Jin-Si Over, Lucien Simpfendoerfer, Jory Fleming and Alan Gorchov-Negron

Hollings & EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholars present their summer research at NOAA

Srishti Dasarathy’s poster at the ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting. Srishti is a Hollings Scholar from the University of North Carolina. (Photo Credit: Srishti Dasarathy)

Hollings scholars well represented at three major scientific conferences

Left to right, Back Row: Dr. Spinrad, Katrina Rosemond, Charlotte Eckmann, Samantha Levell, Amanda Murphy,Milton Martinez-Torres, Thomas Ludwig, Julia Maine, Joshua WadlerFront Row: Danielle Cox, Abigail Hummel, Emily Wallingford, Leigh Terry, Lewis Kunik

2015 Student Science & Education Symposium winners

Hollings program announcements and news

A grid of photos showing scholars doing a variety of activities, including: holding a tray of sampled oysters in a lab, holding a plate of whale baleen, on a boat, holding a weather balloon, and at a computer displaying audio data.

Now accepting applications for the EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarships

Congratulations 2023 EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarship recipients!

Students pose for a group photo outside NOAA headquarters.

Informational webinar series: EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarships

Audrey and Gracia are underwater in full SCUBA gear. They pose for the camera and though their mouths are difficult to see around the scuba mouthpiece, their eyes are clearly smiling. Gracia holds a large, professional-looking underwater camera while Audrey has a smaller underwater camera.

Applications for the EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarships are now open

NOAA welcomes the 2022 NOAA scholars!

Quinn poses in front of three monitors. One shows underwater footage, one shows a video editing interface, and one shows a scientific graph.

Applications for 2022 NOAA undergraduate scholarships are now open!

Announcing the 2021 NOAA undergraduate scholars

Haley Capone, class of 2018 NOAA Hollings scholar, out on a fieldwork day during summer 2019 with the Southeastern Fisheries Science Center Team. She is at a sampling site along the Miami Biscayne Bay shoreline recording relic oyster species shell counts within a deployed quadrat near a historic creek mouth.

NOAA undergraduate scholarship applications are open — Apply today!

Hollings scholar Caitlin Ford is analyzing Short Range Ensemble Forecast Dry Thunderstorm Probabilistic Model Guidance during her internship with the National Weather Service at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma. In addition to her research project, Caitlin is shadowing forecasters at the NWS Storm Prediction Center (where this photo was taken) and the Norman Weather Forecast Office this summer to learn more about potential career paths in meteorology.

NOAA welcomes the 2020 undergraduate scholars

NOAA scholars at the 2018 Science & Education Symposium at NOAA Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.

NOAA welcomes the 2019 undergraduate scholars

NOAA Hollings Scholars from the classes of 2011 and 2012 met with Senator Ernest F Hollings (center) at the University of South Carolina’s Hollings Library.

NOAA student scholarship honors life and legacy of Ernest 'Fritz' Hollings

NOAA Scholars in Silver Spring, MD, for the Science and Education Symposium.

Announcing the 2018 NOAA undergraduate scholars

Map of 2017 EPP & Hollings Scholars by university.

Introducing the 2017 NOAA Undergraduate Scholars!

How to become a NOAA scholar

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So, you want to be a NOAA scholar? 15 tips for applicants

A group photo of over 100 college-aged NOAA scholars taken outside of the NOAA headquarters office.

Preparing to apply for the EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarships

Audrey and Gracia are underwater in full SCUBA gear. They pose for the camera and though their mouths are difficult to see around the scuba mouthpiece, their eyes are clearly smiling. Gracia holds a large, professional-looking underwater camera while Audrey has a smaller underwater camera.

Applications for the EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarships are now open

(From left to right) Hollings Scholar Carly LaRoche, NOAA Teacher at Sea Helen Haskell, and Lieutenant Damian Manda with a sample from the bottom of the seafloor. Haskell spent 22 days at sea aboard NOAA Ship Fairweather helping scientists conduct a hydrographic survey off the coast of Alaska. You can read more about Helen’s adventures at sea on the NOAA Teacher at Sea blog.

Prospective scholars

Quinn poses in front of three monitors. One shows underwater footage, one shows a video editing interface, and one shows a scientific graph.

Applications for 2022 NOAA undergraduate scholarships are now open!

Scholar news and stories from around NOAA

Alison sits at a lab bench, holding a scallop in one gloved hand and examining it with a pair of forceps in the other. A tray with weighing tins and a laptop with a data sheet open are on the lab bench.

Northeast Fisheries Science Center 2022 summer intern profiles

Magdalena smiles at the camera and holds a salmon so that it is looking into the camera.

2022 NOAA Fisheries scholars and interns

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2021 Hollings and EPP/MSI scholars prepare for bright futures

Rose wears a white lab coat and rubber gloves and is in what looks like a chemistry lab. She is pouring liquid into a pitcher through a tube.

Summer scholars help expand aquaculture accessibility

Hollings Scholar Melissa Drown presenting a poster on the high-frequency CO2 system design at the Larval Fish Conference in Austin, TX.

NOAA scholars study and raise awareness for ocean acidification

2017 Hollings Scholars Rachel Phinney and Chase Graham of NCEI.

2017 National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) scholars

Emily Coulson during her Hollings internship with NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

2017 National Marine Sanctuaries scholars

MIT Sea Grant Hollings Scholars Caleb Perez and Tzofi Klinghoffer

2017 MIT Sea Grant scholars

Alexandria Barkman, Hollings Intern with NOAA Sanctuaries at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

2015 Hollings internship feature: National Marine Sanctuaries