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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.

The 2027 NOAA Hollings Scholarship application is now open!

The 2027 NOAA Hollings Scholarship application is open!

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Alleyah, Becca, and Ella pose together on a dock. They're in cold-weather sampling gear, each smiling and holding oysters in both of their hands.

Mariculture in Alaska! Reflecting on my time spent in the hatchery and creating a home in Juneau, Alaska

Mariculture in Alaska

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Quantifying primary productivity in a freshwater estuary in Huron, Ohio

November 4, 2026

Bryn Fleming leans over the side of a small boat to collect American water lotus. There are many flat, green lily pads on the surface of the water near the boat.

Mariculture in Alaska! Reflecting on my time spent in the hatchery and creating a home in Juneau, Alaska

October 29, 2026

Alleyah, Becca, and Ella pose together on a dock. They're in cold-weather sampling gear, each smiling and holding oysters in both of their hands.

A toothy summer in Charleston: My internship studying barium in bottlenose dolphin teeth to determine freshwater exposure

October 27, 2026

Hannah smiles, posing with a rack of vials with dolphin teeth in them. Behind her, a large cabinet holds dozens of vials in racks.

Preparing to apply for the Hollings undergraduate scholarship

September 2, 2026

Get a head start on your application!

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

Building community resilience through CALM

July 10, 2026

A row of people looking at a bluff

Florida partners supercharge teacher workshop at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve

July 10, 2026

View of the transition between hammock, marsh and the Tolomato River at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Protecting the living waters of the Channel Islands from marine debris

July 7, 2026

A group of people are silhouetted by the sunset as they look across a scenic island across the water.

The 20th anniversary of the NOAA Marine Debris Program

July 6, 2026

Photo of public participants in NOAA’s Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project sort debris items and record data at Nukoli’i Beach, Hawaii. June 2024 (Credit: Kauai Surfrider)

Adopt a Drifter Program grows this summer

June 26, 2026

Teacher at Sea Susan Dee deploys a drifter buoy.

New digital Sea Grant platform expands aquaculture education across the Southeast U.S.

June 24, 2026

A small boat on an inlet in Alaska harvesting kelp from a kelp farm. Orange buoys dot the water surface. Green mountains are in the distance.