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Undergraduates, applications are now open for the EPP/MSI undergraduate scholarship program, which include paid NOAA internships and academic scholarships. Applications are open from September 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025. Learn more about the program and how to apply at the links below.

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

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VADM Hann, Ben Friedman, Dr. Sen Chaio, and Dr. Rick Spinrad pose for a photo standing next to a virtual meeting that includes other members of NOAA and the EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers. The U.S. flag is behind them.

NOAA commits to strengthen partnership with EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers

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Announcing the 2024 EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholars!

NOAA announces the EPP/MSI 2023 Graduate Fellowship Program recipient

Congratulations 2023 EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarship recipients!

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NOAA awards $60 million in education grants to Minority Serving Institutions

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Announcing the 2022 EPP/MSI Graduate Fellows

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Informational webinar series: EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarships

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

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NOAA welcomes the 2022 NOAA scholars!

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NOAA Office of Education announces inaugural class of EPP/MSI Graduate Fellowship Program

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NOAA awards $60 million in education grants to HBCUs

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Applications for 2022 NOAA undergraduate scholarships are now open!

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Celebrating two decades of excellence: The 10th Biennial NOAA EPP/MSI forum

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

Hollings Scholar Meghan Shea during her summer internship with the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab.

NOAA invites second-year undergraduates to apply for our prestigious scholarships

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

Announcing the 2018 NOAA undergraduate scholars

Equisha Glenn, a research fellow at The City College of New York, presented her project during the poster session at the NOAA EPP 7th Biennial Education and Science Forum.

Forum will showcase student research and partnerships with minority-serving institutions

Three headshots: one of Harold Gamarro, Shanelle Haughton, and Nina Mauney

NOAA Office of Education announces inaugural class of EPP/MSI Graduate Fellowship Program

EPP/MSI students in action

Janelle grins in full SCUBA gear, floating at the surface of crystal clear, blue ocean water. In the background, mountains covered in green vegetation meet the shore.

EPP/MSI LMRCSC II prepares fellows for future careers in NOAA-mission enterprise

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EPP/MSI and Hollings scholar blog

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

EPP/MSI scholar shares research with community and regional leaders to raise awareness about air quality

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The magic of mentorship

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

EPP/MSI scholar Sheldon Rosa standing at the dock of Phillips Wharf Environmental Center in Maryland in 2019, where he piloted the educational toolkit with 4th - 9th grade summer camp students.

A better moʻolelo (story) for the future: NOAA scholar brings Hawaiian culture to internship

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

Leslie Irwin (left, NCCOS Silver Spring), Anthony Lima (center, graduate student at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), and Dave Kidwell (right, NCCOS Silver Spring) carefully remove a core of sediment collected by the Craib corer from the bottom of the Gulf of Maine.

Graduate students join research cruise on board NOAA Ship Nancy Foster

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

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Using the sea to see the American Dream

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NOAA Scientists and students collaborate, discover new oyster probiotic

Alumni careers and successes

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Setting sail for the NOAA Corps: An EPP/MSI alumna's professional journey

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DaNa Carlis named director of NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory

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From scholar, to fellow, to employee: Shareena Cannonier, Ph.D., shares her career path to NOAA

Shae Green in a genetics laboratory.

For Shae Green, getting a Ph.D. depended on finding the right mentors at the right time

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Persevere and excel: EPP/MSI alumnus awarded doctoral degree while working full-time at NOAA

LaToya Myles, Ph.D., Director of the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division of the Air Resources Laboratory and NOAA EPP/MSI alumni.

EPP/MSI alumna now leads a field division of NOAA’s research on atmospheric processes, quality, and climate

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?

April Croxton, a NOAA program analyst, is the first African American slated to lead the American Fisheries Society, the largest professional society related to fisheries in the United States.

Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions alumna to lead American Fisheries Society

Nigel Lascelles, a graduate student supported by NOAA's Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) Cooperative Science Centers (CSCs), discusses his research with colleagues at the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Puerto Rico in January 2019.

Student scholar sets his sights for a career in science through hands-on research

EPP/MSI Alum Dr. Jamese Sims.

EPP/MSI Alum recognized for outstanding commitment to mission & mentorship

EPP/MSI Alumna LaToya Myles, Ph.D.

EPP/MSI Alum becomes a deputy director at NOAA Air Resources Lab

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Four EPP/MSI Alumni selected as 2016 Knauss Fellows

Scholar presentations and awards

EPP/MSI scholar shares research with community and regional leaders to raise awareness about air quality

EPP/MSI scholar Sheldon Rosa standing at the dock of Phillips Wharf Environmental Center in Maryland in 2019, where he piloted the educational toolkit with 4th - 9th grade summer camp students.

A better moʻolelo (story) for the future: NOAA scholar brings Hawaiian culture to internship

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EPP/MSI Student wins fellowship; recent publication featured in Earth and Space News

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EPP/MSI students present research at ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting

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EPP/MSI participates in the 2016 AMS Meeting

Cooperative Science Center news

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EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Center quarterly highlights

Photo of T’Kiyah Reeves and Pa-Shun Hawkins, EPP/MSI Center Students at Eel Pond in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

NOAA awards $60 million in education grants to Minority Serving Institutions

Headshots of Julio, Summer, and Travis.

Announcing the 2022 EPP/MSI Graduate Fellows

Three headshots: one of Harold Gamarro, Shanelle Haughton, and Nina Mauney

NOAA Office of Education announces inaugural class of EPP/MSI Graduate Fellowship Program

Welcome to noaa.gov

NOAA awards $60 million in education grants to HBCUs

An artistically blurred photo of grass in front of a beach with the sun low in the sky.

Celebrating two decades of excellence: The 10th Biennial NOAA EPP/MSI forum

Nigel Lascelles, a graduate student supported by NOAA's Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) Cooperative Science Centers (CSCs), discusses his research with colleagues at the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Puerto Rico in January 2019.

Student scholar sets his sights for a career in science through hands-on research

Leslie Irwin (left, NCCOS Silver Spring), Anthony Lima (center, graduate student at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), and Dave Kidwell (right, NCCOS Silver Spring) carefully remove a core of sediment collected by the Craib corer from the bottom of the Gulf of Maine.

Graduate students join research cruise on board NOAA Ship Nancy Foster

Equisha Glenn, a research fellow at The City College of New York, presented her project during the poster session at the NOAA EPP 7th Biennial Education and Science Forum.

Forum will showcase student research and partnerships with minority-serving institutions

Retired Vice Adm. Manson Brown, deputy NOAA administrator, meets with center directors at the 8th Biennial EPP Education and Science Forum in New York. Left to right: Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi, City College, City University of New York; Dr. Paulinus Chigbu, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Dr. Vernon Morris, Howard University; Larry Robinson, Florida A&M University; VADM Manson Brown, deputy NOAA administrator; and Dr. Michael Abazinge, Florida A&M University.

NOAA awards $11.9 million to four minority serving institutions to train the next generation of scientists

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Weather Camp inspires the next generation of atmospheric scientists

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Using the sea to see the American Dream

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NOAA Scientists and students collaborate, discover new oyster probiotic

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NCAS teams up with NOAA Corps; sponsors open house aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown

Scholar news from around NOAA

Meet Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program.summer interns, Kelli Ong and Diego Rivera

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2021 Hollings and EPP/MSI scholars prepare for bright futures

Expedition science leads, Dr. Chris Kelley and Dr. Chris Mah, and NOAA EPP Intern, Nikola Rodriguez, pose for a picture while standing by waiting to receive word that the ROV is secured on deck and it is safe for them to go retrieve samples collected during the day’s ROV dive.

NOAA Scholar interns on the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer

EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship alumna Char'Mane Robinson during her summer internship at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

A summer intern’s perspective on why diversity and inclusion is the way to go