Transect Program, Project Oceanica, College Of Charleston

Opportunities offered through COSEE Center Partners for Undergraduates, Graduate Students and Post-docs Visit www.cosee.net for more information

INTERNSHIPS New England Aquarium http://www.neaq.org/get_involved/volunteering_and_internships/internships/index.php Internships at the New England Aquarium for college students are available for the January term, spring, summer and fall.

Seattle Aquarium http://www.seattleaquarium.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=365&srcid=229 The internship program is designed to provide participants with practical learning experience in the Zoo and Aquarium field. Positions are available four times per year in both the life science and education departments and are open to all levels of students.

Marine Advanced Technology Education Center Internship Program http://www.marinetech.org/education/internships.php Interns work as marine technicians aboard sea-going research vessels that are part of the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) and the United States Coast Guard.

Center for Marine Science and Technology (CMAST), North Carolina http://www.cmast.ncsu.edu/index.php/join-us.html Internship and Graduate Programs affiliated with CMAST: - North Carolina Sea Grant Fellowship in Marine Fisheries Management (http://www.ncseagrant.org/home/research/fellowships) - Fisheries and Wildlife Internship (http://www.cnr.ncsu.edu/fer/fishwild/fwschol.html)

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography http://www.skio.usg.edu/?p=education/summer_programs The institute offers summer research internships that are competitively based and are typically directed towards undergraduate students (or recent undergraduate degree recipients).

SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hollings Undergraduate Fellowship Program http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/Hollings_info.html The Hollings Undergraduate Fellowship Program provides approximately 100 college undergraduates up to $29,000 to further their academic studies related to oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, policy, management, and education activities; and to offer a related summer internship designed to provide "hands-on" multi-disciplinary training.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program Undergraduate Scholarship Program http://www.epp.noaa.gov/ssp_undergrad_page.html The Undergraduate Scholarship Program provides an opportunity for rising junior and senior students to study disciplines relating to the NOAA's mission. Students attending Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) (Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaskan-Native Serving Institutions, and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions) receive appointments to approved NOAA offices and sites upon acceptance to the program.

Center for Undergraduate Research (UGA) http://www.uga.edu/honors/curo/curo-ap/curoap-index.html The University of Georgia offers apprenticeships for undergraduate students with up to two years of funding. Udall Scholarships http://www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/MKUScholarship/MKUScholarship.aspx SACNAS 2010 Morris K. Udall scholarships provide up to $5,000, or the cost of tuition, fees, books, room and board, whichever is less, to sophomores and juniors who study the environment or related fields, and those with Native American or Native Alaskan backgrounds who study health care or tribal public policy.

Link Foundation http://www2.binghamton.edu/link-foundation/applic.html Link Foundation supports programs to foster the theoretical basis, practical knowledge, and application of energy, simulation, and ocean engineering and instrumentation research. The Link Foundation supports doctoral fellowships.

Oceans and Human Health Summer Undergraduate Research Program http://www.musc.edu/grad/summer/surp/, http://www.musc.edu/MBES The Oceans and Human Health track is part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the Medical University of South Carolina. It offers underrepresented minority students the opportunity to work on cutting edge environmental/biomedical research projects. Students are registered for this 15 hour course, the credit of which can be transferred to their home institution. Successful applicants will have tuition waived and be provided a stipend for living allowance and room and board.

OTHER Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation http://www.pslsamp.uga.edu/homepage.html The Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PSLSAMP) is a collaborative effort sustained by a coalition of five colleges and universities in Georgia to significantly increase the number of underrepresented minority students statewide who complete undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm REU's are internship programs, usually held in the summer, for students who have not graduated from college. The Division of Ocean Sciences sponsors 20 REU sites across the U.S. that are focused on marine science, and other Divisions sponsor hundreds of other sites in addition that focus on everything from computer science and engineering to biology and social science.

Project Oceanica, College of Charleston http://oceanica.cofc.edu/ Project Oceanica's goal is to integrate education with oceanographic research and exploration, and to develop educational resources and programs available to college and high school students, as well as to K-12 educators.

Marine Advanced Technology Education Center Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) International Competition http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/index.php June 2011 - NASA Johnson Science Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Houston, Texas Organized in partnership with the Marine Technology Society (MTS) ROV Committee, the MATE Center’s competition challenge student teams to design and build ROVs (remotely operated vehicles) to accomplish tasks based on the ocean technical workplace.

PUBLISHING MarSci https://sites.google.com/site/marscijournal/ MarSci is a venue for publishing undergraduate research manuscripts pertaining to the marine and aquatic sciences.

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