TWO FAMU STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM
LaToya Chandler, an environmental sciences major at Florida A&M University, is conducting research this summer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Chandler is one of 15 students from minority serving institutions who have been awarded research scholarships by the Educational Partnership Program. The scholarships provide hands-on training and experience to encourage undergraduates to pursue study in the NOAA fields, such as atmospheric or oceanic science, research, and remote sensing technology.
Scholarship students are eligible for up to $8,000 of academic assistance per year for full-time study during the junior and senior years, a 10-week, paid internship ($650 per week) for two summers, including a housing subsidy, round-trip travel to the internship site, and travel expenses to the program orientation in Silver Spring, Md.
Chandler is conducting research on geographical information systems for international observer programs with the NOAA Fisheries Service.
Karl Grant, an environmental science major at FAMU, is conducting research this summer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Grant is one of 15 students from minority serving institutions who have been awarded research scholarships in the Educational Partnership Undergraduate Program. The scholarships provide hands-on training and experience to encourage undergraduates to pursue study in the NOAA fields, such as atmospheric or oceanic science, research, and remote sensing technology.
Scholarship students are eligible for up to $8,000 of academic assistance per year for full-time study during the junior and senior years, a 10-week, paid internship ($650 per week) for two summers, including a housing subsidy, round-trip travel to the internship site, and travel expenses to the program orientation in Silver Spring, Md.
Grant is currently conducting research on organic contaminants in mussels in the mid-1940s from Birch Harbor, Maine, with the NOAA Ocean Service Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment.
To be eligible, students must be U.S. citizens, a full-time junior in an accredited college or university within the United States or U.S. territories, hold a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (based on a 4.0 scale) in all completed undergraduate courses and in the major field of study, and major in a discipline area related to oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology that support NOAA's programs and mission, such as the biological, social, and physical sciences; mathematics; engineering; computer and information sciences.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department, is celebrating 200 years of science and service to the nation. From the establishment of the Survey of the Coast in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson to the formation of the Weather Bureau and the Commission of Fish and Fisheries in the 1870s, much of America's scientific heritage is rooted in NOAA.
NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and information service delivery for transportation, and by providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners, more than 60 countries and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes, predicts and protects.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Contact: Linda Belton
(301) 713-9437, ext. 150
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