Dr. Marlene Kaplan Industry Day April 6, 2017
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K-12, Informal and Higher Education Programs Grants
Scholarships
Education Policy
Staff of 33 includes contractors and contract company for: ◦ Education & Outreach ◦ Grants management ◦ Program evaluation ◦ Data management ◦ Financial management ◦ Communications ◦ Admin support
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OED Invests $20 million per year training students in NOAA mission fields
How can we recruit more of these students into the NOAA-related workforce?
Credit: Alfre Wimberley
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Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI)
Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship
Credit: Ashley Hann
Credit: Lauren Chomiak
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4 Cooperative Science Centers in NOAA mission fields:
Living Marine Resources (UMD Eastern Shore)
Coastal & Marine Ecosystems (FAMU)
Atmospheric Sciences (Howard University)
Earth System Science & Remote Sensing Technology (City College of NY)
AEROSE Research Cruise
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More than 1,800 degrees in NOAA mission fields, including more than 200 PhDs
70% of graduates from underrepresented groups
Between 2002 – 2015, half of all African American PhDs in Atmospheric Sciences and Ocean Science graduated from EPP/MSI institutions
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Cooperative Science Centers CSC Graduates: Fields of Employment
65Computer Science
Atmospheric Science/Meteorology 56 17Physics
Geography 10 Chemistry 7 Hydrology 6
Earth Science 4 Math 3
2Oceanography
Environmental Science 87 Marine Science 60
58Biology
Health Fields/Veterinary Science 44 Fisheries Biology 39
16Natural Resources/Conservation
Ecology 2 Engineering 113
13Civil & Environmental Engineering
Education 92 Other 70
Business 49 Public Administration 15
Unknown 11
Law 11 Communication 5
Social Science 4
Economics 1
n=861 graduates for whom employment 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
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125 Hollings & 10 EPP Undergraduate scholars per year
Tuition support in junior/senior years ($9,500/yr)
Paid summer internships at NOAA
Funds to present research at conferences
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Hollings Interns by Line Office
What do Hollings Scholars study in Graduate School?
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*656 out of 862 program alumni tracked went to graduate school. 11 Some students earn multiple graduate degrees
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Top Institutions Where Hollings alumni go to graduate school
12University of California, Davis
University at Albany, SUNY
University of Notre Dame
Purdue University
+ University of Delaware
* + Mississippi State University
* University of Maryland, College Park
Michigan State University
+ Mass Institute of Technology
* + MIT/WHOI
+ Texas A&M University
University of California, Berkeley
* + Princeton University
* + University of Wisconsin-Madison
* Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
University of Rhode Island
+ North Carolina State University
Florida State University
* University of Miami
Duke University
* + Oregon State University
+ Penn State University
* + University of Michigan
Stanford University
* University of Colorado Boulder
* Colorado State University
* University of Oklahoma
* + University of Washington
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* = NOAA Cooperative Institute
+ = Sea Grant College
n=839 graduates for whom post graduate data are available. Only includes institutions with 6 or more alum matriculating.
92 Graduate Research Fellowships 2 Rhodes Scholars in 2017
Fulbright, Marshall and Goldwater Scholarships
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Language on Diversity and Inclusion in contract and grant announcements
Exploring opportunities to promote student interns in contract workforce
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Credit: Todd Christenson
Visit NOAA.gov/education
Credit: Megan Shea
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