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

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Law 11 Communication 5

Social Science 4

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125 Hollings & 10 EPP Undergraduate scholars per year

Tuition support in junior/senior years ($9,500/yr)

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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

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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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