Student Opportunities Website launched

The NOAA Office of Education is pleased to announce NOAA's Educational Student Opportunities Website.

The website provides information on scholarships, internships, and fellowships including a brief description of each program; application deadline; amount of the award; dates of the opportunity; program contact name, telephone number, and email address; and website address for the various opportunities available throughout NOAA.

The Special Opportunities section contains student opportunities categorized by geographic location, underrepresented communities, and opportunities for students with disabilities.

For more information about NOAA's Educational Student Opportunities click here.

New Funding Available for Environmental Literacy Projects (October 2006)

Two new funding announcements have been published (10/19/06) requesting applications for formal (K-12) and free-choice learning education projects focused on earth system science. Please visit our Funding Opportunities page for more information.

2006 Environmental Literacy & Science on a Sphere awards announced

The NOAA Office of Education is pleased to announce the awardees of the Environmental Literacy Grants Program and the Science on a Sphere Installation Cooperative Agreements for FY2006. Please visit our Funding Opportunities page for more information.

Internship Opportunities Sought for Summer 2007 Undergraduate Scholars

The NOAA Office of Education is seeking NOAA offices and programs nationwide to host Undergraduate Scholarship recipients in the Educational Partnership Program (EPP) and Hollings Scholarship Programs. 140 internship opportunities are being sought for scholarship recipients to participate in a 10-week paid internship in NOAA-related research, technological, policy, management, and education activities beginning May 29, 2007. For more information about hosting an intern click here.

EstuaryLive Telecast

Nearly 20,000 students in 37 states and the island of Aruba participated in last week’s EstuaryLive, the annual interactive live “field trip” to some of NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserves and EPA’s National Estuary Program sites around the country. The number of participants was nearly as high as last year in spite of the fact that the 2006 broadcast took place on just one day instead of two and included fewer sites. Of the 489 teachers who registered their classes to participate (compared with 476 last year), 65 were repeat participants. EstuaryLive is a partnership between the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and the Environmental Protection Agency. For more information, see www.estuaries.gov

NOAA internal Mini Grant awards announced

The winners of NOAA's internal Mini Grant competition have been announced. We are very pleased with the projects selected and we would like to thank all of those who submitted proposals to the competition, it is wonderful to see how much interest there is within NOAA for education. We look forward to working the the eight successful applicants over the next year on some very exciting projects. For further information about the projects click here.

NOAA presents awards to three students at 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

NOAA presented special awards to three students whose outstanding projects further the understanding of Earth's systems as part of the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Indianapolis. For more information about the Fair and the awards click here.