Sea Grant Announces Scholarship Program
Contact Beth Bisson (beth.bisson@maine.edu)
ORONO — Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine has created a new Maine Sea Grant Undergraduate Scholarship in Marine Sciences
Beginning in the spring semester of the 2010-2011 academic year, Maine Sea Grant will award one scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to one third-year undergraduate student in good academic standing within the UMaine School of Marine Sciences. This scholarship opportunity will be announced annually during the fall semester and a new, one-year award will be made at the start of each spring semester. The application deadline for the Spring 2011 semester is November 1.
The Maine Sea Grant College Program, hosted by the University of Maine, is part of a national network of 32 Sea Grant programs located in coastal and Great Lakes states. Maine Sea Grant’s mission is to play a leadership role in ocean and coastal research and education, and to promote sustainable development, ecosystem-based management, and stewardship of ocean and coastal resources. The program is supported though a state-federal partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Maine.
Maine Sea Grant is committed to supporting the academic development and professional opportunities of tomorrow’s marine scientists, coastal resource managers, policy practitioners, educators, and industry professionals. The annual Sea Grant Undergraduate Scholarship in Marine Sciences is one aspect of our workforce development efforts. Please visit here to find out about the undergraduate scholarship and other graduate student opportunities.
Completed application materials (available online at http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/funding) can be submitted via email to [ mailto:beth.bisson@maine.edu ]beth.bisson@maine.edu.
Alternatively, applicants may mail applications to:
Beth Bisson, Assistant Director for Outreach and Education
Maine Sea Grant College Program
5784 York Complex, Building 6
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
An interdepartmental committee will review the applications and announce a decision by Dec. 1, 2010.