Over the past 12 years, the NOAA Hollings and Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) undergraduate scholarships have supported over 1,300 students studying in STEM fields, social science, and education. The scholarships provide students with two years of financial support and valuable research experiences that may not otherwise be available at the undergraduate level. NOAA scholars spend 10 weeks in their summer internships gaining hands-on research and technological experience at NOAA labs and facilities. Nearly half of the alumni in the workforce are putting their skills to use in the private sector, working as environmental consultants, meteorologists, engineers, hydrologists, and more.
![Dr. Kersey Sturdivant, an Educational Partnership Program alum, conducts an environmental assessment for the Block Island Wind Farm. (Image credit: Dr. Kersey Sturdivant) Dr. Kersey Sturdivant, an Educational Partnership Program alum, conducts an environmental assessment for the Block Island Wind Farm.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/kerseysturdivant_eppscholar.jpg?itok=zzyAuaKJ)
Dr. Kersey Sturdivant, an Educational Partnership Program alum, conducts an environmental assessment for the Block Island Wind Farm. (Image credit: Dr. Kersey Sturdivant)