One student will be selected each year as our Wild Fish For All Scholar. We will provide the winner with a $1,000 scholarship to put toward college tuition, fees, housing, and books. The top five applicants will also receive a one-year membership to the Native Fish Society.

We are pleased to announce two new funds available to all undergrads in the College. We invite you to apply now for these funds, and the ongoing Travel Fund as well.

The BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP is designed to attract outstanding students into research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit to students who are sophomores or juniors during the current academic year and who have excellent academic records and demonstrated interest in and potential for research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. The scholarship covers undergraduate eligible expenses for tuition, fees, books, and room and board to a maximum of $7,500 per academic year.

We are soliciting applicants for a term position that will be based at NOAA’s remote Little Port Walter Research Station on southern Baranof Island in southeast Alaska.

We are honored and excited to be hosting “Indigenous Futures in the Era of Climate Change.” This virtual event panel will highlight amazing Indigenous community leaders who continue to use their platforms, voices, and experiences to uplift Indigenous voices, ways of knowing, and people.

My name is Leah Davis, and I would like to introduce the Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles Team or UWROV. We are an oceanography and engineering RSO which designs, builds, markets, and competes with underwater robots (ROVs) in the international Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) competition! Our ROVs are built to meet the yearly MATE competition theme, which simulates real-life challenges in marine science and technology.

This workshop will provide information, tools, and methods to navigate career paths into the NOAA workforce. This workshop will include a demonstration on the USAjobs website. This is an opportunity to hear from current employees on how they navigated their academic journey into a professional career at NOAA. 

The Hollings Scholarship Program provides successful undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance (up to $9,500 per year) for two years of full-time study and a 10-week, full-time paid ($700/week) internship at a NOAA facility during the summer.

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Irissa came to the University of Washington’s Marine Biology Program by way of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Irissa also made waves when she competed internationally at the Olympic Hopes Regatta for sprint kayaking on Team USA in Hungary and the Czech Republic. We recently caught up with Irissa to learn more about her unique career path, being a new student during a pandemic, and her research interests.

The Shellfish Restoration Hatchery Technician will assist with all aspects of hatchery production and research on a diversity of species including Olympia oysters (Ostrea lurida), pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana), and kelp (various species) including animal husbandry, microalgae culture, field projects, data collection and management, and facilities maintenance. The technician reports to the Hatchery Director.