What does a EPP/USP Scholarship include?
The Educational Partnership Program (EPP)/Undergraduate Scholarship Program (USP) provides selected undergraduate applicants with a scholarship award (up to a maximum of $8,000) for two academic years of full-time study and two 10-week, full-time internships ($650/week) during the summer at a NOAA facility. The internship begins the last week of May each year, and provides student scholars with hands-on research training involving in NOAA-related science, research, technology, and policy activities. Scholarships also include a mandatory NOAA orientation during the last week of May in the first year of the scholarship award; a housing subsidy for student scholars who do not reside at home during the summer internship; round-trip travel to the internship site including reimbursement for incidentals; travel funds for attendance and participation at a EPP/USP Scholarship Program conference at the completion of the internship; and, one professional conference to present the results of their
