Major Wins Prestigious Scholarship

This spring, Halmos College Environmental Science Major Erin Cowan was awarded the NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship. Cowan is a member of the Farquhar Honors College and the Razor’s Research program.

Given to only 120 undergraduates a year, Cowan is conducting research with Halmos faculty member David Kerstetter, Ph.D. on live fish in the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center building.

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. The internship between the first and second years of the award provides the scholars with hands-on, practical experience in NOAA-related science, research, technology, policy, management, and education activities. Awards also include travel funds to attend a mandatory NOAA Scholarship Program orientation and the annual Science & Education Symposium, scientific conferences where students present their research, and a housing subsidy for scholars who do not reside at home during the summer internship.