Stipends & Scholarships
Graduate Stipends
The Department of Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at Old Dominion University awards stipends (including tuition waivers) on a competitive basis to students admitted to the graduate program. We grant degrees in ocean and earth science (M.S.) and oceanography (Ph.D.); both feature specialization in physical, geological, chemical, and biological tracks. Our faculty and students carry out research projects that range geographically from the Arctic to the Antarctic and thematically from micro- to global-scale processes. We operate a 55-foot research vessel, R/V Fay Slover, in lower Chesapeake Bay and on the mid-Atlantic coast. Our graduates have found employment in federal, state, and local governments, in colleges and universities, and in private industry. Our program provides opportunities to work with interdisciplinary teams on real-world problems at the cutting edge of science.
Additional information at http://sci.odu.edu/oceanography/
or contact:
Dr. Fred Dobbs
Graduate Program Director
OEAS, ODU, 4600 Elkhorn Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23529
Email: fdobbs@odu.edu
Start your on-line application at: http://admissions.odu.edu/
Old Dominion University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution.
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Scholarship Application
The Department is pleased to announce its annual competition for graduate-student scholarships. The scholarships are described below.
|
Name |
Amount of Award in 2009 Competition |
|
Jacques S. Zaneveld Endowed Scholarship |
$1,825 |
|
Neil and Susan Kelley Endowed Scholarship Fund |
$4,631 |
|
Dorothy Brown Smith Scholarship |
Up to $2,500 |
Students wishing to make application for these scholarships:
1) Must be a full-time* graduate student in Old Dominion University's Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. (*except for the Dorothy Brown Smith Scholarship, for which half-time students are eligible)
2) Must meet any specific requirements called for in the scholarship description, e.g., "open to M.S. students only"
3) For the Zaneveld and Kelley Scholarships, applicants must submit a written application, consisting of:
a) a resume (or curriculum vitae)
b) an unofficial copy of her/his ODU transcript
c) a letter of recommendation from his/her major advisor
d) a proposal describing the intended use for the support ( 2-page maximum)
e) an itemized budget, with a paragraph of justification, including an explanation as to why the student's advisor cannot or will not provide the funds from grants (1-page maximum)
4) For the Smith Scholarship, applicants must submit an abstract accepted for an oral or poster presentation at a scientific meeting, a summary travel budget (transportation, food and lodging, registration and abstract fees, as applicable), and a letter of support from your faculty advisor.
The Zaneveld and Kelley scholarships are available once a year. In 2010, the deadline for submission of the Zaneveld and Kelley applications will be 23 April at 5 pm. Applications for the Smith awards will be accepted throughout the year until funds are exhausted. Applications are to be delivered to the Department's Academic Coordinator, Meg Munson.
Evaluation will be based primarily on merit, but some consideration will be made to need.
Students may apply for more than one scholarship at a time.
Finally, please note the Zaneveld and Kelley scholarships are to be provided in addition to the recipients' regular GTA or GRA stipends. The Smith scholarship is designated, effective immediately, for travel awards (up to $2,500 each) to support students' participation at scientific meetings.
Jacques S. Zaneveld Endowed Scholarship
One recipient per competition
Must demonstrate financial need for funding in the preparation of his/her dissertation in the field of biological oceanography by completing a current FAFSA (Financial Aid Form) to qualify
Student is selected by the Graduate Program Director and candidate selection is forwarded to the Office of Graduate Studies
Awardees
1997 Lisa Drake
2000 Keun-Hyung Choi
2006 Michelle Watson
2007 Frank Thomson, III
2008 Frank Thomson, III
Neil and Susan Kelley Endowed Scholarship Fund
Open to students pursuing a Master of Science in oceanography
Awarded on merit
May be renewed annually, for a period covering the Master's degree only, if recipient has and maintains a 3.0 GPA
Student is selected by the Department Chair and candidate selection is forwarded to the Office of Graduate Studies
Awardees
2005 Paula Zimmerman
2006 Maria Andrea Pinones
2007 Matthew Botzler
2008 Danna Palladino
Dorothy Brown Smith Scholarship
Open to students majoring in oceanography
Must be enrolled at least half-time
Student(s) selected by the Department Chair and candidate selection is forwarded to the Office of Graduate Studies
Awardees
2005 Joy Davis
2007 Hussain Abdullah
2008 Danielle Morgan-Smith
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External Funding Sources (Also see Student Opportunity Page):
AAPG Foundation Grants-in-Aid Program (Submission deadline for 2006 - Jan 31, 2006)
Hall-Bonner Program for Minority Doctoral Scholars in Ocean Sciences
NSF Graduate Fellowships
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (DOD)
NASA Graduate Fellowships
EPA STAR Fellowship
Computational and Systems Biology at MIT
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Office of Naval Research
American Association of University Women
Hertz Foundation
Ford Foundation (for minorities, dissertation fellowship and predoctoral fellowship available)
NSF Minority Graduate Fellowships
Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
American Meteorological Society Graduate Fellowships
John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships
The Society for Exploration Geophysics and here
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