Making Waves

These awards recognize and reward OSU undergraduate students who demonstrate outstanding scholarship and pursuits consistent with the transdisciplinary, collaborative, experiential learning and outreach vision and mission of MSI.

Marine Studies Initiative Student Awards

 

The Marine Studies Initiative (MSI) is pleased to announce new Marine Studies Initiative Student Awards. These awards recognize and reward OSU undergraduate students who demonstrate outstanding scholarship and pursuits consistent with the transdisciplinary, collaborative, experiential learning and outreach vision and mission of MSI. We anticipate MSI Student Awards to be an annual opportunity continuing in future years, the amount dependent upon fund availability and thanks to generous donor support. To advance understanding of the complex social, cultural, historical, and economic nature of the marine environment, preference will be given to students studying these human dimensions of the coasts and ocean.

These Marine Studies Awards may be used to further the student’s marine-related academic pursuits and experiences. Awards can cover expenses related to a student's undergraduate transdisciplinary endeavors, such as specific travel costs to professional meetings, research experiences, courses, internships, other experiential experiences directly related to academic pursuits--e.g., cost of airfare, mileage reimbursements, and field housing; books and supplies purchases; and memberships to online academic software. MSI Student Awards will be up to $500 per award. Awards will be distributed in one of two ways, depending on the nature of the awarded request:  (a) funds moved into student's OSU account, or (b) MSI Office directly pays for travel, books, supplies, etc.

 

2022 Marine Studies Initiative Student Awardees

Marina Larson

Marina used her student award funds to pay for field housing while studying at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.

Wally Fiori

Wally used his student award funds to pay for field housing while studying at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.

Kaleigh Ballantine

Kaleigh used her student award funds to pay for field housing while taking a biological oceangraphy class at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.

Drake Gross

Drake used his student award funds to pay for waders and rainboots for fieldwork in his Marine Biology and Ecology class at the Hatfield Marine Science Center. 

 

Ashley Marxsen

Ashley used her student award funds to pay for travel to Hawaii for her Marine Mammal Research internship with the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.

Julia Parker

Julia used her student award funds to pay for wet lab fees, course fees, and travel to and from the Hatfield Marine Science Center while taking marined-focused summer courses.