Maine Sea Grant announces 2024 undergraduate scholarship recipients
Maine Sea Grant is pleased to announce that 12 students will receive a 2024 Maine Sea Grant Undergraduate Scholarship in Marine Sciences to support tuition or other academic or research-related expenses.
Scholarship recipients will join a statewide network of undergraduate scholars doing exemplary academic work on marine and coastal issues. Award recipients will also be invited to attend Sea Grant-sponsored workshops, conferences, and other events related to marine and coastal science, policy, resource management, community outreach, and education.
“We are excited to welcome a new cohort of 2024 Maine Sea Grant Undergraduate Scholars with diverse interests in marine and coastal ecology, conservation, engineering technologies, archeology, cultural heritage, and more!” said Jessica Jansujwicz, Maine Sea Grant’s assistant director for research. “We hope these awards will support their studies and provide them with new opportunities as they consider their future careers.”
This award is made possible through a program in which each award from Maine Sea Grant is matched with an award from the selected applicant’s home institution. The 2024 cohort includes students from the University of Maine, College of the Atlantic, Maine Maritime Academy, and the University of New England.
Meet the 2024 scholars below!
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Katelyn (Katie) DeWater, University of New England
This scholarship will provide Katie support in continuing her ongoing undergraduate research on the effects of sea level rise on Maine’s salt marshes while focusing on her academic pursuits.
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Josephine Pikowski, University of New England
Josephine’s education at UNE is supported by the Maine Sea Grant Scholarship, allowing her to further her research analyzing physical oceanographic processes in the Saco River estuary impacting biodiversity.
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Delphine Demaisy, College of the Atlantic
The Maine Sea Grant Scholarship will support Delphine’s tuition for the rest of her undergraduate career and her upcoming adventure at the Kino Bay Research Center in Mexico this fall, where she will be engaging in marine conservation in the region.
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Megan Maloney, College of the Atlantic
The Sea Grant scholarship is supporting Megan in her summer field research, currently taking place on Mount Desert Rock.
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Ella Offerdahl, University of Maine
Ella is using this scholarship to academically support her continuation at the University of Maine and will enable her to explore additional areas of marine science.
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Ben Gowell, University of New England
Ben will use this scholarship to support his research goals by providing financial relief and allowing him to dedicate more time to his research endeavors.
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Margaret Archibald, Maine Maritime Academy
This scholarship will help Margaret accomplish her goals of participating in the installation of research equipment on Maine Maritime Academy’s training vessel, the T/S State of Maine, and pursuing a PhD in Physical Oceanography by assisting in her college tuition.
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Gordon Maguire, College of the Atlantic
With the assistance of the Maine Sea Grant Scholarship, Gordon will be able to continue studying the complex relationship between humans and the world.
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Linnea Goh, College of the Atlantic
With the help of the Maine Sea Grant Scholarship, Linnea will be attending fall semester at Bamfield Marine Science Center, off the West Coast of Canada, where she will study the ecological adaptations of seaweed, marine population dynamics, and marine animal behavior.
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Terrance Meinardus, University of New England
This scholarship will help Terrance continue his undergraduate research in Oceanography and obtain the knowledge he needs to continue his career as a researcher.
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Lydia Burnett, College of the Atlantic
Building on her study of marine plastic pollution in Osakikamijima, Japan, Lydia is now using the support of the Maine Sea Grant scholarship to quantify microplastic ingestion in herring gulls at the Alice Eno Field Research Center on Great Duck Island.
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Autumn Pauley, College of the Atlantic
The Maine Sea Grant scholarship will help to support Autumn’s research on the transmission of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Herring Gulls at the Alice Eno Research Center on Great Duck Island.
Posted 28 August 2024