主要研究 今天

Kennedy McGrath ’25 was enjoying the mesmerizing surroundings 和 focused field work of a semester abroad in New Zeal和 – 和 already considering plans for a return to pursue a master’s degree in a couple of years – when she learned she could first pencil in another great opportunity in the meantime.

McGrath was studying alongside the Pacific Ocean as part of 主要研究’s EcoQuest program in New Zeal和 when she received news she’d been chosen as a recipient of the NOAA 欧内斯特·F. 霍林斯本科奖学金, becoming the second 主要研究 student to receive the honor for sophomore students since 2019.

The NOAA Hollings Scholarship provides successful undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance (up to $9,每年500英镑)，为期两年的全日制学习，为期10周, 暑假期间在美国国家海洋和大气管理局(NOAA)的机构进行全职(每周700美元)实习.

McGrath will be completing the internship next summer following her junior year 和 is eying a potential career as a research scientist for a government organization like NOAA or the EPA.

“获得奖学金让我非常震惊. I know that there are so many competitive applicants every year from across the country,麦格拉思说. “I am most excited for the internship after junior year because I feel like that will be a chance for me to get experience doing almost exactly what I want to do for my career 和 make a lot of connections along the way.”

麦格拉思还不确定她在这个项目中的实习工作是什么, but she is hoping to l和 something connected to NOAA’s marine debris program. She wants to focus her academic 和 professional goals around the intersection of research 和 policy in finding solutions to marine plastic pollution.

“我对海洋污染很感兴趣, 尤其是塑料垃圾, so learning how to be a part of that solution in a high-impact organization would be a priceless experience,麦格拉思在谈到潜在的实习机会时说.

麦格拉思的双学位是 海洋、河口和淡水生物学 和 可持续性 辅修了 海洋政策当然，她已经充分利用了在主要研究的机会. She is wrapping up the semester in New Zeal和 和 has also accepted the New Hampshire Sea Grant Doyle Fellowship for the summer to work on aquaculture development with Linas Kenter, 联合国大学水产养殖和渔业研究科学家.

堪萨斯城, Missouri native is also an active member of the New Hampshire Network Plastics Working Group, a community group with membership throughout the state dedicated to reducing plastic waste through action 和 policy initiatives, 和 following her freshman year at 主要研究 she wrote an op-ed about marine plastic pollution published in the Concord Monitor.

去年夏天，麦格拉思在生态遗传学实验室工作 研究经验和学徒计划 (REAP) Fellowship while also working part-time at the Coastal Marine Lab as part of the Anderson Family Scholarship. She has also received the Trustee's Scholarship 和 the Dickie Family Scholarship.

As she wraps up her internship in New Zeal和 – 和 ponders the possibility of coming back to earn her master’s in marine biology– she is eagerly awaiting the opportunities ahead of her thanks to the Hollings Scholarship 和 is grateful to the people who helped make it a reality.

“I am very grateful for all the people who helped with my application 和 recommendation letters, 因为没有他们我做不到,麦格拉思说.

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