High School Science Pipeline Project

Environmental Science students at Clark Atlanta University .

Applicants design proposals to attract, recruit, and train a 'pipeline' of high school students to pursue careers, advanced degrees, or environmental entrepreneurship opportunities in the sciences directly related to NOAA's mission.

This is accomplished by MSIs establishing partnerships with NOAA, local high schools, academic institutions, and the public and private sector. The ultimate goal of the project is to ensure students have an understanding of the fundamental concepts of NOAA sciences.

Training a minimum of 50 high school students annually in both classroom and hands-on research experiences is required. Examples of hands-on applied research experiences include, but are not limited to:

• Students participate in habitat restoration or environmental enhancement activities in their local community;

• MSI and its partners mentor and share knowledge and skills with students in the use of application of weather and climate data; and,

• MSIs train students in the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) applications to demonstrate how environmental conditions in their local communities could be improved using GIS mapping applications to monitor natural resources, water quality, and ecosystem management.