(Sandy Hook, NJ) — To accommodate students and schools displaced in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) has extended the deadline for its Stew Tweed Fisheries and Aquaculture Scholarships. Applicants to the competitive scholarship program now have until Friday, April 12 to submit application materials.
The merit-based scholarship program, now in its sixth year, provides financial assistance to graduating high school students and undergraduate or graduate students who intend to pursue studies or a career in the fields of fisheries and/or aquaculture. The scholarship amounts, which were increased last fall, award $1,500 to a graduating high school senior and $2,000 to an undergraduate or graduate student who demonstrates an interest in and commitment to research and/or applied research topics in fisheries and aquaculture.
(Sandy Hook, NJ) — Superstorm Sandy is the theme for this year’s Ocean Fun Days Science Fair scheduled for June 8th at Island Beach State Park and Sandy Hook on June 9th. The competition, open to 3rd through 6th grade students from Monmouth and Ocean Counties has become one of the most popular components of Ocean Fun Days, a family oriented, educational celebration that features exhibits, classes, nature tours, and children’s activities all about New Jersey’s coastal environment. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Ocean Fun Days, a cooperative project of founding partner New Jersey Natural Gas, the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium, the NJDEP, the NJ Division of Parks and Forestry and NOAA.
(Sandy Hook, NJ) — Despite the devastating blows Sandy dealt many beach communities last fall, the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) is coordinating a cooperative effort among regional tourism leaders that will put a non-competitive focus on its popular, annual New Jersey’s Top Ten Beaches project to help promote Shore tourism for the summer of 2013.
In 2008, the New Jersey’s Top Ten Beaches Survey was created by NJSGC and the Richard Stockton College Coastal Research Center to encourage stewardship and pride in the state’s beaches while promoting a little healthy competition among New Jersey’s favorite beach towns. The voting traditionally opens up on the New Jersey Top Ten beaches web site in mid- to late February and continues through the end of April. The results of the survey are announced each year just before Memorial Day weekend at the NJSGC’s State of the Shore Media Event, a premier gathering of coastal experts, State officials, and members of the news media, to kick off the Jersey Shore summer.
(Sandy Hook, NJ) — The New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) has issued an all hands call for students with an interest in fisheries and aquaculture to apply for its 2013 Stew Tweed Fisheries and Aquaculture Scholarships. The scholarship program awards two scholarships annually to a graduating high school senior ($1,500) and an undergraduate/graduate student ($2,000) pursuing studies or an outstanding research or technology project focusing on fisheries or aquaculture.