Marine and Hydrokinetic Graduate Student Research Program accepting applications

Today is National STEM/STEAM Day! STEM/STEAM Day celebrates Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM).

The Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO)  is currently accepting applications for the Marine and Hydrokinetic Graduate Student Research Program. The program is open to full-time doctoral students with a research thesis and/or dissertation at a U.S. institution, and Sandia National Laboratories is an approved host facility for Fellows.

As stated on the WPTO website, the program is designed to “advance the graduate student’s overall doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at DOE offices, national laboratories, industry, and other approved facilities where the participant will conduct part of their research.”

The Marine and Hydrokinetic Graduate Student Research Program is funded by WPTO and administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.

The application deadline is 5:00 p.m. EST, Dec. 10, 2021.

Read more about the application process.

Learn more about Sandia National Laboratories’ Water Power program.