We are happy to announce that the NSF SOARS 2025 First-Year Protege Applications are now open until January 21, 2025. 

 

Applications must be submitted through the SOARS website: https://soars.ucar.edu/apply  

 

NSF SOARS is an undergraduate-to-graduate bridge program, designed to broaden participation of marginalized communities in the atmospheric and related sciences. Students are invited from multiple STEM disciplines including: chemistry, computer science, ecology, engineering, environmental studies, geography, mathematics, meteorology, oceanography, physics, science education, social sciences, and other related fields.

Program Benefits:

• Multiple-Year Support: Successful Protégés can participate in NSF SOARS for up to four years.

• Stipend: NSF SOARS Protégés work 40 hours a week for 11-weeks and earn a competitive wage.

• Housing and Transportation: The program provides furnished apartments, round-trip airfare, and a bus pass.

• Conferences: Protégés are funded to attend national scientific conferences to present their summer research.

Eligibility Requirements: 

• Must be enrolled in a degree-granting institution

• Must not have received a Bachelor’s degree in STEM and at least one more semester left of undergrad.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident 

For more information about the program and how to apply, visit https://soars.ucar.edu/ 

These laboratories offer opportunities throughout the year.

• Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)
• Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
• Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ONL)
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
• Sandia National Laboratory (SNL)
• Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL)

These organizations offer opportunities throughout the year.

• NASA