Each summer, SOARS protégés spend ten weeks conducting original research at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) or at laboratories of other SOARS sponsors. By the end of the summer, protégés will prepare scientific papers and present their research at a colloquium.
SOARS protégés participate for up to four summers so that they can explore the breadth of geoscience and transition smoothly into graduate school.
Protégés achieve academic success and participate in the workforce
- 10 earned their PhD in Science or Engineering
- 27 currently in PhD graduate programs
- 50 earned their MS in Science or Engineering
- 19 currently in MS graduate programs
- 105 have earned undergraduate degrees in Science or Engineering
- 18 are presently undergraduates
- 37 SOARS protégés entered the science and engineering workforce, including at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) laboratories
Protégés contribute to science
- 77 oral presentations or panel participants at national or regional conferences
- 218 posters presented at national or regional conferences
- 19 refereed, protégé co-authored published papers from SOARS research
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring was awarded to SOARS in 2001.
Articles about SOARS
Atmospheric Science: Integrating Many Approaches.
Winds of Change 2006. Volume 21, Numer 1: 12-21 4.69
SOARS: An Overview of the Program and It's First 8 Years.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2004 85: 42-47 1.45 MB
