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SOARS stands for Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science. SOARS is a four-year, paid summer research internship for undergraduate science, math, engineering, and social science students interested in understanding the atmosphere and using that understanding to improve life on Earth.
SOARS is designed to broaden participation in the atmospheric and related sciences. The program is equal parts research internship, learning community, and mentoring program. SOARS offers comprehensive financial support for summer research as well as undergraduate and graduate school funding for up to four years.
SOARS Evaluation
In 2005, the Ethnography & Evaluation Research (E&ER) group in the Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder, completed a two-year, in-depth evaluation of the SOARS program.
You can download the executive summary of the evaluation and the complete document as PDFs.
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*As of June 2008*
Protégés achieving academic success and participating in the workforce
- 5 earned their PhD in Science or Engineering
- 25 currently in PhD graduate programs
- 49 earned their MS in Science or Engineering
- 13 currently in MS graduate programs
- 95 have earned undergraduate degrees in Science or Engineering
- 16 are presently undergraduates
- 32 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 honored in the field
- 3 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Graduate Fellows
- 3 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellows
- 4 NASA pre-doctoral fellowships
Protégés contributing to the scientific community
SOARS received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring in 2001
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