<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif">Hello all,</font><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif">I&#39;m excited to share that we are now accepting applications for the 2024 cohort of the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP)!</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif">Here is a brief description to share with your students/networks, and a formal announcement is attached:</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span id="m_-1926807613702735833m_-9161398190035301668m_7421160380427179499gmail-docs-internal-guid-259bde62-7fff-1386-0d6d-eacda2d78c66"><font face="georgia, serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP) </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">is accepting applications for the 2024 summer undergraduate research internship program. Based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, PEP combines course work with research in marine, oceanographic, biological, and environmental sciences. PEP is a collaboration of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the six major scientific institutions in Woods Hole: </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Marine Biological Laboratory, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sea Education Association, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">U. S. Geological Survey, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Woodwell Research Center.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">PEP 2024 will run June 1 through August 11. Participating students will receive a $6,000 stipend in addition to tuition for the course, travel to/from Woods Hole, room and board, and field trip expenses during the program.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Applications are due Friday, February 9, 2024, with letters of recommendation due on February 16. The 2024 PEP Class will be announced in mid-March.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">More information about the program and the application are available on our website: </p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodsholediversity.org%2Fpep%2F2024-program%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C49179da005174d97d45108dbf029131d%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638367831453733039%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XqignFP9n3CTYUdsKNm1BMJ4wmB74nFGnIEetXoLcG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.woodsholediversity.org/pep/2024-program/" shash="DXKh/bobLJA35574MT5tNG1blN0wxjcnHFqD/RjfWR7QWXmftGPRJMqUwq+v+yO4mtoSkb4HfYFw2Jc86jxgdK3vNgwHH8vcqo+WYF0RF9I929SPxP+a3wAaZhPrGs6wwAic93l6XIcDlmGXLlDfUbU2chR5oL6fQ556yj9GR40=" target="_blank">https://www.woodsholediversity.org/pep/2024-program/</a><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">Thanks,</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">Onji</p></font></span></div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" style="font-family:garamond,&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif">Onjalé Scott Price </font><span style="font-family:garamond,&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(she/her)</span><br><div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div di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