{"id":11716,"date":"2021-01-19T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=11716"},"modified":"2021-01-19T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:32:27","slug":"verner-e-suomi-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/11716","title":{"rendered":"Verner E. Suomi Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11718\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11718\" class=\"wp-image-11718 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/03\/SL0044_Verner_Suomi-251x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/03\/SL0044_Verner_Suomi-251x325.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/03\/SL0044_Verner_Suomi-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/03\/SL0044_Verner_Suomi-794x1026.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Verner Suomi. Credit: UW-Madison Archives<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) is pleased to announce a scholarship opportunity for high school students interested in pursuing studies in physical sciences; especially atmospheric science, meteorology, earth or environmental science, oceanography, or a related field. The Verner E. Suomi Scholarship Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Physical Sciences is awarded to a high school senior who plans to attend a University of Wisconsin System school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The $2000 scholarship honors Professor Suomi\u2019s lifelong commitment to undergraduate education, teaching undergraduate students throughout his tenure at UW-Madison. Suomi is widely known as the &#8220;father of satellite meteorology&#8221; for his transformational contributions to the field and is considered to be one of the most influential meteorologists of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline: <\/strong>All application materials must be submitted as one PDF no later than<strong> April 15, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">For more information and to apply visit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/education\/Suomi_Scholarship\/suomi_award.html\">cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/education\/Suomi_Scholarship\/suomi_award.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See previous scholarship awardees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/13034\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $2000 scholarship honors Professor Suomi\u2019s lifelong commitment to undergraduate education, teaching undergraduate students throughout his tenure at UW-Madison. The scholarship recipient must be interested in pursuing studies in meteorology, earth science, oceanography, physics, astronomy, science or math education or another physical science program. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":11743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-11716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","tag-cimss"],"acf":{"sub_title":"High school seniors apply by April 15, 2021","ssec_home_page_carousel_image":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/03\/Suomi_Image_Web_Banner.jpg","short_title":"Verner E. 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