Student Tracker Form

OMB Control Number 0648-0568, Expires XX/XX/20XX

Public Burden Statement
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to
a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for
this information collection is 0648-0568. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public
reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 28 hours per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are required to obtain benefits. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to the NOAA Office of Education, Natasha White, Natasha.White@noaa.gov.
Privacy Act Statement
Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under 5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations and 15 U.S.C.
1512, Powers and duties of Department.
Purpose: NOAA’s Office of Education proposes to collect contact information and associated background information of
undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates, for the purpose of tracking scholarship recipients’
academic progress, making annual financial awards, and tracking graduate studies and career progress. Demographic
information will be used to measure the success of stated Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) goals only. This
information will not be used to determine program eligibility.
NOAA Routine Uses: NOAA will use this information to evaluate and assess student data and information for the purpose
of selecting successful candidates for scholarships, fellowships and internships, generating internal NOAA reports, and
articles to demonstrate the success of its program.
Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 552a) to be shared among
NOAA staff for work-related purposes. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the published routine uses as
identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice Commerce/NOAA-14, Office of Education, Educational Partnership
Program (EPP); Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program and National Marine Fisheries Service
Recruitment, Training, and Research Program.
Obligation to Respond: Furnishing this information is voluntary; however, failure to provide information may prevent
consideration of your application for the program.

OED STUDENT TRACKER DATABASE 
Demographic Information: 

Academic Information:

Summer Assignments: 

Training Opportunities: 

Post Graduate Information: