NOAA Undergraduate Scholarship Application Experience

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

NOAA Undergraduate Scholarship Application Experience
The NOAA Office of Education is collecting data to understand possible barriers for applicants in
completing applications for the Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program and EPP/MSI
Undergraduate Scholarship Program at NOAA.
You are invited to participate in this survey because our records indicate you started an application for
either the Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program or the EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship
Program. NOAA wants to better understand your experience with the scholarship application. Your
participation is valuable in helping NOAA improve the process for future applicants. The survey should
take approximately 5 minutes, and responses are anonymous.
Thank you for taking the time to complete the NOAA Undergraduate Scholarship Application Experience
Survey. Your input is appreciated.

1. For which program did you begin an application? *
O Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program
O EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship Program
2. Did you complete the application? *
O Yes
Skip to question 7
O No
Skip to question 3
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Application Experience
3. Your application was not completed. Please select the statement that best describes
how much of the application was completed. *
O I completed very little of the application.
O I completed about half of the application.
O I completed most of the application.
4. Briefly describe why you did not complete your scholarship application. *
5. Which of the following best describes the reason for not completing your application?
(Select all that apply)*
☐ I received another opportunity.
☐ The application was too long.
☐ There were technological issues with the application system.
☐ I forgot that I started the application.
☐ I was no longer interested in the program.
☐ I didn’t have time to complete the application.
☐ I didn’t have anyone to provide feedback on my application.
☐ I had issues gathering the required application materials (i.e., transcripts, references).
☐ Other

6. Briefly describe what supports would have been helpful to successfully complete the
application.
Go to Question 10
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Completed Application Experience
7. How much time did it take to complete all parts of the application? *
O 1-2 hours
O 3-5 hours
O More than 5 hours
8. Did you face any challenges when completing the scholarship application? If yes, please
describe briefly.
9. Did you seek help in navigating the scholarship application? If yes, what kind of help did
you seek? *
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Application Improvement
10. What suggestions do you have that would improve the scholarship application?

Submit form.
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 survey. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 5
minutes 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 voluntary. 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.
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/MSI); 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.