Links

Undergraduate Research Experience in Oceans, Marine and Polar Science 2010 (URE OMPS)
http://nia.ecsu.edu/ureomps2010/
The UREOMPS programme objective is to promote the professional development of minority undergraduate students through their participation in ocean, marine and polar science research.

University of Ghana, Legon (UG)
http://www.ug.edu.gh
This is the premier university of Ghana, founded in 1948, located in Legon-Accra, Ghana.

Elizabeth City State University (ECSU)
http://www.ecsu.edu
The Elizabeth City State University, a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, offers baccalaureate, graduate and professional programmes for a diverse student body.

University of Kansas (KU)
http://www.ku.edu
This univerity is a major public teaching and research institution that operates through a diverse multicampus system. KU's many parts are bound together by a mission to serve as a 'centre for learning, research, scholarship and creative endeavour, in the state of Kansas, the nation and the world.

NIA
http://nia.ecsu.edu
A web server which documents multiple programmes in Elizabeth City State University.

Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER)
http://cerser.ecsu.edu
The goal of CERSER is to develop and implement innovative and relevant research collaboration focused on ice sheets, coastal ocean and marine research.

The Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)
http://www.cresis.ku.edu
This center is a Science and Technology Center which was estblished by the National Science Foundation in 2005, with the mission of developing new technologies and computer models to measure and predict the response of sea level change to mass balance of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.

The National Science Foundation (NSF)
http://www.nsf.gov/
This is an independent federal agency created by congress in 1950 " to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity and welfare; to secure the national defense..." The goals of the NSF are discovery, learning, research infrastructure and stewardship.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR)
http://www.onr.navy.mil
An executive branch agency within the Department of Defense of Naval Research (ONR) supports the president's budget. ONR provides technical advice to the Chief of Naval Operations and the Secretary of the Navy.