{"id":168242,"date":"2021-03-18T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=168242"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:57:05","slug":"application","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/application\/","title":{"rendered":"Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Application<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/a73e0912-29b4-4a5e-b631-196b2eadf7f6_Cover_Coastal_JeffHester.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Hacking4Oceans\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-hacking4oceans\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-168233\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-168233\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/\">H4O<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-168401\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-168401\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/overview\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-168392\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-168392\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/in-the-news\/\">In the News<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-168389\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-168389\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/faq\/\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section><\/p>\n<p><b>Hacking for Oceans<\/b>, a new course offered Fall 2021 semester, will accept students who want to gain first-hand experience working in an interdisciplinary environment to address pressing ocean issues. Accepted students will interact directly with government officials, non-profits, and industry experts throughout the semester to explore the problem and develop a solution. Interested students must apply in advance. Teams should have diverse skills and disciplines, and while not everyone on the team is required to be an expert in their problem\u2019s field, it is expected that they will become one by the conclusion of this class.<\/p>\n<p>Limited enrollment by application. There are three ways to gain admittance into the class:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Assemble a team of 2-4 URI Graduate students from any college or department to tackle a problem listed on the problems page.&nbsp; <i>This is the standard application format. Apply with the button below.<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Assemble a team of 2-4 URI Graduate students from any college or department to develop a technology that the environment needs to adopt (if accepted, we will help you find a sponsor).<i> If choosing this option, you must apply early and get in contact with the teaching team as soon as possible. Also, if you need help forming this team, contact the teaching team. You still need to apply with the button below.<\/i><\/li>\n<li>You may apply individually and the teaching team will help you create a team after you are accepted into the program. <i>Individual applicants must list the problems they are interested in to be matched with other individual applicants.<\/i> <i>You still need to apply with the button below.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Advanced undergraduates may apply as part of a team or individually, but will require a permission number to enroll.<\/p>\n<span class=\"cl-button   disabled\" title=\"\">Apply Now<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hacking for Oceans, a new course, will accept students who want to gain first-hand experience working in an interdisciplinary environment to address pressing ocean issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1726,"featured_media":0,"parent":168081,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-168242","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168242"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192244,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168242\/revisions\/192244"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}