Scholarship & Grant Recipients

2026

Advanced Dive Training - Dive Instructor, sponsored by Girls that Scuba
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Gabrielle Sleeman

2026

Advanced Dive Training - Dive Instructor, sponsored by Wander Women Retreats
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Jessica Garcia Pantoja

2026

Advanced Dive Training - Dive Instructor, sponsored by WDHOF Member Erin O’Neill
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Maria Thomé Alvarenga

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Photography, sponsored by WDHOF
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Gintarė Huckeba

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Photography, sponsored by WDHOF Member Erin Quigley
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Mineris Figueroa Colón

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Professional Diving, sponsored by Stream2Sea/WDHOF Member Autumn Blum
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Violeta Martínez Castillo

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Professional Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Christine Roper

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Professional Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Katrina Whitlow

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Professional Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Nabila Fitriani

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Recreational Diving, sponsored by Bonnie Toth Advertising & Design/WDHOF Member Bonnie Toth
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Camille Harrell

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Recreational Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Breanna Hernandez

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Recreational Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Rebecca Krohman

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Recreational Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Shreya Chandra

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Scientific Diving, sponsored by Blue Green Expeditions/WDHOF Member Faith Ortins
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Jillian Igoe

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Scientific Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Anouk Janess

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Scientific Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Natalie Horn

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Scientific Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Paulina Filz

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Scientific Diving, sponsored by WDHOF
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Samantha Hickson

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Scientific Diving, sponsored by WDHOF Member Caron Shake
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Anastasia Goelitz

2026

Advanced Dive Training Grant - Scientific Diving, sponsored by WDHOF Member Caron Shake
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Avicenna Wijayanto

2026

Bonnie Cardone Memorial Scholarship for Ocean-Minded Content Creators, sponsored by WDHOF Members Michele Hall, Andrea Stockert, and Karen Straus
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Mar Nester

2026

Captain Wayne Hasson Memorial Fellowship for Climate Change Research, sponsored by the Hasson Family/WDHOF Member Anne Hasson
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Isabelle Nelson

2026

Cecelia Connelly Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Underwater Archaeology, sponsored by the Connelly Family/WDHOF Member Mary Connelly
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Mieke Kassulke

2026

Graduate Marine Conservation Scholarship, sponsored by WDHOF Member Meg Donat
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Lauren Enright

2026

Instructor Advanced Education Dive Training Grant, sponsored by WDHOF Member Jeanne Bear Sleeper
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Reese Hanifin

Oceans and Human Health Graduate Scholarship

One $2,500 scholarship.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Captain Wayne Hasson Memorial Fellowship for Climate Change Research

One $10,000 scholarship.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Advanced Dive Training Grants (for Certified Divers): Dive Instructor

Grants are available to certified divers of any age and background to develop their diving skills to become certified as a dive instructor.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Advanced Dive Training Grants (for Certified Divers): Photography

Grant is available to women of any age who are living in the U.S. and who are interested in learning underwater photography.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Advanced Dive Training Grants (for Certified Divers): Technical Diving

Grant for the advanced dive training beyond open water diver level (or equivalent) for technical diving applications for women of any age.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Advanced Dive Training Grants (for Certified Divers): Scientific Diving

Grant for the advanced dive training beyond open water diver level (or equivalent) for scientific diving applications. 

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Advanced Dive Training Grants (for Certified Divers): Professional Diving

2 advanced dive training grants -- for women -- divers of any age (unless specified) and background who wish to further their dive education through approved scuba diving programs beyond the open water diver level.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Undergraduate Marine Conservation Scholarships

Scholarships for qualified divers of any age who are enrolled in accredited undergraduate academic or research programs in the field of marine conservation.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Advanced Dive Training Grants (for Certified Divers): Recreational Diving

2 advanced dive training grants in recreation -- for women-- divers of any age (unless specified) and background who wish to further their dive education through approved scuba diving programs beyond the open water diver level.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Instructor Advanced Education Training Grant

One $2,000 grant to encourage instructors to expand their underwater-related skills by taking additional training leading to certification. For women only.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Undergraduate Marine Research Internship

One $1,000 Internship program with a focus in marine biology. For women or men, must be a still-matriculated undergraduate student.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Graduate Marine Conservation Scholarships

Scholarships ($2,000 each) for women who are in accredited graduate academic or research programs in marine conservation.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Basic Dive Training Grants (learn to dive)

Six basic dive training grants $1000 each.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Amelia Behrens-Furniss Memorial Hardhat or Commercial Dive Training Grant

One $1,000 grant to a women diver of any age and background who wishes to begin or further her training in hardhat diving through an approved hardhat dive training program.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Cecelia Connelly Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Underwater Archaeology

Scholarships ($2,500) for graduate level course of study leading to a career in the field of underwater archaeology.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Laurel Clark Sea to Space Physiology Research Grants

Two $5,000 grants to support graduate research in extreme environment physiology (diving, altitude, and/or space). For women or men.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Bonnie Cardone Memorial Scholarship for Ocean-Minded Content Creators

One $1,500 scholarship.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

Jennifer King Memorial Dive Training Grants for ROTC or military academy students.

Two training grants (one basic and one advanced) for a person in the ROTC or a military academy.

Recipients
No Recipients Found

J. Berman Memorial Grant for Sea Turtle Conservation

One $2,000 grant for a qualified woman of any age to advance the conservation of sea turtles.

Recipients
No Recipients Found