Awardees receive up to $19,000 and a paid summer internship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Maryland HydroNet will deploy cost-effective flood sensors in high risk areas around the state to provide critical data to local governments and the public. 

Jonathan Poterjoy and Kayo Ide, both from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, will lend their expertise to the new $6.6 million initiative.