SAILING SCHOLARS is a student cruise of a new California marine sanctuary

Learn about this student-led scientific cruise focused on biodiversity and productivity in a new national marine sanctuary off the coast of California. Aboard R/V Sally Ride, part of the research fleet at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, during the EAT-SLE 2025 cruise that took place this past February. 

Research technician Bea Wicker and students Kerstin Bergentz, Victoria Boatwright, Lindsey Kim and Katrina Johnson deploy the bongo net. Photo credit: Joe Riley.

Established in 1995, the UC Ship Funds program, supported by UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and philanthropists, helps graduate and undergraduate students (as well as early career researchers like postdoctoral scientists), to pursue independent research at sea.

https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/sailing-scholars

Interested in studying at Scripps Institution of Oceanography? They offer undergraduate and graduate opportunities in ocean, earth, and atmospheric sciences.

https://scripps.ucsd.edu/education