Student Funding Opportunities¶
TennesseeView provides several funding opportunities for Tennessee students, including:
Tennessee Fellowships
Student Award Competitions
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Student Research Webinars
TennesseeView Fellowships¶
$500 for Your Remote Sensing Project!¶
The TennesseeView Fellowships aim to provide support, encouragement, and resources to students in Tennessee who are interested in pursuing a career in geospatial data science and remote sensing. These fellowships also aim to increase the awareness of geospatial technology in STEM education and workforce development.
Eligibility
Must be a current undergraduate, graduate, or post-baccalaureate student in a college or university in the state of Tennessee.
Open to students from any discipline.
Must have good academic standing.
Working on a project that utilizes remote sensing and Earth observation, with a requirement to present at the TNView webinar before September 2025.
Must not have previously received the TNView fellowship.
Application Checklist
Full name
Current undergraduate or graduate status
Department and university
Phone number and email address
Name and email address of faculty advisor
A cover letter of no more than 2 pages that clearly identifies the problem, its significance, the planned approach, and a stakeholder (e.g., a state agency, a community organization, a school or university, etc.)
Resume or CV
Number of Awards
Graduate students: 3 fellowships available
Undergraduate students: 3 fellowships available
Application Deadline: April 25, 2025
Please submit your application at tiny
Student Award Competitions¶
The remote sensing competition awards at the TNGIC Annual Conference are comprised of one first-place award valued at 200 each, and three third-place awards valued at $100 each.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities¶
$20/hr for working on remote sensing projects!¶
Eligibility
Must be a current undergraduate at the University of Tennessee
Open to students from any discipline
Must have good academic standing
Interested in geospatial data science and remote sensing
Please contact Dr. Qiusheng Wu at tnview@utk.edu.
Student Research Webinar 2025¶
Date: Friday, September 5, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET) Location: Online via Zoom Registration: Zoom Registration Link
Agenda¶
10:00-10:20 AM - Stephanie Anyanwu (Tennessee State University) Effects of no-till and conventional tillage practices on wheat canopy cover and greenness using drone data
10:20-10:40 AM - Dryver Finch (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Flood Flights: Hog-Spot Analysis: Monitoring the Fiends of the Smokies
10:40-11:00 AM - Samantha Turley (Vanderbilt University) The Frame and the Foto: Fieldwork and laboratory methods towards a quantitative masonry typology in the Colca Valley, Peru
11:00-11:20 AM - Madison Kibbe (Tennessee Technological University) Geospatial Assessment of Water Insecurity in Tennessee: Integrating Demographic, Resource Access, and Hazard Data
11:20-11:40 AM - Grace Sandidge (Middle Tennessee State University) Assessment of Sinkhole Flooding Conditions in Murfreesboro, TN Using Dove Satellite Imaging, Hydrograph and Precipitation Data, ArcGIS, and LiDAR Elevation
11:40-12:00 PM - Ella Saunders (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Integrating Remote Sensing, LiDAR, and Field Methods to Assess Flood-driven Stream Impacts in the Cataloochee Valley Following Hurricane Helene