Entry fees support the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society. The 1998 EPIC intern, Liz Foote, reported on her internship with the National Undersea Research Center (NURC) in Key Largo:
I was absolutely thrilled and honored to receive an internship, and even more so when I found out it would be with NURC in Key Largo. The Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society internship offered me an opportunity to participate in current research efforts, as well as learn about how these efforts are orchestrated.
Aquarius 2000
She dove with Sylvia Earle and National Geographic as they filmed the inaugural mission of the underwater habitat.
NURC Reef Science
Diving with Alina Szmant for the coral spawning, and with Celia Smith studying Halimeda algae.
Project SCREAM
A rapid coral assessment baseline data study in Key West and the Lower Keys on the research vessel R/V Magic.