THE LINK FOUNDATION IS PROUD of its record of supporting doctoral fellowships in these areas of endeavor pursued by Edwin A. Link and also supporting educational institutions in the communities where its founders, Edwin and Marion Link lived. Since its inception, the Link Foundation has provided almost $13 Million in grants to support worthy programs consistent with its mission. With your support the Link Foundation will expand its grants program to advance knowledge in these important fields for the betterment of humankind.

The Link Foundation supports programs to foster the theoretical basis, practical knowledge, and application of energy, simulation, and ocean engineering and instrumentation research, and to disseminate the results of that research through lectures, seminars and publications.

 

At the present time the Link Foundation is committed to the support of these existing programs and therefore cannot accept applications in new areas.

 

Attention former Link Foundation Fellows: We are extremely proud of your accomplishments! We have begun to feature our former fellows in our electronic Newsletter. Would you like to share your success stories? The Foundation likes to think we have made a difference in your lives. Please let us know where you are and what you are doing. We would be proud to feature you in our Newsletter or to just hear from you!

   

Doctoral Fellowship Programs

The doctoral student fellowships are awarded by a national competition in the following programs:

• Energy Fellowship Program administered by the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College
• Advanced Simulation and Training Fellowship Program administered by Florida Institute of Technology
• Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation Fellowship Program administered by Florida Atlantic University Foundation

   

Other Major Programs

• The Link Foundation Distinguished Scholar Awards are offered to Indian River State College (IRSC) graduates transferring to four-year colleges or universities. Eligibility Criteria: IRSC graduates with a 3.5 or higher GPA majoring in marine science, engineering, oceanography, physics, mathematics, energy research, or simulation (aircraft or automobile) training; must continue their education as a full-time (12 or more credit hours per semester) at any accredited college or university. 3.0 or higher GPA must be maintained. Interested students should apply online at https://stars.irsc.edu/STARS/.
• Oceanographic Research Projects. Supervised by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, these include high school student awards and college-level summer internships in ocean engineering and marine science.
• Link Scholars Program.  Co-sponsored by the Evans Library of the Florida Institute of Technology, this program awarded stipends from 2000-2005 to technically gifted Florida Tech students to evaluate, select, describe, categorize, and make accessible on the Library Information Network (the LINK), scholarly information resources germane to the mission of the Link Foundation: energy, simulation, ocean engineering, and instrumentation research.  Continued funding of this project allowed for digitization of the materials to form the Edwin A. and Marion Link Digital Collection.
• Smithsonian Institution. Graduate fellowships are awarded for research in marine science at the Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce, Florida