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900w" sizes="(max-width: 1896px) 100vw, 1896px" /></noscript></div><div class="fl-slide-bg-photo"></div> <div class="fl-slide-foreground clearfix"> <div class="fl-slide-content-wrap"><div class="fl-slide-content"><div class="fl-slide-text"><p>An <span style="font-size: 80px;"><strong>objective source</strong></span> of <strong>critical information</strong></p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-slide fl-slide-4 fl-slide-text-center"> <div class="fl-slide-mobile-photo"><img decoding="async" width="1896" height="650" loading='false' class="fl-slide-mobile-photo-img wp-image-14840" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201896%20650'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/whoweare-legacy.jpg 1896w, https://www.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/whoweare-legacy-300x103.jpg 300w, https://www.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/whoweare-legacy-768x263.jpg 768w, 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data-node="5c4c681f956fd"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is the world's leading, independent non-profit organization dedicated to ocean research, exploration, and education. Our scientists and engineers push the boundaries of knowledge about the ocean to reveal its impacts on our planet and our lives</span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-button fl-node-5c4c6843bcab7" data-node="5c4c6843bcab7"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-auto fl-button-center"> <a href="/who-we-are/about-us/vision-mission/" target="_self" class="fl-button"> <span class="fl-button-text">Our Vision and Mission</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-color fl-node-5c4c6992c54a9 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center whoiweare-facts" data-node="5c4c6992c54a9"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-5c4c6992ca102" data-node="5c4c6992ca102"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5c4c6992ca1a1 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-has-cols" data-node="5c4c6992ca1a1"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5c4c6a04495a9" data-node="5c4c6a04495a9"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Quick Facts</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-5c4c6a3177bfa fl-col-group-nested" data-node="5c4c6a3177bfa"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5c4c6a3177c81 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5c4c6a3177c81"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5c4c6a48bf935" data-node="5c4c6a48bf935"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <div class="large-6 columns"> <p><strong>Founded:</strong>聽1930</p> <p><strong>Location:</strong>聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/who-we-are/visit-whoi/directions/">Woods Hole, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.A</p> <p><strong>Type of Organization:</strong>聽Independent non-profit</p> <p><strong>Funding:聽</strong>Government grants and contracts, foundation and private donations, industry contracts. Annual operating budget of $215 million</p> <p><strong>Research Areas:</strong>聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/understand/areas-of-research/">A wide range of topics</a>聽related to ocean and earth science and marine policy; including interdisciplinary work related to the coastal ocean, ocean life, ocean exploration, and climate change</p> <p><strong>Departments & Divisions:</strong>聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/understand/departments-centers-labs/">Six research departments</a>聽and more than 40聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/understand/departments-centers-labs/centers/">centers聽</a>and聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/understand/departments-centers-labs/labs-groups/">labs</a></p> <p><strong>People:</strong>聽Approximately 950 employees, including more than 500 scientists, engineers, ship's crew, and technicians</p> <p><strong>Ships:</strong>聽Global Class research vessel聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/ships/ships-atlantis/"><em>Atlantis</em></a>, Ocean Class research vessel聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/ships/ships-neil-armstrong/"><em>Neil Armstrong</em></a>, coastal vessel聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/ships/ships-tioga/"><em>Tioga</em></a>, small boat</p> </div> <div class="large-6 columns"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-5c4c6a3177c84 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small" data-node="5c4c6a3177c84"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5c4c6b00bb5c9" data-node="5c4c6b00bb5c9"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p><strong>Academics:</strong>聽 <a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/educate/apo/accreditation/">Accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education</a> (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.); Ph.D. and M.S. degrees offered聽<a href="https://mit.whoi.edu/academics/fields/">in partnership with MIT</a>;聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/educate/postdoctoral/">postdoctoral</a>,聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/educate/undergraduate-programs/semester-at-whoi/">undergraduate</a>,聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/educate/undergraduate-programs/summer-student-fellowship/">summer</a>, and聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/educate/gueststudent/">guest student</a> programs; more than 950 alumni/ae, including many in leadership positions in ocean science and policy worldwide.</p> <p><strong>Underwater Vehicles:</strong>聽Human-occupied submersible聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/hov-alvin/"><em>Alvin</em></a>; remotely operated vehicle (ROV)聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/ndsf-jason/"><em>Jason/Medea</em></a>; autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)聽<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/sentry/"><em>Sentry</em></a>; 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