toward Dry Tortugas. The quality of the school is evaluated through peer-reviewed competition for faculty research grants. In addition, each year, the National Science Foundation conducts a nationwide student competition for Graduate Research Award Fellowship, and in 2010, five RSMAS students received such awards with two additional honorable mentions. Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Since 1977, the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), a scientific partnership between the University of Miami and NOAA, has been studying climate change, air-sea interactions and coastal ecology. Notable faculty Frederick Bayer (Marine Biology) Lisa Beal (Oceanography) Amy C. Clement (Atmospheric Science) Cesare Emiliani (Geology and Geophysics) - "founder of paleoceanography" Rana Fine (Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry), physical oceanographer Samuel H. Gruber (Marine Biology and Fisheries) Roger Lhermitte (Radar Meteorology) José Carlos Millás (Meteorology) Fred Tappert (Applied Marine Physics) See also List of University of Miami alumni University of Miami References External links University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science website Digital Atlas of Marine Species and Locations F.G. Walton Smith vessel brochure RSMAS brochure Education in Miami Educational institutions established in 1943 Oceanographic organizations Research institutes in Florida University of Miami 1943 establishments in Florida