About
The National Sea Grant College Program is a federal-university partnership program established by the U.S. Congress in 1966 that brings science together with communities for solutions that work. For over 50 years, Sea Grant has supported coastal, marine, and Great Lakes communities through research, extension, and education. The program works to create and maintain a healthy coastal environment and economy through a network consisting of NOAA and 34 university-based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes state, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The network draws on the expertise of more than 3,000 scientists, engineers, public outreach experts, educators, and students to help citizens better understand, conserve, and utilize America's coastal resources.
Funding Opportunities
National Marine Fisheries Service & Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program
The NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics is designed to help Sea Grant fulfill its broad educational responsibilities, address key workforce needs in the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and to strengthen the collaboration between Sea Grant and NMFS. Since 1990, Sea Grant and NMFS have partnered to train students through this joint fellowship program in two specialized areas: population and ecosystem dynamics as well as marine resource economics. Population and ecosystem dynamics involve the study of fish populations and marine ecosystems to better assess fishery stock conditions and dynamics. The goals of this Fellowship Program are to encourage qualified applicants to pursue careers in either population and ecosystem dynamics and stock assessment or in marine resource economics, to increase available expertise related to these fields, to foster closer relationships between university scientists and NMFS, and to provide real-world experience to graduate students and accelerate their career development. Fellows work with both a faculty advisor at their university and a NOAA mentor at one of the NMFS Science Centers, and are required to participate in an annual Research Symposium at different NMFS labs.
Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program
The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. The Fellowship, named after one of Sea Grant's founders and former NOAA Administrator John A. Knauss, matches highly qualified graduate students with 'hosts' in the legislative and executive branches of government located in the Washington, D.C. area, for a one-year paid fellowship. Fellows gain firsthand experience in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resource management and policy development at the federal level. The program has been running for 46 years and has placed over 1,762 fellows in federal and congressional offices, with approximately 50% of fellowship alumni working for the federal government. The fellowship aims to prepare graduate and postgraduate students for leadership roles at the intersection of science and policy.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
- 2
- Active Now
- 2
- Source Domain
- seagrant.noaa.gov
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