DOE Marine Energy Fellowship: Graduate Student Track, Fall Cohort

The U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office enables research, development, and testing of emerging technologies to advance marine energy as well as next-generation hydropower and pumped storage systems. The Marine Energy Fellowship: Graduate Student Track prepares graduate students for careers in marine energy by providing opportunities at DOE laboratories, industry organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, and other approved facilities. Participants advance their master's or doctoral thesis utilizing expertise, resources, and capabilities available at these facilities while networking with top scientists in the field. Fellows conduct research at both their academic institution and an external hosting facility that they identify, working with a mentor they secure who can provide resources aligned with their research goals. The fellowship strengthens efforts to convert the energy of waves, tides, and river and ocean currents into electricity, technologies with the potential to provide millions of Americans with locally sourced, reliable energy. The program enhances education and training in marine energy, increases marketability in these disciplines, and provides access to top scientists, state-of-the-art equipment, and insight into research and career opportunities in marine energy and the blue economy.