Fellowships

Summer I-RICH Fellowship in Oceans and Human Health -CLOSED
Coastal Management Fellowship - CLOSED
Mid-Atlantic Climate Adaptation Fellowships - CLOSED
Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship -CLOSED
Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics -CLOSED

Summer Graduate Research Stipend in Coastal Ecosystems and Human Health

CLOSED

The University of Connecticut is one of four recipients of a traineeship grant from the NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative. The Interdisciplinary Research and Training Initiative on Coastal Ecosystems and Human Heath (I-RICH), University of Connecticut, focuses on coastal ecosystems and human health. The Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, as a partner in I-RICH, offers a $3,000 summer stipend for a graduate student not currently funded by I-RICH, but who is able to contribute to the mission of the program via efforts in one of the following focus areas: marine pathogens and diseases, pollutants, or harmful algal blooms.

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Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

CLOSED Check back in 2014

This fellowship provides a unique educational experience to students who have an interest in marine/ocean/Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. It is open to all students enrolled in a graduate or professional program in a marine- or aquatic-related field at a U.S.–accredited institution of higher learning. The fellowship allows students to share their expertise with policy makers in Washington, D.C., and provides a first-hand look at how science is used in the policy arena and how decisions are made. Applications from prospective fellows to the applicant’s local state Sea Grant College.

Interested students must discuss this fellowship with the local Sea Grant Program Director. In Connecticut, that's Dr. Sylvain De Guise. To download the announcement, click HERE. For more information, the contact from the National Sea Grant Office Chelsea Berg, can be reached at oar.sg.fellows@noaa.gov, or call 301 734-1085. Go to the Knauss program web site.

National Marine Fisheries Service - Sea Grant Graduate Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics

CLOSED Deadline January 25, 2013.

The Fisheries Fellowships are available to US citizens who are graduate students enrolled in PhD degree programs in academic institutions in the United States and its territories. Sea Grant and NMFS, with required institutional matching funds, expect to support at least four new Fisheries Fellows in Population Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics commencing June 1, 2013, and will provide support for highly qualified graduate students for additional years (contingent after the first year on funding availability and satisfactory performance). Fisheries Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS and have summer internships at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories under the guidance of NMFS mentors.

Applications are due to the applicant’s local state Sea Grant program by January 25, 2013. Those intending to apply should contact the Connecticut Sea Grant Research Coordinator, Dr. Syma Ebbin. There are two separate funding numbers for the two portions of this competition. The RFP for the Fellowship in Population Dynamics can be downloaded in PDF by clicking HERE, and the RFP for the Fellowship in Marine Resource Economics can be downloaded in PDF by clicking HERE. (You need the free Adobe Reader to read these.) For more information, contact Terry Smith at the National Sea Grant Office and see the NMFS Fellowship program web site.

Mid-Atlantic Climate Adaptation Fellowships

CLOSED Deadline Dec. 13, 2012

Connecticut Sea Grant and NOAA are pleased to announce the availability of two graduate student fellowships in climate adaptation. Graduate students from Virginia to Maine are eligible. Two graduate fellowships are available for a project entitled “Supporting cost-efficient adaptation planning in the North Atlantic”, a collaboration between the Sea Grant programs from Maine to Virginia and the NOAA North Atlantic Regional Team. The fellow will contribute to a larger North Atlantic project which seeks to address some of the unique regional issues facing coastal communities throughout the North Atlantic including anticipated physical, social, economic and environmental impacts, existing resources and guidelines for climate change adaptation, current approaches to climate change adaptation planning, and challenges and opportunities for developing adaptation strategies. Download announcement.

Coastal Management Fellowship

CLOSED Deadline February 22, 2013
The Coastal Management Fellowship was established in 1996 to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to state coastal zone management programs. The program matches postgraduate students with state coastal zone programs to work on projects proposed by the state and selected by the fellowship sponsor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center. This two-year opportunity offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.

Download PDF: What is the Sea Grant Coastal Management Fellowship?
Download PDF: Coastal Management Fellowship Nomination Packages
Descriptions of state projects.

Get more information here or contact the NOAA Coastal Services Center Fellowship Coordinator at: (843) 740-1273 or email CSC.

Interested students must discuss this fellowship with the local Sea Grant Program Director. In Connecticut, that's Dr. Sylvain De Guise. For general questions, contact Syma Ebbin, research coordinator.