Fellowship Opportunities through the National Sea Grant Program

New Hampshire Sea Grant would like to share the following two fellowship opportunities for graduate students.  Please distribute this information broadly.

1. John A Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship: Class of 2012 (Graduate Students)
2. National Marine Fisheries Service - Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in 
• Population Dynamics and 
• Marine Resource Economics (Graduate Students Enrolled in PhD Degree Programs)

John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship: Class of 2012
National Sea Grant College Federal Fellows Program, was established in 1979 to provide 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.

• Eligible graduate students must submit applications to State Sea Grant college programs.
• Applications from prospective fellows are due to the State Sea Grant College Programs (SGCP) by 5:00 p.m. local time February 18, 2011.
• To obtain the RFP, please visit www.grants.gov
• Federal Funding Opportunity #: NOAA-OAR-SG-2012-2002440
• For more information, please contact Miquel.Lugo@noaa.gov.
• The Knauss program web site can be found at http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/

National Marine Fisheries Service - Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics
The NMFS - Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics is designed to help Sea Grant fulfill its broad educational responsibilities and to strengthen the collaboration between Sea Grant and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).The Fisheries Fellowship is 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 two new Fisheries Fellows in both Population Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics in FY 2011.  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. Additional information on the Program is available here.

• Applicants should contact a local state Sea Grant program for application assistance. You'll be asked to provide the program with the needed application material (see Federal Funding Opportunity for details) and then let the program submit the application to the Federal grant system.
• Application materials should be submitted to the sponsoring Sea Grant program by January 21, 2011.
• Applications should be submitted by the applicants local state Sea Grant program by 4:00 pm, Eastern Time, February 18, 2011.
• There are two separate funding numbers for the two portions of this competition.
• To obtain the RFP, please visit www.grants.gov
• Population Dynamics Federal Funding Opportunity #: NOAA-OAR-SG-2011-2002484
• Marine Resource Economics Federal Funding Opportunity #: NOAA-OAR-SG-2011-2002542
• For more information, please contact Terry.Smith@noaa.gov.
• The NMFS Fellowship program web site can be found at http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/funding/fisheriesgradfellowship.html 

Linda Wade

University of New Hampshire
UNH Marine Program
New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program
Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory
24 Colovos Road
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-2987
FAX:    603-862-0241

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