Fellowships for Graduate Students in Marine Sciences

National Sea Grant Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Deadline for 2013 Fellowship: February 17, 2012.

Knauss flyer [PDF, 212 KB].

The Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship is well suited for graduate students with an interest in national policy decisions affecting coastal and ocean resources. The fellowship involves spending a year in the Washington, D.C., area in an executive or legislative position. Recipients work on substantive national policy issues related to aquatic resources.

Applications for the program are due each February for fellowships beginning the following February.

For more details or to apply, see the Alaska Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship page.

For general information, visit the National Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship website.

NOAA Fisheries – Sea Grant Fellowship

Deadline for 2012 Fellowship: January 20, 2012.

NOAA Fisheries Fellowship fact sheet [PDF, 669 KB].

The NOAA Fisheries – Sea Grant Fellowship is for Ph.D. students interested in careers in: (1) population dynamics of living marine resources and development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status, and (2) economics of conservation and management of living marine resources. Recipients work with a mentor from NOAA Fisheries.

Applications for the fellowship are due each January for fellowships beginning in the summer.

For more details or to apply, see:

•  Federal Funding Opportunity announcement for Population Dynamics [PDF; 284 KB]

•  Federal Funding Opportunity announcement for for Marine Resource Economics [PDF; 280 KB]

Applications should be submitted to Alaska Sea Grant. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Alaska Sea Grant as early as possible.

For more information on these fellowships, contact Michele Frandsen at (907) 474-7088, see the National Sea Grant Fellowships web page, or follow the links above.

Additional information

The fellows' Master List [Excel, 64 KB]: lists fellowships awarded since 2000. The sheet is on two pages—one for each discipline—and provides a historical perspective on the program.

The program for the 2011 annual fellows' meeting [PDF; 1.5 MB]: Each year, fellows are required to present their results at a two-day meeting, usually at one of the NOAA Fisheries Science Centers. This document includes the agenda and abstracts for the 2011 meeting.

Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic Program

MESAS fact sheet. Click on image to view PDF [1.1 MB].

New National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (NSF – IGERT) program for doctoral students at UAF!

MESAS (Marine Ecoystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic) is an interdisciplinary study and research program to train future leaders in ecosystem-based approaches to the management of living marine resources.

Learn more at the MESAS website.