Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
If you are a graduate student with an interest in shaping national marine policy, here's your opportunity to add rocket fuel to your career.
- Apply for the Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship
- View Knauss fellowship positions filled in 2012
- National Sea Grant's Knauss fellowship information
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The Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program provides 30 to 50 students per year with a full year of experience working on marine issues in a Congressional staff office or in a federal agency such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Applications are encouraged from students enrolled in graduate or professional programs who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.
Since the Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program was initiated in 1979, it has allowed more than 650 students to share their expertise with policy makers in Washington, D.C., to see firsthand how science is used in the policy arena, and to participate in policy making.
Alaska students must apply through the Alaska Sea Grant office, which may forward up to five applications for consideration by the National Sea Grant program. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Alaska Sea Grant as early as possible.
The deadline to apply to Alaska Sea Grant for the 2014 fellowship is February 15, 2013.
Where Are Alaska's Knauss Fellows Now?
- Maryann Bozza (2009) is a program manager with the Hatfield Marine Science Center at Oregon State University
- Celeste Leroux (2009) is a private contractor working for NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration in Washington, D.C.
- Erin Steiner (2009) is an economist with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle, Washington
- Seanbob Kelly (2008) is a fishery management specialist with NOAA Fisheries in Juneau
- Erica Feller (1995) is senior advisor for North America Conservation at the Nature Conservancy in Virginia. She recently completed a two-year assignment working on ecosystem restoration issues as a member of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
- William Robie (1992) is the executive assistant of the Hardware Lumber Manufacturers Assoc. of Pennsylvania
- Carl Rebstock (1992) is a colonel in the U.S. Army and executive director of Passionfish.org, a public education program devoted to seafood health and sustainability
- Jill Brady (1991) is an economist with the Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council
- Shannon Evans (1991) is an attorney in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
