NOAA Fisheries - Sea Grant
Joint Graduate Fellowship Program
2014 Federal Funding Opportunities
Applications Open for Graduate Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and
Marine Resource Economics
The California Sea Grant College Program is now seeking applications for the 2014 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Programs in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics.

These are national competitions, and applicants should contact the Sea Grant program in their state (or closest to them). See www.seagrant.noaa.gov/wherewework/seagrantprograms for locations of Sea Grant programs and contact information.

At the time of application, prospective fellows must be United States citizens AND admitted to a PhD degree program at an institution of higher education in the United States or its territories; OR submit a signed letter from the institution indicating provisional acceptance to a PhD degree program.

California applicants may apply through either the California Sea Grant Program in La Jolla, or through the University of Southern California Sea Grant Program in Los Angeles.

The award for each fellowship is contingent upon the availability of federal funds and will be in the form of a grant or cooperative agreement of $38,500 per year.

Formal announcements of the fellowships have been published in the Federal Register and the complete Federal Funding Opportunity can be accessed through the links provided on the California Sea Grant website: www.csgc.ucsd.edu
Population and Ecosystem Dynamics Fellowship

The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at least two new Ph.D. fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the population and ecosystem dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories.
* Applications are due 5 p.m. PST, Friday, January 24, 2014  
* Information and application:  
Marine Resource Economics Fellowship

The Graduate Fellowship Program generally awards two new Ph.D. fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing the economics of the conservation and management of living marine resources. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories.
* Applications are due 5 p.m. PST, Friday, January 24, 2014
* Information and application:

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Friday,
Jan. 24, 2014
at 5 p.m. PST
For more information about applying through California Sea Grant, please contact Jim Eckman, Director at
sgnsgoproposal@ucsd.edu or 858-534-4440 for more information.
Please forward this announcement to anyone you believe may be interested.
NOAA's California Sea Grant College Program funds research, education and outreach throughout California. Our headquarters is at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; we are one of 33 Sea Grant programs in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce.
 
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