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This page provides background information and application guidance for the NOAA Coral Reef Management Fellowship. Supplemental documents are available for download as pdfs.
Fellowship Overview
The NOAA Coral Reef Management Fellowship Program was established to respond to the need for additional coral reef management capacity in the U.S. Flag Pacific and Caribbean islands. The program provides the state and territorial coral reef management agencies with highly qualified candidates whose education and work experience meet each island's specific needs, while providing the individual fellows with professional experience in coastal and coral reef resources management.
Hosts for the fellowship include:
- American Samoa Coastal Management Program
American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group Web site - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Division of Environmental Quality
- Guam Coastal Management Program
- Hawai`i Division of Aquatic Resources
- Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (Site in Spanish)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Coastal Zone Management Program
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) maintains six (6), two-year fellowships under the Coral Reef Management Fellowship Program. Fellows are located in Pago Pago, American Samoa; Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); Honolulu, Hawai`i; Adelup, Guam; San Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). Click here to meet the current fellows.
Fellows spend two years working on specific projects determined by each island's coral reef management agencies. Each host island provides a staff member who will serve as a supervisor to the fellow. The supervisor guides the fellow on project-specific issues and helps to integrate the fellow into the daily life of the agency. This opportunity offers a competitive salary and professional development training as well as conference travel and relocation expense reimbursement.
Recruitment for 2010-2012 fellowships will begin in June 2009.
Educational Requirements
Applicants typically have a master's degree and two years of experience or a bachelor's degree and four years of experience. Islands may require additional or alternate skills, such as outreach and education experience. See each island's project descriptions for more specific eligibility requirements.
Citizenship Requirements
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without an employee-sponsored visa.
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Karlyn Langjahr (USVI 06-09) gives an interpretive tour of the coastal and marine resources of the St. Croix East End Marine Park at Jack Bay. Photo credit: Lisa Fisk, The Nature Conservancy |
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Applications for the 2010-2012 fellowships are not being accepted at this time; recruitment for the 2010-2012 positions will begin in June 2009.
Current Projects
- American Samoa's 2008-2010 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 136 kb)
- CNMI's 2008-2010 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 70 kb)
- Guam's 2008-2010 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 44 kb)
- Hawai`i's 2006-2009 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 95 kb)
- Puerto Rico's 2008-2010 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 70 kb)
- U.S. Virgin Islands' 2006-2009 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 68 kb)
Previous Projects
American Samoa
- 2005-2007 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 54 kb)
- 2003-2005 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 142 kb)
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- 2005-2007 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 94 kb)
- 2003-2005 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 175 kb)
Guam
- 2005-2007 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 25 kb)
- 2003-2005 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 36.2 kb)
Hawai`i
- 2003-2005 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 154 kb)
Puerto Rico
- 2005-2007 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 137 kb)
- 2003-2005 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 221 kb)
U.S. Virgin Islands
- 2003-2005 Fellowship Project Description (pdf, 159 kb)
If you have questions about the Coral Reef Management Fellowship, please contact:
Marci Wulff, Coral Program Specialist
Email: Marci.Wulff@noaa.gov
Fax: (301) 713-4389
Mail:
Coral Program Specialist
1305 East-West Hwy. #10236
Silver Spring, MD 20910
more info...
| "There is truly no other job out there like the Coral Management Fellowship....I have the luxury of working directly with both people and the natural resources themselves. To me the Coral Fellowship is a proverbial a 'dream job.'" --Karlyn Langhjahr (USVI 06-09) |
