Background
In 1999, NOAA National Sea Grant Office and
NOAA Fisheries established a Graduate Fellowship Program in
two specialized areas: population dynamics and marine resource
economics. Population dynamics is the study of fish populations
as affected by fishing mortality, growth, recruitment and
natural mortality. Ph.D. candidates interested in the population
dynamics of living marine resources and the development and
implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their
status can receive up to three years of funding. Ph.D. students
in marine resource economics, concentrating on the conservation
and management of living marine resources, can receive two
years of funding.
The
four
main
goals
of
the
NOAA
Fisheries/Sea
Grant
Fellowship
Program
are:
- To
encourage
qualified
applicants
to
pursue
careers
in
either
population
dynamics
and
stock
assessment
or
in
marine
resource
economics
- To
increase
available
expertise
related
to
these
fields
- To
foster
closer
relationships
between
academic
scientist
and
NOAA
Fisheries
- To
provide
real-world
experience
to
graduate
students
and
accelerate
their
career
development.
To help achieve these goals, each Fellow
will be required to work closely with an expert (mentor) from NOAA
Fisheries who will serve on the Fellow’s committee. The mentor
may also provide access to research data sources and to working/laboratory
space in a NOAA Fisheries research facility and/or research vessel,
if appropriate.
The award for each Fellowship, contingent upon the availability
of Federal funds, will be in the form of a grant or cooperative
agreement of $38,500 per year. You must be a currently enrolled
Ph.D. student in a U.S. university or college to apply. The award
provided to each Fellow for salary (stipend), living expense (per
diem), tuition, and travel necessary to carry out the proposed thesis
research and to attend the annual Fellows meeting (rotating locations, most recently at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, program below).
Please click on the 'View Requests for Proposals' button for information
on the current grant cycle.
For more information applicants should contact
their local Sea Grant program or NOAA Fisheries/Sea Grant liaison,
Terry Smith (Terry.Smith@noaa.gov).
Annual Fellows Meeting Program – 2012
Fisheries / Sea Grant Fellowship
Flyer (pdf)
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