Students interested in any of these opportunities are encouraged to contact Susan Park (spark@vims.edu, 804-684-7436) with any questions.
Coastal Management Fellowship
Due: January 23, 2015
The Coastal Management Fellowship is a two-year fellowship established to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students. The program matches postgraduate students from a variety of environmental disciplines with state coastal resource agencies to work on coastal projects proposed by the state and selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center. Any student completing a master’s, doctoral, or professional degree in natural resource management or environmental-related studies from an accredited U.S. university between January 1, 2014, and July 31, 2015 is eligible to apply. Students from a broad range of environmental programs are encouraged to apply.
More information at http://vsgarchive.wpengine.com/category/coastal-management-fellowship/
Population and Ecosystem Dynamics Ph.D. Fellowship
Due: January 29, 2015 at 5p.m. EST
The fellowship supports Ph.D. students who are interested in careers related to population and ecosystem dynamics with applications to living marine resources. Candidate projects will focus on at least one of the following: 1) the population dynamics of living marine resources; 2) stock assessment methodologies; 3) marine ecosystem modeling; 4) integrated ecosystem assessments; and 5) ecosystem-based management of marine ecosystems.
More information at http://vsgarchive.wpengine.com/category/pop-dy-fellowship/
Marine Resource Econoimcs Ph.D. Fellowship
Due: January 29, 2015 at 5p.m. EST
The fellowship supports Ph.D. students 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.
More information at http://vsgarchive.wpengine.com/category/marine-resource-economics-fellowship/
Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
Due: February 13, 2015 at 5p.m. EST
The National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship provides a unique educational experience in the policies and processes of the federal government to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting these resources. Fellows are placed in various executive and legislative branch offices throughout Washington, D.C. The fellowship period is one year beginning February 1, 2016.
More information at http://vsgarchive.wpengine.com/category/knauss-fellowship/
