Research Fellowships
For Undergraduates:
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
The Maryland Sea Grant Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program offers fourteen students the opportunity to conduct marine research on the Chesapeake Bay. The program is especially designed for students majoring in such fields as biology, chemistry, ecology, physics, engineering, mathematics, and marine and environmental science.
Summer 2010 applications will be accepted between November 2009 and February 2010.
For Graduate Students:
Maryland Sea Grant Fellows
Maryland Sea Grant invites researchers who have already received notice of a pending funding award from the program to apply for a graduate student Research Fellow. Research Fellowships are awarded to graduate students whose research is linked to a Maryland Sea Grant funded project through a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The program provides full academic support for up to four years and the opportunity to conduct research alongside an established marine scientist. Consistent with Maryland Sea Grant's mission to integrate research, outreach and education, Fellows participate in several Sea Grant supported programs aimed at further developing their communication and writing skills.
For more information visit the Maryland Sea Grant Fellows site.
Policy Fellowships
For Graduate Students:
Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships
National Sea Grant College Program
Maryland Sea Grant seeks applicants for these fellowships, funded by the National Sea Grant office and administered through individual state Sea Grant programs. Knauss Fellows spend a year in marine policy-related positions in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. Past Fellows have worked in the offices of U.S. Senators and Representatives, on Congressional subcommittees, and at agencies such as the National Science Foundation and NOAA. The fellowship runs from February 1, to January 31, and pay a stipend of $35,000 plus $11,000 for health insurance, moving, and travel.
Applications are due at the Maryland Sea Grant office between November 1, and For application details, visit the Maryland Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship website. For information about the fellowship program nationally, visit the National Sea Grant Office, www.seagrant.noaa.gov/Knauss/knauss.html.
Coastal Management Fellowships
NOAA Coastal Services Center
These two-year fellowships, currently available for 2009-11, were established in 1996 to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to state coastal zone management programs. The program matches postgraduate students with state coastal zone programs to work on projects proposed by the state and selected by the fellowship sponsor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center. Fellowships offer a competitive salary, medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.
The application deadline for submitting fellowships to the Maryland Sea Grant office is January 26, 2009. For information about the projects and states where fellowships will be located and for application details, visit the Maryland Sea Grant Coastal Management fellowship website and www.csc.noaa.gov/cms/fellows.html.
Fisheries Population and Economics Fellowships
For Graduate Students:
Population Dynamics Fellowship
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Sea Grant College Program
Marine Resource Economics Fellowship
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Sea Grant College Program
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics is designed to help Sea Grant fulfill its broad educational responsibilities and to strengthen the collaboration between Sea Grant and the NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The program expects to support at least four new fellows in FY 2010. Fisheries Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS and have summer internships at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories under the guidance of NMFS mentors.
Applications for these fellowships are due in the Maryland Sea Grant office on January 15, 2010. For details about applying, visit the Maryland Sea Grant Fisheries Fellowships website and the National Sea Grant website.
Teacher Fellowship
Chesapeake Teacher Research Fellowship (CTRF)
Environmental Science Education Partnership (ESEP)
This fellowship immerses 6th-12th grade teachers in Chesapeake research to advance their scientific inquiry skills and understanding of regional ecological and environmental topics and issues. Teacher fellows spend the summer working with University scientists on a research project at one of our four Maryland laboratories: Appalachian Laboratory, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Horn Point Laboratory, Center of Marine Biotechnology. For more information visit the ESEP website.
