Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships

Application Details

Introduction

There are three information sites that interested students should read carefully before completing an application.

• NOAA Knauss Fellowship Web Site: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/index.html
  
  
• Maryland Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Web Site: http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/programs/education/fellowships/knauss/
  
  
• Federal Register Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity.
  Go to: http://www.grants.gov for Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA-OAR-SG-2013-2003219.

In addition, interested students are strongly encouraged to contact Maryland Sea Grant to discuss the fellowship and application requirements. Please contact Fredrika Moser (moser@mdsg.umd.edu), Interim Director at:

Maryland Sea Grant College
4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 300
College Park, Maryland 20740
Phone (301) 405-7500

Eligibility

Any student regardless of citizenship, who on February 18, is enrolled in a graduate or professional program in a marine or aquatic-related field at a U.S. accredited institution of higher education in the United States or U.S. Territories may apply. If you are at an accredited institution in Maryland or the District of Columbia or are a resident thereof you must apply for your Knauss Fellowship through Maryland Sea Grant.

Application Process - Maryland Sea Grant

Students applying for a Knauss Fellowship through Maryland Sea Grant must have all of their required materials submitted to Maryland Sea Grant by .

To apply for this program, please complete the online application.

After completing the online application, please send to our program the following required application materials:

• Personal and academic curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages)
  
  
• A personal education and career goal statement (maximum 1000 words) from the applicant emphasizing:
  • Applicant's abilities
  • Career goals
  • Applicant's expectations from the experience for career development
  • Relevance of background to seeking a Knauss Fellowship
  • Placement preference: Legislative or executive branches of government, or no preference. If seeking one branch in particular, the letter should justify why this is the most beneficial for your experience.
  
  
• Two letters of recommendation:
  • One letter must be from the applicant's major professor or, if no major professor exists, then the faculty person most familiar with the applicant's academic work.
  
  
• Official copy of all undergraduate and graduate student transcripts.
  
  
• Listing of classes and/or plans for spring , summer { and fall (one page limit)

Please submit all of these items together to Dr. Fredrika Moser. The two letters of recommendation must be sent either as a signed pdf on letterhead or as a hardcopy in a sealed and signed envelope directly to:

Dr. Fredrika C. Moser
Interim Director, Maryland Sea Grant College
4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 300
College Park, Maryland 20740
Phone: (301) 405-7500
moser@mdsg.umd.edu

As interim director of the Maryland Sea Grant College Program, Fredrika Moser will review applicant files and interview the top candidates starting in March.

Finalists to be submitted by Maryland Sea Grant to the National Sea Grant Program will be selected by late March. All applicants will then be notified as to whether they were selected as finalists.

Further Application Tips

To review some of the issues the Knauss Selection Panel of the National Sea Grant Program focuses on in their review of applications, please visit:

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/knausscreatinganapplicati.html