2023 Knauss Fellowships Awards and Schedules

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Award Total: $66,500-$89,000

  • $66,500 for your salary/stipend (and fringe benefits)
  • $5,000 to cover other allowable expenses (relocation prior to the fellowship, academic tuition, journal publication fees, academic- and fellowship-related travel, conference fees, online trainings, and workshops.)
  • Up to $17,500 for host office-related travel (dependent on host office selection) and/or placement week expenses.

Schedule

September 2021 NOAA releases 2021 Federal Funding Opportunity and Maryland Sea Grant opens the Knauss Fellowship application process
Nov. 2021 - Jan. 2022

Draft applications in eSeaGrant; Candidate interviews at Maryland Sea Grant

18 February 2022 at 5 PM Fellowship applications submitted to Maryland Sea Grant by official deadline
March 2022 Maryland Sea Grant programs review packages, interview applicants
April 1, 2022 Maryland Sea Grant panel selects and submits finalist application packets to National Sea Grant program for the national competition (up to six for Maryland)
May 2022 National review panel and finalists selection
June 2022 Applicants notified of application status
October 2022 Meet with Maryland Sea Grant to discuss upcoming fellowship before placement week
Fall-Winter Placement week in Washington, D.C.
January 2023 Meet with Maryland Sea Grant to complete paperwork
13 January 2023 Submit photo and biographical sketch to Maryland Sea Grant
January 2023 Submit all required Human Resources paperwork to Maryland Sea Grant
1 February 2023 Fellowship starts
March 2023 Knauss welcome reception and dinner on Capitol Hill
31 January 2024 Fellowship ends; final report due to Maryland Sea Grant and NOAA

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