REVISED: 2025 NMFS-Sea Grant Graduate Fellowship Program in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics
The deadline for the 2025 fellowships have passed. Please check back for the opening of the 2026 program application period.
The 2025 Sea Grant Graduate Fellowship in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics is open for submissions by interested students. The fellowships are available to U.S. citizens who are graduate students enrolled in PhD degree programs at an accredited university in the United States or its territories in population dynamics, ecosystem dynamics, resource or environmental economics, or a related field such as wildlife biology, fishery biology, natural resource management, marine biology, quantitative ecology, applied mathematics, applied statistics, or simulation modeling.
Alternatively, a prospective fellow may submit a signed letter from the institution indicating provisional acceptance to a Ph.D. degree program conditional on obtaining financial support such as this fellowship.
Sea Grant and NMFS expect to support up to four new Fellows in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and at least one new Fellow in Marine Resource Economics, both commencing August 1, 2025. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS and will be required to work closely with an expert (mentor) from participating NMFS Science Centers or offices. Mentors may provide data for the fellow’s thesis, serve on the fellow’s committee, and/or host an annual summer internship at the participating NMFS facility.
Eligible interested students must submit application materials to their local state Sea Grant program (Connecticut Sea Grant if you are a student in Connecticut) by January 23, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. ET. Those intending to apply should reach out at least one to two months prior to this deadline and contact the Connecticut Sea Grant Research Coordinator, Dr. Syma Ebbin (syma.ebbin@uconn.edu).
CHANGES: please note that there have been TWO updates to the 2025 NOFO. These updates are reflected on grants.gov.1) A 90-4 is no longer required.
2) The budget should include funds for the fellow to travel to the annual fellow research symposium.
You can find the updated version HERE.
Download the NOFO for the Fellowship in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics [insert new link here]. Additional Information for students is available https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/357167 (You need the free Adobe Reader to read these documents.)
For more information, contact Dr. Syma Ebbin at syma.ebbin@uconn.edu at the CTSG office or the NMFS Sea Grant Fellowship Program Manager by email at oar.sg.fellows@noaa.gov; by phone at: 240-507-3712 or refer to: https://seagrant.noaa.gov/NMFS-SG-Fellowship.
2025 NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship
Cancelled for 2025
The NOAA Office for Coastal Management is recruiting candidates for the 2025 Coastal Management Fellowship Program. This program provides on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students, while offering project assistance to state and territory coastal zone management agencies and other key NOAA partners.
The six fellowship positions, starting in August 2025, are available with the following host organizations:
- Maine Coastal Program/Maine Department of Marine Resources
- Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
- New Hampshire Coastal Program
- North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
- Oregon Coastal Management Program
- U.S. Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management Program
Eligibility requirements, project descriptions, and application guidance can be found on our website and in the attached information.
To be eligible for the 2025 Coastal Management Fellowship, applicants must have completed a master’s or other advanced degree at an accredited U.S. university between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2025. A wide range of degrees are applicable due to the diversity of projects among the host organizations.
This two-year fellowship offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and reimbursement for travel and relocation expenses.
NOAA Coastal Resilience Fellowship opportunity
The deadline for the 2025-2027 fellowship has passed. Please check back for a future application period opening.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pleased to announce the Coastal Resilience Fellowship, which will place 33 fellows with Climate Resilience Regional Challenge projects and will be funded through the Inflation Reduction Act. This fellowship is a two-year opportunity (June 2025 to June 2027), offering a competitive salary of $42,000 to $56,000, depending on the cost of living in the fellowship location, plus medical benefits and travel and relocation expense reimbursement. Eligibility requirements can be found on the Coastal Resilience Fellowship webpage.
In July 2024, NOAA announced recipients of the Climate Resilience Regional Challenge awards. This one-time funding opportunity of $575 million was provided through the Inflation Reduction Act, and 19 projects received between $1 million and $75 million for work focused on increasing resilience to extreme weather events (e.g., hurricanes and storm surge) and longer-term, chronic hazards (e.g., sea level rise, drought, wildfire, extreme heat, and coastal erosion). Each project is eligible to receive up to two fellows to support implementation of the projects and provide learning and professional development opportunities for the selected fellows.
The application period opened on December 2, 2024, when descriptions of the fellowship opportunities will be posted on the NOAA Coastal Resilience Fellowship website. Interested applicants should apply by February 29, 2025. Selection will occur in the spring prior to the June 2025 start date.
Sea Grant sponsors a variety of marine research, outreach and education projects, primarily through the 33 state Sea Grant Programs.