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Graduate Policy Fellowships

Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships, National Sea Grant College Program. Maryland Sea Grant is seeking applicants for 2006 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. Fellowships run from February 1, 2006 to January 31, 2007 and pay a stipend of $33,000 plus $7,000 for health insurance, moving and travel.

To qualify for a fellowship, students must be enrolled by April 1st of the year of application in a graduate or professional degree program in a marine-related field at an accredited institution in the United States. The application deadline is March 7, 2005, but those interested in applying for fellowships should check with the Maryland Sea Grant office by mid-February for guidance and application details.

For general information, please check the web at www.mdsg.umd.edu/Policy/knauss.html and www.nsgo.seagrant.org/Knauss.html. For application details, contact Susan Leet, Maryland Sea Grant College Program; phone, 301.403.4220, ext. 13; e-mail, leet@mdsg.umd.edu.

Coastal Management Fellowship

NOAA Coastal Services Center. The Coastal Management Fellowship was 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. This two-year opportunity offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.

Students completing a master's, doctoral, or professional degree program in natural resource management or environmental-related studies at an accredited U.S. university between January 1, 2004, and July 31, 2005, are eligible. Those studying in a broad range of environmental programs are encouraged to apply. Students from non-U.S. institutions are not eligible.

The application deadline for the fellowship program is January 31st, 2005 for the class of 2005. Those interested in applying for 2005 fellowships should check with the Maryland Sea Grant office in early November for guidance and application details.

For general information, please check the web at www.csc.noaa.gov/cms/fellows.html. Then contact Susan Leet, Maryland Sea Grant College Program; phone, 301. 403.4220, ext. 13; e-mail, leet@mdsg.umd.edu.

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