National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program
The 2024 NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) – Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Opportunity is CLOSED.
Please see the NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship program page for more information.
There are two different concentrations within this Federal Funding Opportunity (NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-24162).
Concentration in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics
The NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship Program in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics expects to award at least four new Ph.D. Fellowships in 2024 to students who are interested in careers related to marine ecosystem and population dynamics, with a focus on modeling and managing systems of living marine resources. These fellowships can provide support for up to three years. The emphasis will be on the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing marine ecosystems, for assessing the status of fish, invertebrate, and other targeted species stocks and for assessing the status of marine mammals, seabirds, and other protected species. Fellows will work under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Offices.
Concentration in Marine Resource Economics
The 2024 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship Program in Marine Resource Economics expects to award one new Ph.D. Fellowship to students who are interested in careers related to the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing the economics of the conservation and management of living marine resources. This fellowship can provide support for up to three years. Fellows will work under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Offices.
Before Applying
- The 2024 NOAA NMFS – Sea Grant Fellowship application guidelines and review criteria have been updated. Familiarize yourself with these changes before developing your application.
- Review the 2024 NOAA NMFS – Sea Grant Fellowship Student Guide, the specific guide for this NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship, with updated application procedures and updated review criteria.
- Review the 2024 Student Applicant Guide to Sea Grant Fellowships, a general guide for Sea Grant Fellowships.
- Review the NMFS-SG Fellowship webinar presentation materials for how to submit an application and content to include:
- 2024 NMFS-SG Fellowship NOFO Webinar Presentation PDF
- Review Criteria PDF
- Webinar recording, available here
- All application elements must be submitted in one combined PDF document in the exact required order as noted in the guidelines
- Note the student versions of the documents cannot be edited by the State Sea Grant Program; students and academic advisors, please utilize your Sponsored Programs Office Proposal Administrator to review and finalize all documents prior to submitting to Texas Sea Grant.
How to Apply
- Submit final application files by January 25, 2024 , 5:00 pm CST to Mia Zwolinski, Texas Sea Grant Research Coordinator, at mzwolinski@tamu.edu. An email submission receipt will be provided to the applicant.
- Your application will be compiled into an overall proposal application from Texas A&M University – Texas Sea Grant, as the state Sea Grant program is the eligible applicant per the funding guidelines. Your application materials will be packaged in the overall application as a sub-recipient from Texas A&M University – Texas Sea Grant to your institution.
- Texas A&M Sponsored Research Services will complete the Grants.gov application file and submit by February 22, 2024.
- The time between your submission to Texas Sea Grant by January 25th and submission to the sponsor February 22nd, is required in order to review your documents for completeness and to prepare an overall proposal application by Texas A&M University – Texas Sea Grant for approval and submission to the sponsor.
- The Abbreviated Environmental Compliance Questionnaire (AECQ) will be reviewed for completeness, including permit copies or expected receipt if a permit is pending, per guidelines. This document should also include animal use protocol (AUP) and human subject exemption information and approvals or status of reviews/approvals by your institution’s IACUC or IRB, if applicable.
- Please note that the links in the original NOFO are broken. Please find the documents below for your use:
For More Information:
Mia Zwolinski
Associate Director, Research Coordinator