The Texas Sea Grant College Program is a collaboration of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the State of Texas and universities across the state.
Texas Sea Grant’s team includes administrative staff, program coordination, communications, and extension agents along the Texas coast.
Coastal Science. Community Solutions.
Peer-reviewed publications, resources, and materials.
Volunteer organization of citizens in science, workforce, and education advising on important matters related to TXSG.
Texas Sea Grant partners with many local, government, non-profit, education, and industry organizations.
Texas Sea Grant maintains an extensive network of partnerships spanning federal, state, regional, academic, non-profit, and industry sectors.
Texas Sea Grant’s open positions.
Supports healthy ecosystems by education and outreach, programming, and events on sustainable practices.
Supports development of innovative policies, institutional capacities, and management approaches that increase community resilience.
Promotes environmental literacy by supporting students and the workforce through the development of STEM educational programs, tools, and products.
Works to ensure safe, secure, and sustainable supplies of domestic seafood and decrease our reliance on seafood imports, and support healthy fish stocks and vibrant recreational fisheries
Texas Sea Grant’s outreach serves the communities and regions of the Texas coast. Science for the sustainable management and conservation of Texas’ coastal and marine resources is central to Texas Sea Grant’s mission.
Extension is a two-way transfer of knowledge between researchers and community stakeholders.
Providing science-based programs across all educational levels, enhancing STEM learning in marine-related fields.
Supports innovative, science-based solutions to address environmental, economic, and social challenges.
Texas Sea Grant welcomes the help of the community to help monitor, protect, and clean our coasts.
Trainings, Workshops, Advising, Certification and Technical Assistance.
Find out if Texas Sea Grant is hosting, attending, or leading an event in your area.
Texas Sea Grant supports marine- and coastal-related research at universities across the state through a competitive grant program.
Texas Sea Grant will continue to support cutting-edge research in the areas of marine-related energy sources, climate change, coastal processes, energy efficiency, hazards, storm water management and tourism.
Monthly Texas Sea Grant newsletter.
Get Hooked, quarterly Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Seafood newsletter
Annual magazine about education, outreach, and research supported by Texas Sea Grant.
Read the latest edition of Texas Shores, Volume 47.
The Texas Sea Grant College Program is a collaboration of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the State of Texas and universities across the state.
Texas Sea Grant’s team includes administrative staff, program coordination, communications, and extension agents along the Texas coast.
Coastal Science. Community Solutions.
Peer-reviewed publications, resources, and materials.
Volunteer organization of citizens in science, workforce, and education advising on important matters related to TXSG.
Texas Sea Grant partners with many local, government, non-profit, education, and industry organizations.
Texas Sea Grant maintains an extensive network of partnerships spanning federal, state, regional, academic, non-profit, and industry sectors.
Texas Sea Grant’s open positions.
Supports healthy ecosystems by education and outreach, programming, and events on sustainable practices.
Supports development of innovative policies, institutional capacities, and management approaches that increase community resilience.
Promotes environmental literacy by supporting students and the workforce through the development of STEM educational programs, tools, and products.
Works to ensure safe, secure, and sustainable supplies of domestic seafood and decrease our reliance on seafood imports, and support healthy fish stocks and vibrant recreational fisheries
Texas Sea Grant’s outreach serves the communities and regions of the Texas coast. Science for the sustainable management and conservation of Texas’ coastal and marine resources is central to Texas Sea Grant’s mission.
Extension is a two-way transfer of knowledge between researchers and community stakeholders.
Providing science-based programs across all educational levels, enhancing STEM learning in marine-related fields.
Supports innovative, science-based solutions to address environmental, economic, and social challenges.
Texas Sea Grant welcomes the help of the community to help monitor, protect, and clean our coasts.
Trainings, Workshops, Advising, Certification and Technical Assistance.
Find out if Texas Sea Grant is hosting, attending, or leading an event in your area.
Texas Sea Grant supports marine- and coastal-related research at universities across the state through a competitive grant program.
Texas Sea Grant will continue to support cutting-edge research in the areas of marine-related energy sources, climate change, coastal processes, energy efficiency, hazards, storm water management and tourism.
Monthly Texas Sea Grant newsletter.
Get Hooked, quarterly Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Seafood newsletter
Annual magazine about education, outreach, and research supported by Texas Sea Grant.
Read the latest edition of Texas Shores, Volume 47.
The application is open for the National Sea Grant College Program 2027 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, a year-long paid fellowship in the Washington, D.C. area.
Mar 31, 2026 By Towery, Megan Communications Director
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The application is open for the National Sea Grant College Program 2027 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, a year-long paid fellowship in the Washington, D.C. area.
The Texas Sea Grant College Program at Texas A&M University is accepting applications through Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 5:00 PM CST, for the National Sea Grant College Program 2027 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.
The Knauss Fellowship, established in 1979, pairs highly qualified graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources, and the related national policy decisions, with host offices in the legislative and executive branches of government. The yearlong paid fellowship is named for one of Sea Grant’s founders, former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator John A. Knauss.
“The Knauss Fellowship is an outstanding opportunity for students to be involved and have a firsthand look at the development of policy that affects our nation’s marine resources, some of which, these days, are critical” said Mia Zwolinski, Texas Sea Grant’s assistant director of research and fiscal administration.
Past Knauss fellows from Texas have served in legislative offices or at agencies including NOAA, the National Science Foundation and NASA. The majority have gone on to careers in federal agencies, higher education or non-governmental organizations related to coastal or marine resources or policies.
One of Texas’ 2026 Knauss Fellows, Shelby Gunnells from Texas A&M University, recently received her placement and is serving in the NOAA OAR, Ocean Exploration executive office. Other previous Texas Knauss fellows described some of their experiences in the Texas Knauss Fellows blog.
Complete information about this opportunity, including a recording of a webinar for tips on developing a competitive application, is available at tx.ag/knaussfellows. Those selected as finalists for the 2027 Knauss Fellowship cohort will serve from June 1, 2027 to May 31, 2028.
