Deadline: 23 January 2025
The National Marine Fisheries Service is seeking applications to support highly qualified graduate students working towards a Ph.D. for up to three years.
Funding Information
- The fellowship can provide support for up to three years for highly qualified graduate students working towards a Ph.D. in quantitative ecology, ecosystem ecology, population dynamics or related fields of study such as wildlife biology, fishery biology, natural resource management, marine biology, quantitative ecology, applied mathematics, applied statistics, simulation modeling, marine resource economics, natural resource economics, or environmental economics.
- Application packages may propose up to $66,700 in federal funding plus at least 20% matching ($13,340) funding per year. These awards will be jointly funded by NMFS and Sea Grant. These fellowships can provide support for up to three years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Those eligible to submit to a Sea Grant Program:
- Prospective fellows must be United States citizens.
- At the time of application, prospective fellows must be admitted to a Ph.D. degree program 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.
For more information, visit NOAA.
