FY2022 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship (US)

Deadline: 10-Feb-22

The Department of Commerce is pleased to launch FY2022 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Sea Grant Fellowship in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics to support Ph.D. graduate fellowships in two specific areas:

• The goals of the program are to:
  • encourage qualified students to pursue careers in population and ecosystem dynamics related to living marine resources;
  • encourage qualified students to pursue careers in marine resource economics;
  • increase available expertise related to quantitative ecology for systems of living marine resources;
  • increase available expertise related to the economic analysis of living marine resource conservation and management decisions;
  • foster closer relationships between academic scientists and NMFS; and
  • provide real-world experience to graduate students and accelerate their career development; and
  • support graduate students from diverse backgrounds with an interest in population dynamics or marine resource economics.
• For those interested students with population and ecosystem dynamics topics: The fellowship covers both population and ecosystem dynamics to ensure support for fellows who conduct research in support of assessments of living marine resource stocks as well as conduct broadly-scoped ecosystem assessments, implement ecosystem-based management, and evaluate system-level considerations of living marine resources.
• As both ecosystem and population dynamics rely heavily on quantitative marine ecology methods and skills, this announcement reflects that underlying commonality.

• Sea Grant is seeking applications for its fellowship programs to fulfill its broad educational responsibilities, enhance workforce development, and to strengthen the collaboration between Sea Grant and the NMFS.
• Selected fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS and work with NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or offices.
• The program priorities for this opportunity support NOAA’s healthy oceans goal of “marine fisheries, habitats, biodiversity sustained with healthy and productive ecosystems.”

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $972,000
• Award Ceiling: $162,000
• Award Floor: $54,000
• The anticipated start date is August 1, 2022, with projects to be completed by July 31, 2025.

• the population dynamics of living marine resources;
• stock assessment methodologies;
• marine ecosystem modeling;
• integrated ecosystem assessments;
• ecosystem-based management of marine ecosystems; and
• economics of the conservation and management of living marine resources.

• Full applications submitted to Grants.gov must come from an eligible Sea Grant program. Prospective fellows enrolled towards a degree in a graduate program in a state or territory served by a Sea Grant program must submit to that program. Applications that are not approved and submitted by the student’s state Sea Grant program will not be considered for review.
• 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 a U.S. accredited university in the U.S. 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 at an institution of higher education in the United States or its territories.
  • 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. Interested students in states or territories without a Sea Grant program must submit their applications to the Sea Grant program to which they were referred to by the NMFS
• Fellowship Program
  • Sea Grant champions diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), working to create a marine science workforce that reflects the communities they serve. they are recruiting, retaining and preparing a diverse workforce, and proactively engaging and serving the diverse populations of coastal communities.
  • Sea Grant is committed to building inclusive research, extension, communication and education programs that serve people with unique backgrounds, circumstances, needs, perspectives and ways of thinking.
  • they encourage applicants of all ages, races, ethnicities, national origins, gender identities, sexual orientations, disabilities, cultures, religions, marital statuses, education levels, job classifications, veteran status types, and income, and socioeconomic status types to apply for this opportunity.

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336127