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2024 Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

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  • 11.417 -- Sea Grant Support

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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The National Sea Grant College Program was enacted by U.S. Congress in 1966 (amended in 2020, Public Law 116-221) to support leveraged federal and state partnerships that harness the intellectual capacity of the nation’s universities and research institutions to solve problems and generate opportunities in coastal communities.

This notice announces that applications may be submitted for the 2024 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program). The National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) anticipates funding not less than 35 applicants, of which approximately 17 will be assigned to the Legislative branch. Application packages will each propose a total of $90,500 in funding. Detailed breakout of this funding is described in Section II.A and Section III.F of this announcement.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to reach out to the Sea Grant program in their state/territory at least one to two months prior to the state application deadline to receive application support and provide notification of intent to apply. Following student application submission, the student should allow sufficient time to schedule an interview with the eligible Sea Grant program at the program’s request.

This document describes requirements for submitting to NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-2007707.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

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Additional information

The following entities are eligible to submit to this opportunity: Any student, regardless of citizenship, is eligible to submit to this opportunity if:(1) The student is enrolled towards a degree in a graduate program at any point between the onset of the 2022 Fall Term (quarter, trimester, semester, etc.) and February 16, 2023;(2) The graduate degree will be awarded through an accredited institution of higher education in the United States or U.S. Territories, and; (3) The student has an interest in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.Application submission is through an application to the Sea Grant program in the state in which the student is earning their degree. If there is no Sea Grant program, a Sea Grant program will be assigned (see Section IV.D.)The National Sea Grant College Program champions diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by working to create a marine science workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We 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. We encourage student applicants of all ages, races, ethnicities, national origins, gender identities, sexual orientations, disabilities, cultures, religions, citizenship types, marital statuses, education levels, job classifications, veteran status types, income, and socioeconomic status types to apply for this opportunity.

Grantor contact information

Description

Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program Manager National Sea Grant College Program oar.sg.fellows@noaa.gov (240) 507-3712

Email

Work

oar.sg.fellows@noaa.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
KNAUSS_2024_NOFO_FINAL_11-15-22-508.pdf
KNAUSS 2024 NOFO_FINAL_11-15-22-508
Nov 15, 2022 05:22 PM UTC

Link to additional information

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Archived: April 29, 2023

Application process

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Award

$2,000,000

Program Funding

17

Expected awards

$78,000

Award Minimum

$90,500

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-2007707

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Natural resources

Science technology and other research and development

Environment

Education

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

2

Posted date:

November 9, 2022

Archive date:

April 29, 2023

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