2014 NMFS – Sea Grant Graduate Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and in Marine Resource Economics is now open.

Competition for the 2014 NMFS - Sea Grant Graduate Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics (formerly Population Dynamics) and in Marine Resource Economics is now open. The NMFS - Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship is available to US citizens who are graduate students enrolled in PhD degree programs in academic institutions in the United States and its territories. In FY 2014, Sea Grant and NMFS will jointly support Fisheries Fellows in two research areas: Population Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics. Fisheries Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS, with a summer internship at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. Fellows operate under the guidance of a NMFS mentor. Massachusetts-based applicants should contact MIT or WHOI Sea Grant program for application assistance, and submit materials through them. Application materials are due to the local state Sea Grant program on or before Friday, January 24, 2014. Note that here are two separate funding numbers for the two portions of this competition. The RFPs are available at http://www.grants.gov. They are: - Population and Ecosystem Dynamics Federal Funding Opportunity #: NOAA-OAR-SG-2014-2003955 - Marine Resource Economics Federal Funding Opportunity #: NOAA-OAR-SG-2014-2003958 More information is available at: NMFS Fellowship Program Please direct further questions about the terms and procedures of this fellowship to: Dr. Terry Smith NMFS Liaison/Program Director for Fisheries NOAA National Sea Grant Office Terry.Smith@noaa.gov 301-734-1084 (office) 301-713-0799 (fax)