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2017 Knauss Fellowships Awards and Schedules
Award Total: $56,500
- $45,000 for your stipend and living expenses (per diem)
- $9,000 to cover mandatory health benefits, fringe, and moving expenses
- Up to $2,500 for placement week
- Any remaining funds beyond the $45,000 shall be used during the fellowship year, first to satisfy academic degree-related activities (e.g. tuition) and second for fellowship-related activities.
- Potential additional travel funds provided by host institution
Schedule
| November 2015 | NOAA releases 2017 Federal Funding Opportunity and Maryland Sea Grant opens the Knauss Fellowship application process |
| 12 February 2016 | Applications, as complete PDFs, due to Maryland Sea Grant |
| March 2016 | Candidate interviews at Maryland Sea Grant; finalists selected |
| March 2016 | Maryland Sea Grant submits up to six finalist application packets to National Sea Grant program for their final selection |
| June 2016 | Selection process and subsequent notification to Sea Grant programs of selected finalists completed. |
| October 2016 | Meet with Maryland Sea Grant to discuss upcoming fellowship before placement week |
| 4-9 December 2016 | Placement week in Washington, D.C. |
| January 2017 | Meet with Maryland Sea Grant to complete paperwork |
| 10 January 2017 | Submit photo and biographical sketch to Maryland Sea Grant |
| January 2017 | Submit all required Human Resources paperwork to Maryland Sea Grant |
| 1 February 2017 | Fellowship starts |
| March 2017 | Knauss welcome reception and dinner on Capitol Hill |
| 31 January 2018 | Fellowship ends; final report due to Maryland Sea Grant and NOAA |
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News and Blogs
Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Exploring the Use of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells to Remove Sulfide While Harvesting Energy from Oyster Aquaculture Biodeposits
Oyster aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry in Maryland’s Chesapeake waters which stimulates economic activity and may provide a host of ecosystem benefits. A potential concern associated with the intensification of the oyster aquaculture is the local production and accumulation of oyster biodeposits, which can lead to a porewater sulfide accumulation and declining bioturbation, symptoms of declining ecosystem function. Sulfide is naturally removed from the seafloor by the interactions between bioturbating infauna and sulfide oxidizing bacteria.
Chesapeake Quarterly Magazine
A Growing Industry: Advancing Oyster Aquaculture in Maryland
