Coastal Management & Digital Coast Fellowships

The Coastal Management Fellowship was established in 1996 to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to state coastal zone management programs. The program matches postgraduate students with state coastal zone programs to work on projects proposed by the state and selected by the fellowship sponsor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center. This two-year fellowship offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.

Eligibility

Any U.S. citizen who will complete a master’s or other advanced degree between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2025, to be eligible. Students from a broad range of environmental programs are encouraged to apply. Students who are not U.S. citizens or who attend non-U.S. institutions are not eligible.

Stipend

The current salary is $42,000 per year. In the second year of the fellowship, a locality pay factor may be added to the salary, depending on the location of the fellowship.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted to the Maryland Sea Grant office. Please contact Maryland Sea Grant well before the application deadline to indicate your interest.

All applications must include:

1. Resume or curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages using 12-point font).
2. Statement of the applicant’s goals with emphasis on what the applicant expects from and can contribute to the fellowship experience. This should also include how the fellowship can help reach goals that may be difficult to reach without the fellowship opportunity. Include any obstacles that have been overcome to reach this point in your academic career (500 words or less).
3. Two letters of recommendation, including one from the applicant’s principal professor. If no principal professor exists, the faculty member who is most familiar with the applicant’s academic work may be substituted.
4. Unofficial copies of all undergraduate and graduate student transcripts.

E-mail your resume, statement, and transcripts as a single PDF to Ana Sosa at asosamor@mdsg.umd.edu. Recommendation letters (signed and on letterhead) may be sent directly to Dr. Sosa from the recommender via email or postal mail.

Up to three applications will be selected to move on to the national competition in February.

Maryland Sea Grant Contact

Michael Allen, Associate Director for Research and Administration

Maryland Sea Grant College
(301) 405-7500
email: mallen@mdsg.umd.edu

For More Information

To find out more about this fellowship, visit the Office of Coastal Management website.
 

Photograph, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration