The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium is now seeking applicants for the 2023 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.
The fellowship is funded through the National Sea Grant Office and administered through individual state Sea Grant programs. Knauss Fellows spend a year in marine policy-related positions in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government in Washington D.C. Past fellows have worked in the offices of U.S. senators and representatives, on congressional subcommittees and at agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Fellowships run from Feb. 1, 2023, to Jan. 31, 2024, and pay a stipend of $66,500 plus some additional funds for relocation, fellowship-related travel and more.
Students must be enrolled in a graduate program at any point between the onset of the 2021 Fall Term and Feb. 18, 2022, to be eligible.
Applications are due at the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium office Feb. 18, 2022. For application details and information about the Knauss program, visit the National Sea Grant website.
Applications must include:
- CV (2-page)
- Education and Career Goal statement*
- Letters of recommendation (two total, one from your major professor)
- Undergraduate and Graduate transcripts
- List of classes and plans for spring, summer and fall of 2022 (one page)
*Application materials have recently changed, specifically the format for the goal statement. Applicants should review the new guidance.
Please contact the MASGC director, LaDon Swann if you know of a potential candidate. Application materials should be sent to Loretta Leist. Interested applicants should contact Loretta for application guidance, details of file formats needed for the materials and instructions for recommendation letter writers. Once applications are received, candidates will be scheduled to interview with Dr. Swann in late February and March.