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The 2025 National Marine Fisheries (NMFS) Sea Grant Fellowship application period is now open. The fellowship provides three years of support for PhD students.

Sea Grant anticipates funding at least one new Ph.D. fellowship in 2025 to students who are interested in careers related to the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing the economics of the conservation and management of living marine resources.

Fellows will work on thesis questions of public interest and relevance to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Offices. The NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics meets NOAA's healthy oceans goal of “marine fisheries, habitats, biodiversity sustained with healthy and productive ecosystems.”

Timeline

• Applications from the Lake Champlain basin are due January 23, 2025 to Lake Champlain Sea Grant (seagrant [at] uvm.edu) by 5pm local time.
• Applicants will be notified in the summer of 2025.
• Duration: August 1, 2025–July 31, 2026 with funding for up to three years.

Award and expenses

The fellowship award, contingent upon the availability of federal funds, will be in the form of a grant or cooperative agreement of up to $66,700 federal dollars plus at least 20% in non-federal matching dollars. The award provided to each Fellow is to cover expenses related to project research, tuition, journal publication fees, academic- and fellowship-related travel, conference fees, online training, and workshops. 

NOAA Fisheries Mentor

To help achieve the goals of the fellowship, each Fellow will be required to work closely with an expert (mentor) from NOAA Fisheries, who will serve on the Fellow’s committee. The mentor may also provide access to research data sources and to working/laboratory space in a NOAA Fisheries research facility and/or research vessel, if appropriate. Staff lists and recent publications for each of the NOAA Fisheries Science Centers are listed on each Center's website, linked below. Applicants in the Great Lakes region or in an area without a NOAA Fisheries Science Center may contact a potential mentor whose research aligns with their own.   (, );  (, );  ();  (, ),  (, );  ()

More Information

Summary of NOAA Fisheries-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program Factsheet (PDF) 

Notice of Federal Funding (PDF)

Contact Lake Champlain Sea Grant Fellowship Coordinator Anna Marchessault (anna.marchessault [at] uvm.edu)

The National Sea Grant College program values diversity, equity, and inclusion in both our organization and the communities we serve. Through the NMFS-SG Fellowship, we strive to provide an educational and employment opportunity for students, regardless of race, color, religion, place of origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, disability or veteran status.