Fellowship Type: Research
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OVERVIEW
In 1999 NOAA National Sea Grant Office and NOAA Fisheries established a graduate fellowship program in two specialized areas.
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Population and Ecosystem Dynamics: For Ph.D. students interested in the population and ecosystem dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status. The emphasis will be on the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing marine ecosystems, for assessing the status of fish, invertebrate, and other targeted species stocks, and for assessing the status of marine mammals, seabirds, and other protected species. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. Up to three years of funding.
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Marine Resource Economics: For Ph.D. students interested in marine resource economics, concentrating on the conservation and management of living marine resources. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. Up to three years of funding.
Program Goals
The main goals of the program are to:
- Encourage qualified applicants to pursue careers in either population dynamics and stock assessment or in marine resource economics.
- Increase available expertise related to these disciplines.
- Foster closer relationships between academic scientists and NOAA Fisheries.
- Provide real-world experience to graduate students and accelerate their career development.
To help achieve these goals, each fellow will be required to work closely with a mentor from NOAA Fisheries who will serve on the fellow’s graduate 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.