2024 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship is now open
Are you a graduate student with an interest in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources, and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources? If so, consider applying for the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, a one year paid fellowship where highly qualified graduate students are matched with hosts in the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government. Knauss fellows receive a $68,000 stipend for the length of their fellowship (12 months).
OPEN
The call for student applications for the 2024 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship is now open. Applications are due to Hawaiʻi Sea Grant via eProjects by Friday February 16, 2023.
We encourage students to be in contact with our office early in the application process.
Important dates and deadlines
- Monday December 5, 2022 12:00 PM: Knauss Fellowship Info Session on zoom (register in advance HERE)
- Thursday Feb. 16, 2023 5pm: applications due to Hawaiʻi Sea Grant through eProjects
- Feb. 1, 2024 start date for Knauss Fellowship in Washington DC
About the Knauss Fellowship
Are you a graduate student with an interest in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources, and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources? If so, consider applying for the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, a one year paid fellowship where highly qualified graduate students are matched with hosts in the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government. Knauss fellows receive a $68,000 stipend for the length of their fellowship (12 months).
Any student, regardless of citizenship, is eligible to submit to the 2024 fellowship (which begins February 1, 2024 and ends on January 31, 2025) if,
- The student is enrolled towards a degree in a graduate program at any point between the onset of the 2022 Fall Term (quarter, trimester, semester, etc.) and February 16, 2023
- The graduate degree will be awarded through an accredited institution of higher education in the United States or U.S. Territories, and;
- The student has an interest in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.
Contact
For more information please visit http://seagrant.noaa.gov/Knauss or contact Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Assistant Director for Research and Fellowships, Maya Walton (waltonm@hawaii.edu).
