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In 1999, NOAA National Sea Grant Office and
NOAA Fisheries established a Graduate Fellowship Program in
population dynamics and marine resource economics. Population
dynamics is the study of fish populations and how fish mortality,
growth, recruitment and natural mortality affect them. Ph.D.
students interested in the population dynamics of living marine
resources and the development and implementation of quantitative
methods for assessing their status could be provided with
support for up to three years with this fellowship. In addition,
Ph.D. students interested in marine resource economics are
concentrating on the conservation and management of living
marine resources and could also be funded for up to two years.
The
four
main
goals
of
the
NOAA
Fisheries/Sea
Grant
Fellowship
Program
are:
- To
encourage
qualified
applicants
to
pursue
careers
in
either
population
dynamics
and
stock
assessment
or
in
marine
resource
economics
- To
increase
available
expertise
related
to
these
fields
- To
foster
closer
relationships
between
academic
scientist
and
NOAA
Fisheries
- To
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 an expert (mentor) from NOAA Fisheries
who will provide data from the Fellow’s thesis, serve
on the Fellow’s committee, and host an annual summer
internship at the participating NOAA Fisheries facility. This
will include working as a summer intern at the participating
NOAA Fisheries facility either on his/her thesis or on appropriate
related problems.
The award for each Fellowship, contingent upon the availability
of Federal funds, will be in the form of a grant or cooperative
agreement of $38,000 per year. The portion of the award provided
to each Fellow for salary (stipend), living expense (per diem),
tuition, and travel necessary to carry out the proposed thesis
research and to attend the annual Fellows meeting in Silver
Spring, Maryland. For more information, please contact Nikola
Garber (Nikola.Garber@noaa.gov).
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