The Georgia Sea Grant College Program is taking applications for the 2018 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, which places graduate students for a year in various executive and legislative branch offices throughout Washington, D.C.
The fellowship provides a unique educational experience in the policies and processes of the federal government to students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting these resources. The fellowship period begins Feb. 1, 2018, and ends Jan. 31, 2019.
Any graduate student, regardless of citizenship, who on Feb. 10, 2017, is enrolled in an academic institution in Georgia, is eligible to apply. Application materials and additional information on eligibility are at http://seagrant.noaa.gov/FundingFellowships/KnaussFellowship.aspx. Applications must be submitted to Georgia Sea Grant by 5 p.m. on Feb. 10 via its online submission system eSeaGrant at http://eseagrant.uga.edu/index.php.
Prospective applicants are also encouraged to contact Mona Behl, associate director of UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, at 706-542-6621or mbehl@uga.edu to discuss application content and submission.
For more information, visit https://t.uga.edu/2MX.