2009 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics

Post Date

July 11th 2008

Application Due Date

February 20th 2009

Applications must be received by 4 pm, Eastern Time February 20, 2009 by the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO). For applications submitted through www.grants.gov, a date and time receipt indication is included and will be the basis of determinin

Funding Opportunity Number

OAR-SG-2009-2001574

CFDA Number(s)

11.417

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Environment
Natural Resources
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

2

Eligibility Categories

Other

Prospective Fellows must be United States citizens. At the time of application, prospective Marine Resource Economics Fellows must be admitted to a PhD degree program in natural resource economics or a related field at an institution of higher education in the United States or its territories or submit a signed letter from the institution indicating provisional acceptance to a PhD degree program conditional on obtaining financial support such as this fellowship. Applications must be submitted by the institution of higher education, which may be any such institution in the United States or its territories.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The Graduate Fellowship Program generally awards two new PhD fellowships each year 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 problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. The NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics meets NOAA's Mission goal of ``Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Commerce

• Office:

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Steve Drescher
  Policy Advisor
  Phone 301-713-0926

• Agency Mailing Address:

  For Application Download issues

• Agency Email Address:

  steve.j.drescher@noaa.gov

• More Information:

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