Fiscal Year 2013 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population Dynamics

Post Date

November 1st 2012

Application Due Date

February 22nd 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

NOAA-OAR-SG-2013-2003529

CFDA Number(s)

11.417

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Environment
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

10

Eligibility Categories

Other

Prospective Fellows must be United States citizens. At the time of application, prospective Population Dynamics Fellows must be admitted to a PhD degree program in population dynamics or a related field such as applied mathematics, statistics, or quantitative ecology, 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 come from Sea Grant programs and should be submitted through www.Grants.gov.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $38500

Grant Description

The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at least two new PhD fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the population dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status. 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 Population Dynamics 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:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Terry Smith, National Sea Grant College Program, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; tel: 301-734-1084

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Office Email

• Agency Email Address:

  Terry.Smith@noaa.gov.