Applications open for Alaska Sea Grant State fellowships

January 12, 2016

Alaska Sea Grant is accepting fellowship applications from graduate students seeking experience in Alaska marine resources and policy.

The program matches recently or nearly finished graduate students with a 12-month professional job opportunity supporting healthy Alaska coastal communities and the marine environment.

“The Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship Program supports some of our brightest students as they launch their careers in Alaska, where we hope they will stay for many years to come,” said Paula Cullenberg, Alaska Sea Grant director. “Our first two Alaska Sea Grant Fellows began this year. Both are gaining valuable professional experience while contributing to marine policy and management in Alaska.”

This year, five marine resource agencies have expressed interest in supporting an Alaska Sea Grant fellow: the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the North Pacific Research Board, the National Park Service and the State of Alaska's Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.

Applications will be accepted through Feb. 12. Alaska Sea Grant will select finalists and assignments will be decided in consultation with potential fellowship hosts.

For applications, guidelines and host position descriptions, go to alaskaseagrant.org/research/state-fellowship.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Ginny Eckert, 907-786-5450, ginny.eckert@alaska.edu; Michele Frandsen, 907-474-7088, michele.frandsen@alaska.edu