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Students

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Find career development opportunities provided by Sea Grant, information on scholarships, internships, and fellowships, and more.

Sea Grant Student Programs

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Student Scholarships

Sea Grant scholarships offer opportunities that provide financial assistance and research funding to students pursuing a career in STEM. 

Undergraduate Students

Sea Grant has several prestigious opportunities to partner with various STEM organizations to promote professional development in new careers and provide hands-on experiences in research.

Graduate Students

Sea Grant has many reputable fellowships specifically for graduate students that focus on professional development in budding careers for a variety of marine topics.

Other Opportunities

Check out these resources from Sea Grant partners across the nation.

Student Resources

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Sea Grant Student Opportunities

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Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship

Overview with instructions on how to apply (8.5 x 11 inch printable PDF)

NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship

Overview with instructions on how to apply (8.5 x 11 inch printable PDF)

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Student Support by the Numbers

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Academia to Government

Reelin’ in the Years

In my Knauss fellowship so far, one of the most meaningful pieces of advice I’ve heard is to “think of your career as a journey, not a destination.” As the fall begins and my fellowship rounds the corner into the back nine, so to speak, I’ve shifted the way I think about my career journey. I’ve been in my feelings a lot lately about what my next steps will be after January, a familiar feeling for Knauss fellows, as we browse USAjobs.gov and subscribe to job digests from various job boards, patiently waiting for the precise second that our direct hiring authority privilege kicks in. In this time, I’ve been refining the language I use to describe myself and my accomplishments. I’m reflecting on the past and the stories beneath the single-line additions to my résumé meant to represent my capability. For instance, my master’s degree is one entry on my résumé, but how do I share what sparked my desire to pursue environmental policy as a career path?

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Knauss Blog

NOAA Careers: Transition Manager

What do Knauss Fellows actually do? Well, it depends!

You may know NOAA for its science, but there are teams of people that help get the science in motion and to the communities that need it most.

2023 Knauss Fellow Briana Yancy works as a Transition Manager at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab this year. Check out her experience!

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Academia to Government

Sea Grant Announces the 2024 Class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. The 85 early-career professionals selected will be placed in federal government offices throughout Washington, D.C., and join the over 1,600 individuals who have participated in the program since its inception in 1979.

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