OpportunityTitle: Fiscal Year 2014 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Prospective Fellows must be United States citizens.  At the time of application, prospective Population and Ecosystem Dynamics Fellows must be admitted to a PhD degree program in population dynamics, ecosystem dynamics, or a related field such as wildlife biology, fishery biology, natural resource management, marine biology,  quantitative ecology, applied mathematics, simulation modeling, or applied statistics, 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.
Description: The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at least two new PhD fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to marine ecosystem and population dynamics, with a focus on modeling and managing systems of living marine resources. The emphasis will be on the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing marine ecosystems, for assessing the status of fish, invertebrate, and other targeted species stocks, and for assessing the status of marine mammals, seabirds, and other protected species. 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 and Ecosystem Dynamics meets NOAA&apos;s Mission goal of &quot;Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management&quot;.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Office
GrantorContactText: Terry Smith, National Sea Grant College Program, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; Telephone: 301-734-1084