OpportunityTitle: Fiscal Year 2013 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population Dynamics
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 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.
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&apos;s Mission goal of &quot;Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management&quot;.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Office Email
GrantorContactText: Terry Smith, National Sea Grant College Program, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; tel: 301-734-1084