OpportunityTitle: 2009 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Prospective Fellows must be United States citizens. At   the time of application, prospective Marine Resource Economics Fellows   must be admitted to a PhD degree program in natural resource economics   or a related field 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 be submitted by the institution of higher education,   which may be any such institution in the United States or its   territories.
Description: The Graduate Fellowship Program generally awards two new PhD fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing the economics of the conservation and management of living marine resources. 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 Marine Resource Economics meets NOAA&apos;s Mission goal of ``Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: For Application Download issues
GrantorContactText: Steve  Drescher &lt;br/&gt;Policy Advisor &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-713-0926
CloseDateExplanation: Applications must be received by 4 pm,   Eastern Time February 20, 2009 by the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO).   For applications submitted through www.grants.gov, a date and time   receipt indication is included and will be the basis of determining   timeliness. The State Sea Grant programs are encouraged to ask for   applications from fellowship applicants a month before the due date to   facilitate the entry of non-electronic applications into Grants.gov.