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Comp ID #: 2694551 Comp Title: Fiscal Year 2018 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics

FFO #: NOAA-OAR-SG-2018-2005450

CFDA#: 11.417

FFO Title: Fiscal Year 2018 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics FFO description: The Fellowship Program expects to award two new Ph.D. 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 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Offices. The NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship in Marine Resource Economics meets NOAA's Healthy Oceans goal of "Marine fisheries, habitats, biodiversity sustained with healthy and productive ecosystems."

The expected annual award per Fellow will be $46,000 (Federal plus matching funds), which is funded jointly by NOAA Fisheries and Sea Grant.

Agency Contacts: OAR.SG.Fellows@noaa.gov; 301-734-1083 Type of funding: cooperative agreement Open date: 10/26/2017 Closing Date: 01/26/2018 Eligible applicants: Prospective Fellows must be United States citizens. At the time of application, prospective Marine Resource Economics Fellows must be admitted to a Ph.D. degree program in resource or environmental economics 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 Ph.D. degree program conditional on obtaining financial support such as this Fellowship. Applications must come from Sea Grant programs and must be submitted through www.Grants.gov.

Program funding:

Award ceiling (max): $38,333 Award floor (min): 1 # of anticipated awards: 2 Cost-share/match required: Each application must propose matching funds equal to at least 20 percent of the requested Federal funds each year. For example, if $38,333 in Federal funds is requested (the maximum allowable annual request), matching funds must be at least $7,667.

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