Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity:
2012 NMFS—Sea
Grant Fellowship Program in Marine Resource Economics
Executive Summary
Federal Agency Name(s): Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
Funding Opportunity Title: 2012 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowship Program in Marine Resource Economics (Resource Economics Graduate Fellowship Program)
Announcement Type: Initial Announcement
Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA-OAR-SG-2012-2003214
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s): 11.417, Sea Grant Support
Dates: All applications must come through the sponsoring Sea Grant office. The deadline for application to California Sea Grant is 5 pm Pacific Standard Time, January 20, 2012. Applications will be submitted to the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) by California Sea Grant by 1:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time, February 17, 2012 through Grants.gov. Facsimile transmission and electronic mail submission of applications will not be accepted.
Funding Opportunity Description: The Graduate Fellowship Program generally awards 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 NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. The NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowship in Marine Resource Economics meets NOAA's Mission goal of "Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management."
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Submission Information
All applications must come through the sponsoring Sea Grant office. Application Deadline: January 20, 2012.
IMPORTANT: Contact us at sgnsgoproposal@ucsd.edu to notify us about your intent to submit a fellowship application. Login information, including a password and a website submission link, will be sent at a later date.
IMPORTANT: To preserve confidentiality, letters of recommendation could be posted directly by the letter writers. if necessary, please share the login information you receive with your letter writers to enable them to post their letters. Letters of recommendations cannot be viewed, edited, or deleted once posted.
For electronic files larger than 6 MB, contact sgnsgoproposal@ucsd.edu to make other arrangements.
Please read the fellowship announcement for instructions regarding these required elements, and note the suggested name for your files after each item (no spaces or / in the filenames).
It would be VERY helpful if you would follow this format:
| Required element | Suggested File Name |
|---|---|
| Signed Title Page* (2012MRETitlepage.xls) |
1_LastName_TitlePage.pdf |
| Project Summary Form* (ProjectSummaryForm.pdf) Please attach your five-page project proposal to a file similar to the Project Summary Form. |
2_LastName_Summary.pdf |
| Budget and Budget Summary Forms* (90-4.xls) | 3_LastName_Budget.pdf |
| Budget Justification | 4_LastName_Justification.pdf |
| Curriculum Vitae of Applicant | 5a_LastName_CV.pdf |
| Curriculum Vitae of Faculty Advisor | 5b_LastName_CV.pdf |
| Curriculum Vitae of NMFS Mentor | 5c_LastName_CV.pdf |
| Signed Letter of Commitment | 6_LastName_CommitLtr.pdf |
| Copies of all Undergraduate and Graduate Student Transcripts | 7_LastName_Transcript.pdf |
| Education and Career Goals Statement | 8_LastName_Goal.pdf |
| Three Signed Letters of Recommendation | 9_ LastName_RecLtr1.pdf 9_ LastName_RecLtr2.pdf 9_ LastName_RecLtr3.pdf |
| Proof of acceptance and enrollment in a graduate program in marine resouce economics or related field of study | 10_LastName_AcceptLtr.pdf |
Contact
Shauna Oh, Assistant Director
For more information email: sgnsgoproposal@ucsd.edu
Please direct budget questions to:
Catherine Hughes
Business Officer
(858) 534-4600
Please direct online submission questions to:
Roberto Chavez
Programmer
(858) 534-4441
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