The California Sea Grant State Fellowship Program provides a unique educational and professional opportunity for graduate students who are interested in coastal and marine resources in California, and the policy decisions affecting those resources.
Donor Name: California Sea Grant
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 06/13/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The State Fellowship Program is designed to provide recent graduates an opportunity to acquire “hands-on” experience in the planning and implementation of coastal and marine resource policies and programs in the state of California. The program matches highly motivated and outstanding graduate students (near completion of degree or recently completed) with “hosts” in California municipal, state or federal agencies, as well as research and conservation organizations in California with mandates in coastal or marine research, policy, or management. The fellowship program serves to both increase the capacity of ocean and coastal management agencies in California with highly motivated and talented graduate students, and to facilitate the training and development of the next generation of ocean and coastal leaders.
Funding Information
Each fellow will receive $61,524 for stipend and health insurance for the twelve-month assignment ($5,127/month). Additional funds of up to $2,500 can be reimbursed to cover travel for any California Sea Grant-coordinated state fellow in-person meeting and other fellowship related travel. Additional travel associated with the fellowship may be covered by the host agency at the agency’s discretion.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications may be submitted by a graduate student close to completing a degree (Masters, Ph.D., or J.D.) in a field related to conservation, management, protection, stewardship, public policy or law of marine, coastal, and/or watershed environments, or areas that impact those environments, at a California university. Graduate students who recently completed their degree at a California university with a graduation date [i.e. date the degree was awarded by the university] after May 1, 2024 are also eligible to apply. Fellows must complete all degree requirements before starting the fellowship. State Fellows may be expected to relocate to the region where their host office is located.
- When considering applying for this fellowship, please keep in mind that if you are only interested in being placed with five or less host agency positions, then this might not be the right opportunity for you. Matching with a particular host agency is not guaranteed. Each host agency can offer an enriching fellowship opportunity; thus, an open mindset is important in being successful through the matching process.
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