The John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
The federal Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program was established in 1979 to provide a unique educational experience to students who have an interest in marine/ocean/Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.
The program, which is sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program, matches highly qualified graduate students with hosts in the legislative branch, the executive branch, or appropriate associations/institutions located in the Washington, D.C. area for a one-year paid fellowship. The program is named after former NOAA administrator John A. Knauss.
Information for Current Knauss Fellows
Articles about previous Knauss Fellows
- 2008 Knauss Fellowships awarded
- 2006 Knauss Fellow at NOAA’s Office of Protected Resources (Mary Jacobs-Spaulding)
- 2002 Knauss Fellow Now Senior Legislative Assistant (Johanna Polsenberg)
- Former Knauss Fellow at NOAA Office of International Affairs (Heather Allen)
- Knauss Experiences Shaping Academic Research (Julie Kellner)
- Former Knauss Fellow a Director at COMPASS (Chad English-2007)
- Former Sea Grant Trainee Now Knauss Fellow (Amber Mace)
- SIO Graduate Student Wins Prestigious Marine Policy Fellowship (Chad English-2005)
- 2004 Knauss Press Release
- 2003 Knauss Fellow - Carrie McDougall Story
- 1999 Knauss Fellow - Ashley Simons Story
Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity
Executive Summary
Federal Agency Name(s): Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Funding Opportunity Title: 2010 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (Knauss Fellowship Program)
Announcement Type: Initial Announcement
Funding Opportunity Number: OAR-SG-2010-2001562
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s):11.417, Sea Grant Support
Dates: Deadlines vary from program to program, but applications from prospective fellows to Sea Grant Colleges are generally due early to mid-March. Contact your state Sea Grant program (see IV.A. for program contact information) for specific deadlines. The deadline for application to California Sea Grant is 5 pm Pacific Standard Time, February 20, 2009. (updated deadline) Selected applications from the sponsoring Sea Grant program are to be received in the NSGO either through Grants.gov or hardcopy no later than 5 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on April 3, 2009. For applications submitted through Grants.gov APPLY, a date and time receipt indication is included and will be the basis of determining timeliness. Facsimile transmissions and electronic mail submission of applications will not be accepted. Applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed.
Funding Opportunity Description: This notice announces that applications may be submitted for the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (Knauss Fellowship). The Knauss Fellowship is a program initiated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant Office (NSGO), in fulfilling its broad educational responsibilities and legislative mandate of the Sea Grant Act, to provide educational experience in the policies and processes of the Legislative and Executive Branches of the Federal Government to graduate students in marine and aquatic-related fields. The Knauss Fellowship meets NOAA's Mission goal of Protect, Restore and Manage the Use Coastal and Ocean Resources through Ecosystem-Based Management.
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FORMS - for download in Excel, Word, pdf, and Fillable pdf (Instructions for completing fillable PDFs.)
For more detailed information about host offerings, applications, selection and placement process in Washington DC, please visit the National Sea Grant Knauss website at:
NSGO Knauss Website: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/knauss.html
Submission Information
Please upload an electronic copy of all application items, with required signatures. The electronic version of your application must be submitted as PDFs using the California Sea Grant submission link:
https://csgc.ucsd.edu/wpe/submissions/PILogin.php
Please make sure to include your last name in the file names for each section of the proposal (e.g., Smith_budget.pdf or Smith_cv.pdf). Once submitted through the website, PDFs may not be edited. To change a PDF, it must be deleted and resubmitted.
IMPORTANT: Contact us at nsgoproposal@seamail.ucsd.edu to obtain a password to use the website link BEFORE submitting any files.
IMPORTANT: To preserve confidentiality, letters of recommendations should be posted directly by the letter writers. 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 by any applicant once posted.
For electronic files larger than 6 MB, contact nsgoproposal@seamail.ucsd.edu
to make other arrangements.
Please read the Knauss funding announcement for instructions regarding these required elements.
Please 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 |
|---|---|
| Curriculum Vitae | 1_LastName_CV.pdf |
| A personal education and career goal statement | 2_LastName_Goal.pdf |
| Two letters of recommendation | 3_LastName_RecLtr1.pdf and 3_LastName_RecLtr2.pdf |
| Copy of all official undergraduate and graduate student transcripts | 4_LastName_Transcript.pdf |
| Listing of classes and/or plans for spring 2009, summer 2009 and fall 2009 (not to exceed one page) | 5_LastName_Plans.pdf |
Deadlines
Applications must be submitted by 5 p.m., February 20, 2009, to the California Sea Grant Program. (updated deadline) State Sea Grant programs may select and forward to the National Office up to six (6) finalists according to a selection criteria comparable to that used by the National Office in the national competition.
Time Table
- February 20, 2009 (updated deadline)- Application materials from each student are due to California Sea Grant (each program sets its own date around this general time).
- March, 2009 - Interviews by California Sea Grant staff to select up to six finalists.
- April 3, 2009 - Application materials from Sea Grant programs are due at the National Sea Grant Office by 2:00 pm PDT (5:00 pm EDT).
- May 23, 2009 - Sea Grant Programs notified of selection results.
- December XX-XX, 2009 - Placement Week (exact dates TBD); selected applicants are required to travel to Washington, D.C., for interviews with potential hosts.
- February 1, 2010 - Start of the fellowship.
CONTACT
Shauna Oh, Assistant Director
For more information email: nsgoproposal@seamail.ucsd.edu
Please direct budget questions to:
Catherine Hughes
Business Officer
(858) 534-0577
Please direct online submission questions to:
Roberto Chavez
Programmer
(858) 534-4441
| The California Sea Grant College Program is a statewide, multiuniversity program of marine research, extension services, and education activities administered by the University of California. It is headquartered at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. The National Sea Grant College Program is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. |  |
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