Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity:


2009 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics

Executive Summary

Federal Agency Name(s): Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce

Funding Opportunity Title: 2009 NMFS- Sea Grant Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics (Population Dynamics Graduate Fellowship Program)

Announcement Type: Initial Announcement

Funding Opportunity Number: OAR-SG-2009-2001573

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, 2009. Applications will be submitted to the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) by California Sea Grant by 1:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time, February 20, 2009 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 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 Population Dynamics meets NOAA's Mission
goal of "Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management."

•FORMS - for download in Excel, Word, or pdf (Instructions for completing a fillable PDF.)

•Download pdf of Announcement

•Review Checklist to Ensure That a Proper Budget Justification is Submitted

Submission Information

All applications must come through the sponsoring Sea Grant office. Application Deadline: January 20, 2009.

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 files 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 fellowship 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.

List of required elements for application
Required element Suggested File Name
Signed Title Page*
(TitlePG_NSI.xls or Title_NMFS_PRELIM08.pdf)
 1_LastName_TitlePage.pdf
Project Summary Form* (ProjSum.xls or ProjSum.pdf) 2_LastName_Summary.pdf
Budget and Budget Summary Forms* (90-4.xls) 3_LastName_Budget.pdf
Budget Justification 4_LastName_Justification.pdf
Curriculum Vitae  5_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 population dynamics or related field of study 10_LastName_AcceptLtr.pdf

 

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

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