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Fellowships and Student Opportunities

North Carolina’s workforce will face increasingly complex coastal issues. North Carolina Sea Grant helps to develop a cadre of educated, innovative, and technologically advanced professionals through a variety of fellowships for talented graduate students.

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Mountains to Sea Graduate Research Fellowship

Apply by November 17, 2025

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NC Sea Grant-Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership Fellowship

Apply by November 17, 2025

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landscape image of a ghost forrest on the NC coast.

NC Sea Grant / NC Space Grant Ghost Forest Research Funding for Graduate Students

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A picture of an estuary taken overhead, at either dusk or dawn

NOAA Coastal Management / Digital Coast Fellowship

PAUSED FOR 2025

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a graysby grouper about to be released with the aid of a descending device.

South Atlantic Reef Fish Extension Communication Fellowship

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an Atlantic white marlin in the water

The Hook, Line & Science Communication Fellowship

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Coastal Resilience Team Competition

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A large school of vermillion snapper swim over a reef

National Marine Fisheries / National Sea Grant Fellowship

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NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship

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group photo of Knauss fellows from 2024-24

John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

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North Carolina State Legislature Building

NC STEM Policy Post-Graduate Fellowship

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NC Sea Grant / NC Coastal Reserve’s Coastal Research Fellowship

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An image of NC's coast observed from space

NC Sea Grant / NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship

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