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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.

Open Opportunities

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

Apply by April 7, 2025

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NC Sea Grant / NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship

Apply by April 18, 2025

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Currently closed

NC Sea Grant / Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership Fellowship

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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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Marsh at sunset. Sky appears in bands of pink, blue, and purple. Green marsh grass in the middle, and blue water at the bottom, with reflections of marsh grass.

Mountains to Sea Graduate Research Fellowship

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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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