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

Deadline

April 6, 2026
(5 PM EST)

Open to

North Carolina graduate students

Topic

Research on coastal management issues at Coastal Reserve sites

North Carolina Sea Grant and the N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve are accepting applications for the North Carolina Coastal Research Fellowship. The programs anticipate awarding one new fellowship for $10,000.

Through this program, graduate students based in North Carolina conduct hypothesis-based research within one or more of the 10 sites that constitute the Coastal Reserve.

Research should address one or more of these coastal management issues:

  • Sediment dynamics and influences on shoreline position, habitat type, and quality
  • Sources and impacts of emerging contaminants, plastics, and marine debris
  • Impacts of invasive species on coastal ecosystems
  • Performance of habitat restoration and conservation practices, including shoreline stabilization approaches
  • Understanding relationships of water quality on Reserve ecosystems and the role
  • Reserve sites play in the estuarine filter
  • Wetland carbon stocks and soil and flora properties driving spatial variability
  • Influences on maritime forest habitat distribution, changes, and health
  • Application of innovative technologies to enhance research and monitoring in coastal systems
  • Assessing Reserve economic and social benefits through ecosystem service valuations and human-environment interaction studies
  • Modeling compound flooding to understand vulnerabilities

Deadline

  • All applications are due by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on April 6, 2026.

Application Information

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