The Hook, Line & Science Communication Fellowship

North Carolina Sea Grant is accepting applications for the 2025 Hook, Line & Science Communication Fellowship. This fellowship will provide a current or recent graduate student from a North Carolina college or university with a one-year opportunity to communicate fisheries science to anglers and the public via North Carolina Sea Grant’s popular Hook, Line, and Science series.

Brief Background

Since 2018, North Carolina Sea Grant has published 275 lay-friendly summaries of recent, peer-reviewed research of interest to saltwater anglers for the weekly Hook, Line & Science series.

From July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, the Hook, Line & Science Communication Fellow will seek out and obtain research articles of interest to anglers and use a template to create 12 lay-friendly summaries of the work. Each story will run approximately 500 words. Sea Grant fisheries specialists and an editor from the communication team will edit all stories prior to publication.

The fellow’s writing also will be available for publication in the award-winning Coastwatch magazine.

Application Information

Applications are due June 2, 2025, at 5 p.m. Eastern.

Each applicant will provide a writing sample tailored for Hook, Line & Science.

Apply online here.

For more information, contact Scott Baker at msbaker@ncsu.edu or 910-962-2492.