{"id":12600,"date":"2020-06-24T08:46:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T12:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=12600"},"modified":"2023-12-07T16:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:58:41","slug":"estuarine-research-fellowship-applications-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/estuarine-research-fellowship-applications-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Estuarine Research Fellowship Applications Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contact:<\/em>
\nKatie Mosher, kmosher@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership<\/a> and North Carolina Sea Grant<\/a> are accepting applications for the 2020 Graduate Fellowship in Estuarine Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fellowship will fund a graduate student based in North Carolina to conduct applied research within the North Carolina portion of the APNEP management boundary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to continue our partnership linking the Sea Grant and National Estuary Program networks in support of this research fellowship opportunity, which helps inform the conservation and management of the nation\u2019s second largest estuarine system,\u201d notes Tim Ellis, APNEP’s quantitative ecologist.<\/p>\n

John Fear, Sea Grant deputy director, adds that this year the fellowship takes on new meaning: “Providing student opportunities is one of our program’s overarching aims and we are excited to be able to continue to seek outstanding applicants.”<\/p>\n

Graduate students must propose hypothesis-based research that addresses one or more of the following broad focus areas:<\/p>\n