{"id":8931,"date":"2016-10-28T14:06:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T18:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=8931"},"modified":"2016-10-28T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T18:06:43","slug":"nc-sea-grant-offers-fellowship-with-nc-sentinel-site-cooperative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/nc-sea-grant-offers-fellowship-with-nc-sentinel-site-cooperative\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Sea Grant Offers Fellowship with NC Sentinel Site Cooperative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated Jan. 23, 2017, with new fellowship deadline.<\/em><\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Contact:
\nJohn Fear, jmfear@ncsu.edu
\n<\/a>Jennifer Dorton,
dortonj@uncw.edu<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

Posted Friday, October 28, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

Middle Marsh in Rachel Carson Reserve is one of the sites in the North Carolina Sentinel Site Cooperative. Photo courtesy NOAA<\/em><\/p>\n

North Carolina Sea Grant<\/a> and the N.C. Sentinel Site Cooperative<\/a>, or NCSSC, are offering a new joint fellowship for North Carolina-based graduate students. Recipients will conduct research addressing the needs of the NCSSC as identified within the cooperative\u2019s implementation plan.<\/p>\n

This opportunity is open to graduate students in good academic standing, attending an accredited North Carolina university or college. Sea Grant and NCSSC anticipate supporting two fellowships of up to $10,000 each, subject to available funding. Projects would run between March 1, 2017, and Feb. 28, 2018.<\/p>\n

Projects must occur within or be directly applicable to the NCSSC locations. Fellows must conduct research within one or more of the following sea-level rise and inundation focal areas:<\/p>\n