Contact:
Shauna Oh
Associate Director
California Sea Grant
College Program
University of California
9500 Gilman Drive Dept 0232
La Jolla CA 92093-0232
Phone: (858) 534-4440
Fax: (858) 534-2231
www.csgc.ucsd.edu

 

The John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

The federal Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program was established in 1979 to provide a unique educational experience to students who have an interest in marine/ocean/Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.

The program, which is sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program, matches highly qualified graduate students with hosts in the legislative branch, the executive branch, or appropriate associations/institutions located in the Washington, DC area for a one-year paid fellowship. The program is named after former NOAA administrator John A. Knauss.

Information for Current Knauss Fellows
  • Knauss FAQs 2012
  • Knauss FAQs 2013
  • Direct Deposit Form
  • Knauss Fellow Tax Information
  • Required Education Report
  • Travel Reimbursement Form
  • Travel FAQs
    Domestic travel includes travel to all US possessions or trusts, such as Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territories, Guam and Samoa.

    Reimbursement for travel expenses shall not be higher than the University of California approved travel rates. These travel rates are published at http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/policies/bfb/g28.html.

    CASG requires a written request with justification at least fifty (50) days PRIOR to the trip in order to notify the National Sea Grant office. Your trip should be approved by your host prior to submitting the request to California Sea Grant. Once the host approves your travel, please e-mail the request with subject line "Knauss travel request" to Shauna Oh (shaunaoh@ucsd.edu) and copy cbsumber@ucsd.edu in the email.

    Travel Checklist: All foreign travel must be in compliance with the Fly America Act. US air carriers must be used on all portions of the route where service is provided. If a foreign carrier is used on any portion of a trip when no US carriers are available, a completed Fly America Act Waiver Checklist must be submitted.

    Requests for prior approval should be written in the third person and include the following:
    a) Traveler’s name;
    b) Dates traveled;
    c) Reason for the trip;
    d) Origin and destination of the travel;
    e) Detailed itinerary of the travel, name of the air carrier, and flight number for each leg of
    the trip (a PDF of a quote from an airline with details of the proposed trip and cost should accompany the letter); and
    f) Detailed cost for lodging, meals, registration (e.g., Lodging 3 days @ $/day = $; Meals 3 days @ $ govt per diem rate or less)

Video about Knauss Fellowship

Articles about previous Knauss Fellows

Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity

Executive Summary

Federal Agency Name(s): Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce

Funding Opportunity Title: 2014 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (Knauss Fellowship Program)

Announcement Type: Initial Announcement

Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA-OAR-SG-2014-2003518

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s):11.417, Sea Grant Support

Dates: The deadline for application to California Sea Grant is 5 pm Pacific Standard Time, February 15, 2013. Selected applications from the sponsoring state SGCP are to be received and validated by Grants.gov by the deadline of 5 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on March 29, 2013.

Funding Opportunity Description: This notice announces that applications may be submitted for the National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship). The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship is a program initiated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program, in fulfilling its broad educational responsibilities and legislative mandate of the Sea Grant Act, to provide educational experience in the policies and processes of the Legislative and Executive Branches of the Federal Government to graduate students in marine and aquatic-related fields. The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship meets NOAA's Mission goal of "Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources through Ecosystem-Based Management."

DOWNLOAD FULL PDF ANNOUNCEMENT

For more detailed information about host offerings, applications, selection and placement process in Washington DC, please visit the National Sea Grant Knauss website at: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/

The NSGO Knauss website has a "Creating an Application" page for helpful guidance on preparing your application. http://seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/knausscreatinganapplicati.html

A listing of the type of fellowship positions available (from the 2013 Class) can be found at https://pier.seagrant.noaa.gov/Public/KnaussPositions.aspx

Tips for applicants (updated 2/11/2013)

Submission Information (updated 10/26/2012)

IMPORTANT: Contact us at sgnsgoproposal@ucsd.edu to notify us about your intent to submit a fellowship application.

Please upload an electronic copy of all application items, with required signatures. The electronic version of your application must be submitted as PDFs using the California Sea Grant submission link:

https://csgc.ucsd.edu/wpe/SUBMISSIONS/PILogin.php

Please make sure to include your last name in the file names for each section of the proposal (e.g., Smith_budget.pdf or Smith_cv.pdf). Once submitted through the website, PDFs may not be edited. To change a PDF, it must be deleted and resubmitted.

IMPORTANT: Contact us at sgnsgoproposal@ucsd.edu to obtain a password to use the website link BEFORE submitting any files.

IMPORTANT: To preserve confidentiality, letters of recommendations should be posted directly by the letter writers. Please share the login information you receive with your letter writers to enable them to post their letters. Letters of recommendations cannot be viewed, edited, or deleted by any applicant once posted.

For electronic files larger than 6 MB, contact sgnsgoproposal@ucsd.edu
to make other arrangements.

Please read the Knauss funding announcement for instructions regarding these required elements.

Please note the suggested name for your files after each item; no spaces or / in the filenames.

It would be VERY helpful if you would follow this format.

List of elements for application
Required Element Suggested File Name
Curriculum Vitae  1_LastName_CV.pdf
A personal education and career goal statement 2_LastName_Goal.pdf
Two letters of recommendation 3_LastName_RecLtr1.pdf and 3_LastName_RecLtr2.pdf
Copy of all official undergraduate and graduate student transcripts 4_LastName_Transcript.pdf
Listing of classes and/or plans for spring 2013, summer 2013 and fall 2013 (not to exceed one page) 5_LastName_Plans.pdf

 

Deadlines

Applications must be submitted by 5 pm, February 15, 2013, to the California Sea Grant Program. State Sea Grant programs may select and forward to the National Office up to six (6) finalists according to a selection criteria comparable to that used by the National Office in the national competition.

Timeline

  1. February 15, 2013 - Application materials from each student are due to California Sea Grant (each program sets its own date around this general time).
  2. March, 2013 - Interviews by California Sea Grant staff to select up to six finalists.
  3. March 29, 2013 - Application materials from Sea Grant programs are due at the National Sea Grant Office by 2:00 pm PDT (5:00 pm EDT).
  4. June, 2013 - Sea Grant Programs notified of selection results.
  5. December XX-XX, 2013 - Placement Week (exact dates TBD); selected applicants are required to travel to Washington, DC, for interviews with potential hosts.
  6. February 1, 2014 - Start of the fellowship.

CONTACT

Shauna Oh, Associate Director
For more information email: sgnsgoproposal@ucsd.edu

Please direct budget questions to:

Rose Madson
Business Manager
(858) 534-4440

Please direct online submission questions to:

Roberto Chavez
Programmer
(858) 534-4441

The California Sea Grant College Program is a statewide, multiuniversity program of marine research, extension services, and education activities administered by the University of California. It is headquartered at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. The National Sea Grant College Program is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Department of Commerce. noaa logo