Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity:
2010 NMFS—Sea
Grant Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics
Executive Summary
Federal Agency Name(s): Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
Funding Opportunity Title: 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics (Population Dynamics Graduate Fellowship Program)
Announcement Type: Initial Announcement
Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA-OAR-SG-2010-2001861
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s): 11.417, Sea Grant Support
Dates: All applications must come through the sponsoring Sea Grant office. The deadline for application to California Sea Grant is 5 pm Pacific Standard Time, January 12, 2010. Applications will be submitted to the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) by California Sea Grant by 1:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time, February 12, 2010 through Grants.gov. Facsimile transmission and electronic mail submission of applications will not be accepted.
Funding Opportunity Description: The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at least two new Ph.D. fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the population dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. The NMFS–Sea Grant Fellowship in Population Dynamics meets NOAA's Mission goal of "Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management.”
•FORMS - for download in Excel, Word, or pdf (Instructions for completing a fillable PDF.)
•Download pdf of Announcement
•Review Checklist to Ensure That a Proper Budget Justification is Submitted
Submission Information
All applications must come through the sponsoring Sea Grant office. Application Deadline: January 12, 2010.
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 recommendation 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 fellowship announcement for instructions regarding these required elements, and 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:
| Required element | Suggested File Name |
|---|---|
| Signed Title Page* (TitlePG_NSI.xls or Title_NMFS_PRELIM08.pdf) |
1_LastName_TitlePage.pdf |
| Project Summary Form* (ProjSum.xls or ProjSum.pdf) | 2_LastName_Summary.pdf |
| Budget and Budget Summary Forms* (90-4.xls) | 3_LastName_Budget.pdf |
| Budget Justification | 4_LastName_Justification.pdf |
| Curriculum Vitae | 5_LastName_CV.pdf |
| Signed Letter of Commitment | 6_LastName_CommitLtr.pdf |
| Copies of all Undergraduate and Graduate Student Transcripts | 7_LastName_Transcript.pdf |
| Education and Career Goals Statement | 8_LastName_Goal.pdf |
| Three Signed Letters of Recommendation | 9_ LastName_RecLtr1.pdf 9_ LastName_RecLtr2.pdf 9_ LastName_RecLtr3.pdf |
| Proof of acceptance and enrollment/ or provisional acceptance letter in a graduate program in population dynamics or related field of study | 10_LastName_AcceptLtr.pdf |
Contact
Shauna Oh, Assistant Director
For more information email: sgnsgoproposal@ucsd.edu
Please direct budget questions to:
Catherine Hughes
Business Officer
(858) 534-4600
Please direct online submission questions to:
Roberto Chavez
Programmer
(858) 534-4441
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