# Presentation: 763328

## An “Ocean” of Opportunity for Personal Enhancement, Adventure, Growth, Education, & Responsibility:  Fellowships & Internships

**Nikola Garber**
**Knauss Fellows Program Manager**
**National Sea Grant Office**

## DEFINITIONS

**Fellowships**
**Advanced degree or professional experience **
**Salaried positions**
**9 months to one year plus**
**Internships**
**Minimal experience (Undergraduates)**
**Salaried or volunteer**
**Short-term arrangements**
**Current Students**

## Questions to Ask?

**Programs Available**
**Individual Interests or Preferences**
**Stipend **
**Transportation/Living Expenses**
**Length of program**
**Expectations**
**Mentors**

## Desired Personality Attributes

**CAN DO ATTITUDE**
**DESIRE TO NETWORK**
**Be Competent & Confident**
**Friendly & Agreeable**
**Willing to Volunteer for Any Activity**
**Inquisitive**
**Team Player**
**All Disciplines**

## When/How to Start

**Search Early (Year Prior to ...)**
**ALWAYS Ask**
**Deadlines May Be Extended**
**Information From EVERYONE & www**
**Complete Application Requirements**
**APPLY TO MORE THAN ONE!**

## General Application Requirements

**Recommendations**
**Resume/Curriculum Vitae**
**Personal Statement**
**College Transcript**

## Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship

**Began 1979**
**Unparalleled educational experience**
**Important pipeline into workforce **
**Graduate students **
**Interest in ocean, coastal, Great Lakes resources **
**One-year; $38,000 Fellowship**
**Placement Legislative/Executive Branch**
**Based in Washington, D.C.**

## Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship (cont.)

**Over 500 Past/Present Fellows**
**1987 Congress: Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellows becoming a formal part of the National Sea Grant College Program Act**
**Fulfill SG broad educational responsibilities**
**Knauss: a former administrator of NOAA & Dean of Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island**

## Selection Criteria

**Personal & academic curriculum vitae (not to exceed 2 pages with 12 pt. font, 1 inch margins)**
**Personal educational & career goal statement emphasizing expectations from the experience as it relates to career development (not to exceed 1000 words, 12 pt. font)**
**Two letters of recommendation with one being from the student’s major professor (or equal)**
**A letter from the sponsoring Sea Grant Director**
**Official copy of undergraduate/graduate transcripts**

## Examples of Legislative Offices

**Senator Ron Wyden**
**Rep. Pallone**
**Rep. Ron Kind: Upper MS River Task Force**
**House Committee on Resources**
**Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation**
**Rep. Wayne Gilchrest**
**Senator Akaka**
**Rep. Sam Farr**
**Rep. Thomas Allen**

## Examples of Executive Offices

**NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)**
**Marine Mammal Division**
**Office of Protected Resources**
**Office of Habitat Conservation**
**Habitat Restoration Center**
**NOAA **
**Office of the Under Secretary**
**Office of Legislative Affairs**
**Office of Policy and Strategic Planning**
**Office of General Counsel**

## Examples of Executive Offices (cont.)

**NOS (National Ocean Service) **
**Coastal Ocean Program**
**National Marine Sanctuaries**
**Office of Global Programs**
**Oceanographer of the Navy****	**
**U.S. Environmental Protection Agency **
**National Science Foundation**
**U.S. Department of the Interior**

## Alumni Employment Patterns 1979-2000*

**Public Sector ****	****	****	****	****	****43%**
**DOC/NOAA****	****	****	****	****	****	****98**
**Other Federal Agencies****	****	****	****	****42**
**Congress****	****	****	****	****	****	****12**
**State, Regional, Local Governments****	****	****22**
**University/Academia****	****	****	****	****15%**
**Employees****	****	****	****	****	****	****50**
**Degree Seeking****	****	****	****	****	****13**
**Private Sector****	****	****	****	****	****30%**
**Includes:   Non-profit Org, Contractors,****	****	****	****125**
**Consultants, Private Industries, Aquariums, And Law**
**Other****	****	****	****	****	****	****12%****	****50****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	**

- * *N *= 412

## Other Fellowships

-  _[www.sacnas.org](http://www.sacnas.org/)__ & __[www.marinecareers.net](http://www.marinecareers.net/)_
**Sea Grant Programs**
**American Fisheries Society**
**National Science Foundation (Japan Research Fellowship)**
**Congress & Federal Government**
**Overseas Summer Jobs**
**Journal “Nature” – Recruitment Section**

## Fellowships/Internships Provide

**Networking**
**Future Employment**
**Academic Training**
**Exposure to Other Fields**
**Work Experience**
**Research Experience**
**Resume Enhancement**

## For additional informationplease contact:

**Nikola “Kola” Garber**
**Knauss Sea Grant Fellows Program Manager**
**National Sea Grant College Program**
**1315 East-West Highway**
**SSMC3, R/SG, Rm 11718**
**Silver Spring, MD  20910**
**Tel: (301) 713-2431 ext. 124**
**Fax: (301) 713-0799**
**E-mail:  nikola.garber@noaa.gov**