The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and the national policy decisions affecting those resources.

The Fellowship, named after one of Sea Grant’s founders and former NOAA Administrator John A. Knauss, matches highly qualified graduate students with “hosts” in the legislative and executive branch of government located in the Washington, D.C. area, for a one-year paid fellowship.

Applications due to your state’s Sea Grant program on February 19, 2025, for the 2026 Fellowship​.

Selected applicants will be notified mid-Summer 2025.

You can learn more by visiting our website https://seagrant.noaa.gov/communities/students/graduate-fellows/knauss-fellowship-program/prospective/ or emailing: research.seagrant@triton.uog.edu