<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 27.600000381469727px;" class="">2015 NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship</span></b></div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><font color="#ff4013" class=""><b class="">Applications due</b>: <b class="">January 23, 2015</b></font></div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><font color="#ff4013" class=""> </font></div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b class="">Purpose</b>: The Coastal Management Fellowship was established in 1996 to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to state coastal zone management programs. The program matches postgraduate students with state coastal zone programs to work on projects proposed by the state and selected by the fellowship sponsor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center. This two-year opportunity offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"> </div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b class="">Eligibility:</b> Any student who will complete a master's, doctoral, or professional degree program in natural resource management or environmental-related studies at an accredited U.S. university between January 1, 2014, and July 31, 2015, is eligible. Students from a broad range of environmental programs are encouraged to apply. Students from non-U.S. institutions are not eligible.</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"> </div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b class="">Application Requirements</b>: Twelve finalists will be selected from the endorsements submitted by Sea Grant by a selection panel made up of program partners including Sea Grant, the NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, state Coastal Zone Management (CZM) programs, the Coastal States Organization, and current and former fellows. The selection panel will make its recommendation to the branch chief of Coastal Management Services at the NOAA Office for Coastal Management, who will make the final decision.</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b class=""> </b></div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b class="">Placement of Fellows</b>: A workshop to match states with fellows will take place in Charleston, South Carolina in late April/early May. Of the finalists selected, six will be placed with a host state. Each of the selected host states will send the fellow mentor to the placement workshop. The finalists will be brought to the workshop at the expense of the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The workshop includes an orientation program, host state project proposal presentations, finalist presentations, finalist and host state interviews, and fellow matching. If a state does not find a suitable candidate during the workshop, it will be given the option to defer fellow placement for one year. States will only be allowed one deferment before they have to reapply. No contact between prospective hosts and finalists should be made before the placement workshop.</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"> </div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b class="">For further information, please visit the fellowship website at</b></div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://coast.noaa.gov/fellowship/" style="color: purple;" class="">http://coast.noaa.gov/fellowship/</a></div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">Coastal Management Fellowship Program</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">NOAA Coastal Services Center</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">Or contact:</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">Margaret Allen , Fellowship Coordinator</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">NOAA Office for Coastal Management</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">2234 South Hobson Avenue</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">Charleston, SC 29405</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">Tel: (843) 740-1273</div><div class="yiv1738554568MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;">E-mail: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ocm.fellowships@noaa.gov" target="_blank" href="mailto:ocm.fellowships@noaa.gov" style="color: purple;" class="">ocm.fellowships@noaa.gov</a></div></body></html>