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Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship</div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" width="100%" align="" valign="top"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table class=" editor-image-vspace-on editor-image" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;" class=""><div class="publish-container"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KzN1JTeRU0OpJ2U7t3BH92HO4T6vKAZ0s6Zp9L6Tr5sDOwX2_0yg2K7ZMgE7HKT3UmHuGbfwdNTJu91z9BBr9W1vKvjPesrYi8rbwgF1HtaWHjyFCHyy5SvdGpfGdhTHQFiZWpEyk-zpCeF04Y3B-5t3a52spXDK&c=gZ0iKKX2jYNS7YhV21vJGcETHUxYPAEIySIIZwfhdJPEPiTyZAwrFg==&ch=NRLVOB4ws1d6t1_5yWFplrnghCJMq7QOa9XqBx9AMiWPSSwPDqInDw==" style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><img alt="" class="" width="320" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://files.constantcontact.com/92a24e01101/7d108035-5b83-42d7-9f1c-ea781eb4a28a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;"></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" width="100%" align="" valign="top"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=" editor-text" align="left" valign="top" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-align: left; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;"><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></div><div class="galileo-ap-content-editor text-container"><div class=""><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The federal funding opportunity (FFO) for the 2020 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship is now open on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KzN1JTeRU0OpJ2U7t3BH92HO4T6vKAZ0s6Zp9L6Tr5sDOwX2_0yg2K7ZMgE7HKT3N5lNFmslKlFa4N4pJG1nTLVzuopmIAw41wzn1HfRfgFx0V0-kvaOGpTAuCnQVL6c7u5HoRZdS8tAJhw-kEZ2CwT27iT7w-OzyeR-ecaHQodlSD6Vz0kzd6NSnu1d3eLmJsFhw3tKCorC-kzTNCPxnA==&c=gZ0iKKX2jYNS7YhV21vJGcETHUxYPAEIySIIZwfhdJPEPiTyZAwrFg==&ch=NRLVOB4ws1d6t1_5yWFplrnghCJMq7QOa9XqBx9AMiWPSSwPDqInDw==" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(54, 97, 189); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="">Grants.gov</a>.</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. The one-year paid fellowship matches highly qualified graduate students with hosts in the legislative and executive branches of government located in the Washington, D.C. area.</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Application information may be found on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KzN1JTeRU0OpJ2U7t3BH92HO4T6vKAZ0s6Zp9L6Tr5sDOwX2_0yg2K7ZMgE7HKT3N5lNFmslKlFa4N4pJG1nTLVzuopmIAw41wzn1HfRfgFx0V0-kvaOGpTAuCnQVL6c7u5HoRZdS8tAJhw-kEZ2CwT27iT7w-OzyeR-ecaHQodlSD6Vz0kzd6NSnu1d3eLmJsFhw3tKCorC-kzTNCPxnA==&c=gZ0iKKX2jYNS7YhV21vJGcETHUxYPAEIySIIZwfhdJPEPiTyZAwrFg==&ch=NRLVOB4ws1d6t1_5yWFplrnghCJMq7QOa9XqBx9AMiWPSSwPDqInDw==" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(54, 97, 189); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="">Grants.gov</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and may also be obtained from state Sea Grant programs. Applicants are strongly encouraged to reach out to the Sea Grant Program in their state/territory one to two months prior to the state application deadline to receive application support and provide notification of an intent to apply. Applicants from states not served by a Sea Grant program should obtain further information by contacting the Knauss Sea Grant Fellowship Program Manager at the National Sea Grant Office.</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Applications due to Sea Grant programs on February 22, 2019.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KzN1JTeRU0OpJ2U7t3BH92HO4T6vKAZ0s6Zp9L6Tr5sDOwX2_0yg2K7ZMgE7HKT3UmHuGbfwdNTJu91z9BBr9W1vKvjPesrYi8rbwgF1HtaWHjyFCHyy5SvdGpfGdhTHQFiZWpEyk-zpCeF04Y3B-5t3a52spXDK&c=gZ0iKKX2jYNS7YhV21vJGcETHUxYPAEIySIIZwfhdJPEPiTyZAwrFg==&ch=NRLVOB4ws1d6t1_5yWFplrnghCJMq7QOa9XqBx9AMiWPSSwPDqInDw==" class="">More information about the Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship and how to apply</a>:</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); 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