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                                          font-family:
                                          Montserrat,'Trebuchet
                                          MS','Lucida Grande','Lucida
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                                            <span style="box-sizing:
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                                              16px">Woods Hole
                                              Oceanographic Institution
                                              Sea Grant (WHOISG) and
                                              Massachusetts Institute of
                                              Technology Sea Grant
                                              (MITSG) are pleased to
                                              jointly invite qualified
                                              individuals to apply for
                                              the <em style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Massachusetts
                                                <span style="box-sizing:
                                                  border-box">Sea</span>
                                                Grant Graduate Research
                                                Fellowship</em>. The
                                              purpose of this Fellowship
                                              is to support exceptional
                                              prospective graduate
                                              students who are engaged
                                              in coastal and marine
                                              research that furthers the
                                              goals of WHOISG and MITSG.</span></p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 18px">&nbsp;</p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
                                            border-box; font-size: 16px;
                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 24px"><span style="box-sizing:
                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px"><strong style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Eligibility<br style="box-sizing:
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                                              </strong>This Fellowship
                                              is geared towards
                                              providing funding and
                                              support for students who
                                              have not yet matriculated
                                              into a graduate program
                                              but are applying and
                                              intend to enroll in a
                                              thesis-granting graduate
                                              program at a
                                              Massachusetts-based
                                              institution. Applicants
                                              will be notified in early
                                              January of Fellowship
                                              review decisions. In order
                                              to be eligible to receive
                                              this fellowship, students
                                              must be enrolled in a
                                              thesis-granting master's
                                              or doctoral graduate
                                              program in Massachusetts
                                              no later than fall 2024.&nbsp;</span>
                                          </p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 18px">&nbsp;</p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
                                            border-box; font-size: 16px;
                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 24px"><span style="box-sizing:
                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px"><strong style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Funding</strong></span></p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 24px">
                                            <span style="box-sizing:
                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px">It is anticipated
                                              that two (2) two-year
                                              Graduate Student
                                              Fellowships will be
                                              awarded, with a maximum
                                              Sea Grant support of
                                              $40,000/year for stipend
                                              and tuition costs and
                                              $2,000/year for
                                              professional development,
                                              such as conference travel
                                              or attendance fees,
                                              trainings, and/or
                                              workshops, and research
                                              and supply costs for a
                                              total of $84,000 for each
                                              Fellow over the two year
                                              period. Prospective
                                              advisors are expected to
                                              provide the necessary
                                              equipment, resources, and
                                              support for the Fellows to
                                              engage in their research
                                              project throughout the
                                              duration of the
                                              Fellowship. <strong style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Fellowships
                                                will require a match of
                                                $1 of non-federal funds
                                                for every $2 of federal
                                                Sea Grant funds
                                                requested</strong>.
                                              Awarding of this
                                              Fellowship is dependent on
                                              Federal appropriations and
                                              funding availability.</span>
                                          </p>
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                                            margin: 0;
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                                            margin: 0;
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                                              16px"><strong style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box"><span style="box-sizing:
                                                  border-box">Fellowship
                                                  period</span></strong></span></p>
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                                            mso-line-height-alt: 24px"><span style="box-sizing:
                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px"> September 1,
                                              2024–August 31, 2026</span></p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 18px">&nbsp;</p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            margin: 0;
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                                            <span style="box-sizing:
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                                              16px"><strong style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Application
                                                deadline</strong></span></p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 24px"><span style="box-sizing:
                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px">Fellowship
                                              applications must be
                                              received by: 4:30 pm
                                              Eastern Time, Wednesday,
                                              October 4, 2023</span></p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 18px">&nbsp;</p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 24px"><span style="box-sizing:
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                                              16px"><strong style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Informational
                                                webinars</strong></span></p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 24px"><span style="box-sizing:
                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px">Two informational
                                              webinars will be held to
                                              introduce and answer any
                                              questions about this new
                                              fellowship program.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box; font-size:
                                                16px">Tuesday, August
                                                22, 2023 at 1:00pm
                                                Eastern Time. Webinar
                                                will be held via Zoom. <a href="http://linksalt.mail.seagrant.whoi.edu/8eefa61b-1b7f-4727-aec4-40f471b051e77f7b85677343e3a69c1e6029da8b9389" style="box-sizing:
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                                                  #cf5555;
                                                  text-decoration:
                                                  underline" moz-do-not-send="true">Click
                                                  here to register</a>.</span>
                                            </li>
                                            <li aria-level="1" style="box-sizing:
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                                              <span style="box-sizing:
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                                                16px">Thursday,
                                                September 7, 2023 at
                                                4:00pm Eastern Time.
                                                Webinar will be held via
                                                Zoom. <a href="http://linksalt.mail.seagrant.whoi.edu/8eefa61b-1b7f-4727-aec4-40f471b051e7b1b3bef57a6cfc39e526aa5de85c0a48" style="box-sizing:
                                                  border-box; color:
                                                  #cf5555;
                                                  text-decoration:
                                                  underline" moz-do-not-send="true">Click
                                                  here to register</a>.</span>
                                            </li>
                                          </ul>
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                                            <span style="box-sizing:
                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px">For more details,
                                              please see <a href="http://linksalt.mail.seagrant.whoi.edu/8eefa61b-1b7f-4727-aec4-40f471b051e7a443cc72b88636166ae6cf7c68785c50" style="box-sizing:
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