The application period for the 2026 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship is open until February 19, 2025.

The fellowship provides a one-year, paid experience for highly qualified early-career professionals to work on issues related to coastal, marine, and Great Lakes science and policy in offices within the executive or legislative branches of government in Washington, D.C. 

Graduate students interested in marine, coastal, and Great Lakes science and policy should talk to their local Sea Grant program (or the National Sea Grant Office) at least one month prior to the deadline.

To be eligible for the 2026 fellowship (which lasts February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027):

• A student must be enrolled toward a degree in a graduate program at any point between the onset of the 2024 fall term (quarter, trimester, semester, etc.) and February 19, 2025
• The student’s graduate degree program must be through an accredited institution of higher education in the United States or U.S. territories
• Students are eligible regardless of nationality; domestic and international students at accredited U.S. institutions may apply
• Applicants must have an interest in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources

Learn more here.