Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development
Advancing the skills and opportunities of people working in the coastal environment
Sea Grant programs around the country are dedicated to fostering our nation’s coastal economy by supporting students and workers seeking to build their knowledge and ability to work in many fields related to the ocean and coast.
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Green Infrastructure Partnership with Delaware Technical and Community College
Delaware Sea Grant College Program has teamed with Delaware Technical and Community College for a professional development opportunity focused on Coastal Green Infrastructure Design and Construction. Students participating in the program focus on green infrastructure projects throughout coastal watersheds, including at estuarine sites and at freshwater ecosystems in the headwater regions.
The paid internship allows students to learn professional design and construction skills for coastal green infrastructure projects. Learn more about the program here.
The Green Jobs Program
The Green Jobs program is a 6-week employment program for Wilmington residents that provides participants with hands-on outdoor environmental work, career exploration, exposure to environmental issues, and a mentoring component. DESG serves as one of the partners for the program, hosting activities in both Wilmington and Lewes, including getting an up-close tour of UD’s 2-megawatt wind turbine, as well as Delaware’s burgeoning oyster aquaculture industry.
To learn more about the Green Jobs Program, visit their official website.
INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Equipping students to become leaders for the Delaware coast
Leveraging partnerships with NOAA, Delaware's coastal management agencies, and local nonprofits, we offer the support students need to prepare for their future as coastal researchers, managers, and policymakers. Our fellowships and internships span a range of interests and enable students to make a real difference for Delaware's coast.
To see a list of open fellowships and internships, visit our opportunities page.
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 program matches highly
qualified graduate students with "hosts" in the legislative and
executive branches of government located in the Washington, D.C. area
for a one year paid fellowship.
An eligible applicant is any student, regardless of
citizenship, who is enrolled towards a degree in a graduate program. The graduate degree needs to be
awarded through a United States accredited institution of higher
education in the United States or U.S. Territories. This is a onetime
fellowship opportunity. Applicants that have participated in the
fellowship in past years will not be eligible to submit an application.
The one-year fellowship will take place in the National Capital region,
so applicants must be able to reside in the Washington, D.C. area.
Non-U.S. citizens are responsible for obtaining the appropriate visa to
allow them to work in the Washington, D.C. area during the fellowship
period.
All interested applicants are encouraged to contact
Christian Hauser, Associate Director of the Delaware
Sea Grant College Program, to indicate their interest and discuss the
application process.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Fellowship Program in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics supports Ph.D. students who are interested in careers related to marine ecosystem and population dynamics, with a focus on modeling and managing systems of living marine resources, and/or the economics of the conservation and management of living marine resources.
Please contact Christian Hauser if you are interested in pursuing this opportunity or have any questions. Prospective fellows must be United States citizens and at the time of application must be admitted or provisionally accepted to a doctoral degree program.
More information about both NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowships is available on the National Sea Grant website.
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 post-graduate 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 (NOAA) Coastal Services Center.
Please contact Christian Hauser with questions about this fellowship.
This two-year, paid coastal policy fellowship offers firsthand experiences in crafting coastal resource policies with the State’s natural resource agency. The Coastal Policy Fellow will work with the Coastal Section at the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and focus on transitioning the current policies of the Coastal Management Program into effective narrative policies for the purpose of improving enforceability and making the documents more accessible and equitable for project applicants, government agencies, and the public.
