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Coastal Management Fellowship

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Coastal Management Fellowship

Fellowship / Coastal Management Fellowship

Coastal Management Fellowship

Coastal Management Fellowship

The NOAA 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. Up to nine fellows are placed with state coastal programs every year. The program matches postgraduate students to projects proposed by state coastal zone management programs and selected by NOAA. This two-year opportunity offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.

Placement for the Coastal Management Fellowship positions is fully integrated into the placement process with the Digital Coast Fellowship positions. Candidates apply to the Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship program as a whole, and selected candidates will be eligible to interview with both the state coastal programs and the Digital Coast partnership organizations at the fellowship matching workshop.

2025 to 2027 Coastal Management Fellowship Projects

Location Host Agency Project Proposal Project Goal
Augusta, Maine Maine Coastal Program/Maine Department of Marine Resources Building Capacity for the Climate Change Adaptation Practitioner Network (PDF) Enhance the Maine Climate Change Adaptation Providers (CCAP) network's ability to share information, facilitate peer learning, foster cross-institutional collaboration, and improve support for coastal communities in understanding and addressing climate-related risks and implementing adaptation strategies.
Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management MyCoast: Massachusetts - Expanding Awareness of Coastal Flooding to Increase Coastal Resilience (PDF) Enhance coastal resilience in Massachusetts communities vulnerable to coastal storms and sea level rise by utilizing MyCoast—a platform that enables the public to contribute crucial data on coastal storm damage, king tide flooding, and other changing coastal conditions.
Durham, New Hampshire New Hampshire Coastal Program and New Hampshire Sea Grant Flood Ready Neighborhoods: Enabling a Principled Approach to Resilience in Coastal New Hampshire (PDF) Grow New Hampshire’s Flood Ready Neighborhoods (FRN) pilot into a sustainable program that provides direct support and services to neighborhoods experiencing impacts from coastal and stormwater flooding and erosion.
Morehead City, North Carolina North Carolina Division of Coastal Management Mapping Progress: A Public GIS Database for Enhancing Coastal Resilience in North Carolina (PDF) Enhance the accessibility of GIS data produced by North Carolina’s communities through the Resilient Coastal Communities Program, ensuring the data is available to residents and external stakeholders in a user-friendly and visually engaging format.
Salem, Oregon Oregon Coastal Management Program Creating a Coastal Resilience Policy Network to Increase Cross-Jurisdictional Coordination and Accelerate Coastal Adaptation (PDF) Provide capacity to advance Oregon’s climate adaptation policy and planning at the local government level through the creation of a peer-to-peer collaborative learning network.
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management Program From Planning to Action for Coastal Resilience: Elevating Environmental Literacy for USVI Priority Resilience Projects (PDF) Enhance environmental literacy resources and knowledge about U.S. Virgin Islands coastal processes, steep slopes, and geospatial data for staff and members of diverse decision-making communities and foster and strengthen collaboration among partners of priority resilience projects.
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