Fiscal Year 2027 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
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The National Sea Grant College Program is administering the Fiscal Year 2027 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship under solicitation NOAA-OAR-SG-2027-32433, offering up to 35 fellowships at $97,200 per award to support graduate students pursuing careers in marine policy. The fellowship provides a 12-month educational placement in federal legislative or executive agencies, with funding allocated as $74,700 for the fellow’s stipend, $5,000 for allowable expenses, and $17,500 for institutional support, though indirect costs are explicitly prohibited. Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov by August 26, 2026, after students have completed state-level applications by July 1, 2026, and secured a signed letter of recommendation from their state Sea Grant director. Applicants must be affiliated with an eligible institution that holds active registrations in SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and eRA Commons, with a valid Unique Entity Identifier, and must plan ahead as the registration process may take four to six weeks. The application requires a two-page CV, a personal education and career development statement, future year plans, an academic letter, and optionally additional supporting materials—all in PDF format with strict file size, naming, and formatting constraints. Evaluation is based on a 100-point state-level review weighted toward background and career response (70 points), followed by a national-level review with an additional 10 points unallocated in public documentation. Awards are non-renewable and cannot be deferred, with a project start date no earlier than June 1, 2027. Recipients are bound by the Uniform Administrative Requirements at 2 C.F.R. Part 200, must submit semi-annual financial and performance reports via eRA, report subawards over $30,000 to FSRS, and ensure all outputs comply with Section 508 accessibility standards. Fellows must also submit mid-year and final reports via email to their home Sea Grant program. All materials are public unless legally exempt, and institutions must report any findings of harassment among key personnel. The Department of Commerce enforces Executive Order 14173 prohibiting discrimination, and applications must include a signed lobbying certification.
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The National Sea Grant College Program was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1966 (amended in 2020, Public Law 116-221) to support leveraged federal and state partnerships that harness the intellectual capacity of the nation’s universities and research institutions to solve problems and generate opportunities in coastal communities.
This notice announces that applications may be submitted for the 2027 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship (Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program). Pending the availability of federal funding, the National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) anticipates funding not less than 35 applications. Application packages will each propose a total of $97,200 in funding. A detailed breakdown of this funding is described in Sections II.A and III.F of this announcement.
Student applicants are strongly encouraged to reach out to the Sea Grant program in their state/territory at least one to two months before the state application deadline to receive application support and provide notification of intent to apply. Following student application submission, the student should allow sufficient time to schedule an interview with the eligible Sea Grant program at the program’s request.
Applicant organizations must complete and maintain three registrations to be eligible to apply for or receive an award. These registrations include SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and eRA Commons. All registrations must be completed before submitting the application. The complete registration process for all three systems can take 4 to 6 weeks, so applicants should begin this activity as soon as possible. If an eligible applicant does not have access to the internet, please contact the Agency Contacts listed in Section VII for submission instructions. NOAA has created a guide to aid applicants in formatting application packages to eRA, linked here.
Prior to registering with eRA Commons, applicant organizations must first obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from SAM.gov, if needed (refer to Section IV. Applications and Submission Information, Section C). Organizations can register with eRA Commons in tandem with completing their full SAM and Grants.gov registrations; however, all registrations must be in place by the time of application submission. eRA Commons requires organizations to identify at least one Signing Official (SO) and at least one Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) account to submit an application.
This document sets out requirements for submitting to NOAA-OAR-SG-2027-32433
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