The North Carolina Sentinel Site Cooperative (NCSSC) and North Carolina Sea Grant (NCSG) are accepting applications for the 2019 North Carolina joint Graduate Fellowship. The NCSSC was established in 2012 as part of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) effort to provide coastal communities and resource managers with information to better address coastal resiliency concerns such as sea level rise, inundation, and flooding.
The goal of the NCSSC is to bring together stakeholders to leverage resources across organizations, integrate the multiple efforts within the NCSSC geography, and provide information to help stakeholders adapt to sea level rise and coastal inundation. The NCSSC is one of the five Cooperatives implemented as part of the NOAA Sentinel Site Program. Information on the NOAA Sentinel Site Program can be found at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/sentinelsites/. NCSG is an multi-campus program within the University of North Carolina system and is part of the national Sea Grant Network (www.ncseagrant.org).
This fellowship provides North Carolina-based graduate students with an opportunity to conduct research addressing the needs of the NCSSC as identified within the Cooperative’s implementation plan and the 2017 NCSSC Partners Meeting NOAA Technical Memo.
Projects must occur within the NCSSC defined geography, which encompasses the twenty coastal counties in North Carolina, plus Jones and Martin counties. The NCSSC covers a diverse array of North Carolina coastal habitats and communities; including low-lying marsh ecosystems, barrier islands, the urban center of Wilmington, and many rural communities and small coastal towns.
Deadline: June 14, 2019