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<p class="MsoNormal">Applications are opening soon for the Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Applications Open: November 1, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Applications Close: February 7, 2024 | 5 PM ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship program helps scientists hone their skills by putting them to practice for the benefit of Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems.
Fellows gain first-hand experience as they spend one year on the staff of federal, state, local, or non-governmental environmental, natural resource, oil and gas, and public health agencies in the Gulf of Mexico region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">With the guidance of a mentor, fellows delve into activities like policy development, evaluation, restoration planning, grants management, and stakeholder outreach and learn what it
takes to make scientific information not just useful but useable. Meanwhile, host offices get a talented technical expert with a fresh perspective and a new network of contacts across the Gulf of Mexico region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Stipend<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Fellows who have completed a MA, MS, or MPH/MSPH degree or who are currently enrolled in a doctoral program will receive an annual stipend of $58,000. Fellows who have completed a PhD,
ScD, EngD, MD, DrPH, or DVM will receive an annual stipend of $63,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">For additional information and to apply, please visit our
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please email <a href="mailto:GulfFellowships@nas.edu">GulfFellowships@nas.edu</a> if you have any questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Phone: (202) 334-3357<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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