Supporting the Next Generation of Ocean & Coastal Leaders

Leveraging partnerships with NOAA, ocean conservation nonprofits, and local industry stakeholders, Florida Sea Grant administers a number of funding opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students at Florida universities.

Florida Sea Grant’s student funding opportunities span a range of interests and enable students to make a real difference for Florida’s coast while carving out their own path for the future.

In 2023, FSG awarded $745,977 in internships, scholarships and fellowships to 33 students working to address prominent coastal issues at 9 Florida universities.
Explore our current opportunities which are generally offered on an annual basis, although dates may vary slightly from year to year.

Guy Harvey Fellow Zeke Tuszynski deploying a satellite tag on a captured blacktip shark.
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Aylesworth Foundation Scholarship

Career award that invests in the best and brightest students conducting research in the marine sciences.

Application Period:
May-June 6
Award/Stipend:
Varies
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Guy Harvey Fellowship

Awards up to eight students whose work helps support sustainable management of marine fish.

Application Period:
June 5-July 21
Award/Stipend:
$5,000

H.A.R.V.E.S.T. Internship

Helping Aquaculture Reap Value and Enhance Student Training (HARVEST), offers college students paid part-time internships with local Florida aquaculture businesses.

Application Period:
N/A
Award/Stipend:
Varies

John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Provides graduate students interested in ocean policy with a 12-month paid position in the legislative or executive branch of federal government in the Washington, D.C. area.

Application Period:
Oct. 2024-February 2025
Award/Stipend:
$66,500+

NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship

Offeres two specialized areas (population and ecosystem dynamics and marine resource economics), where fellow works closely with a mentor from NOAA Fisheries.

Application Period:
November 2024-January 2025
Award/Stipend:
Varies

Chuck Skoch Scholarship

Presented to a Florida high school senior who plans to major in a coastal-related field at a Florida university/college. Awards based on competition in the State Science & Engineering Fair.

Application Period:
N/A
Award/Stipend:
$1,000
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Graduate Student Coastal and Ocean Research Fellowship Competition

Awards up to eight graduate students currently researching topics aligned with one of the four focus areas: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, Resilient Communities and Economies, or Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development.

Application Period:
March 3-May 3
Award/Stipend:
Up to $25,000
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Featured Fellow

Shannon
Burns

Knauss Fellow,
Class of 2023

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