Description

California Sea Grant’s State Fellowship matches graduate students near degree completion and recent graduates with California offices working on coastal and marine research, policy, and management. Modeled after the national Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, it provides hands-on experience planning and implementing resource policies and programs. Hosts include municipal, state, and federal agencies, along with research and conservation organizations. The program aims to strengthen California’s ocean and coastal management capacity while developing future leaders.

Host offices supervise and mentor fellows through substantive work supporting their educational and professional goals. Fellows engage at a full-time equivalent, with remote, on-site, or hybrid arrangements agreed upon with their hosts. Optional California Sea Grant Extension Projects offer additional collaboration in applied research and stakeholder outreach, complementing fellowship assignments or career interests.