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Sea Grant Seeks Applications for Communications Fellowship


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Katie Mosher, 919/515-9069, katie_mosher@ncsu.edu

Posted Friday, August 28, 2009


North Carolina Sea Grant is now accepting applications for its 2009-10 Science Communications Fellowship.

The program provides professional training and experience in sharing scientific information developed through research projects funded by the North Carolina Fishery Resource Grant (FRG) and Blue Crab and Shellfish Research (BCSR) programs. The fellow will work with the North Carolina Sea Grant communications and extension professionals, and research project investigators to share study results through a variety of formats.

Products may include, but not be limited to: abstracts for print and Web formats; news releases for general media and trade press; stories in Coastwatch magazine and Sea Grant newsletters; "how to" publications known as blueprints; longer documents, such as manuals; online content; and scripts for broadcast products. The fellow may also work with investigators to edit scientific articles presented to academic journals.

A set schedule of hours in the North Carolina Sea Grant headquarters in Raleigh — no less than 20 hours and no more than 40 hours per week starting in September 2009 — will be determined once the fellow has been selected.

This fellowship is open to graduate students enrolled in North Carolina universities at the time of application, as well as those who have graduated in 2008 or 2009. Students earning degrees from North Carolina universities are eligible, as are North Carolina residents earning graduate degrees elsewhere.

The fellow's compensation will be based on factors including the weekly schedule. Some travel to the North Carolina coast and to at least one regional or national meeting is anticipated. Sea Grant has extension offices in Manteo, Morehead City and Wilmington.

The ideal fellow will have demonstrated ability to understand complex scientific data and translate those results into terms understandable to the general public. Applicants must submit:

  • A statement of goals, with emphasis on what he or she expects from — and can contribute to — the fellowship experience;
  • Resume or vitae;
  • Two writing samples: one for a general audience, and one for a technical or otherwise targeted audience;
  • Two letters of reference, one of which is from a major professor; and
  • Copy of transcripts, along with confirmation that official transcripts have been requested.

Applications should be sent to: Katie Mosher, North Carolina Sea Grant, NCSU Box 8605, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8605. Or all the materials may be sent in a single .pdf to katie_mosher@ncsu.edu. If you have questions, contact Mosher at 919/515-9069. Review of applications will begin Sept. 10.


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