About / Digital Coast Fellowship
Digital Coast Fellowship
Funding / Digital Coast Fellowship
Digital Coast Fellowship
Fellowship / Digital Coast Fellowship
Digital Coast Fellowship
Digital Coast Fellowship
The NOAA Digital Coast Fellowship was established in 2012 to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide technical assistance to help advance the goals of the Digital Coast and its partner organizations. Up to three fellows are placed with Digital Coast Partner organizations every other year, in the even years. The program matches postgraduate students to work on projects proposed by a Digital Coast Partner organization and selected by NOAA. This two-year opportunity offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.
Placement for the Digital Coast fellowship positions is fully integrated into the placement process with the state coastal zone management programs. Candidates will apply to the Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship program as a whole, and selected candidates will be eligible to interview with both the state coastal programs and the Digital Coast partnership organizations at the fellowship matching workshop.
2024-2026 Digital Coast Projects
| Location | Host Agency | Project Proposal | Project Goal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison, Wisconsin | Association of State Floodplain Managers and Coastal States Organization | Coastal No Adverse Impact: Promoting Higher Standards to Enhance Community Resilience (PDF) | Develop tools and trainings for local practitioners to facilitate the implementation of best practices in local floodplain and coastal management, thereby reducing flood risk and enhancing community resilience to coastal flood hazards. |
| Florida Keys or coastal Georgia | The Nature Conservancy | Aligning Floodplain Conservation with the FEMA Community Rating System’s Existing Incentives for Protection of Open Space (PDF) | Use The Nature Conservancy and Digital Coast resources related to the Community Rating System and nature-based solutions more broadly to help achieve The Nature Conservancy’s 2030 conservation goals along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the U.S., while improving the resiliency of coastal communities to climate change. |