Job Description
How to Apply
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The NC STEM Policy Fellowship
NC Sea Grant partnered with the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and host offices to fund the NC STEM Policy Fellowship program providing opportunities starting in August 2022 with the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and 4 other NC State departments. The fellowships provide opportunities for STEM-related graduate students to gain leadership experience, contribute to public service, and advance their careers.
Your fellowship includes a stipend, reimbursement for health insurance, associated travel, and training opportunities, totaling $54,500.
Professional development/networking opportunities for fellows are available through a partnership with Sigma Xi, the international honor society of science and engineering, starting with a policy bootcamp in Summer 2022.
Your Challenge
Are you a graduate student from a North Carolina college/university seeking a leadership opportunity focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) policy issues? In this full-time, one year fellowship you will get to work with high-level state government leaders to make an impact and advance your career.
As a global leader advancing the smart transportation revolution, NCDOT places a strong emphasis on environmental responsibility. In this fellowship, you will work with our Deputy Secretary of Intergovernmental Affairs to help assess the challenges and opportunities with decarbonization of the transportation sector. You may assist with policy development and make recommendations to support our NC Clean Transportation Plan and transportation-related goals.
What You Bring
You must:
- Have a passion for helping set state/national STEM policy decisions and an interest in Clean Transportation.
- Receive your master’s or doctoral degree between July 31, 2021 and Dec 31, 2022.
- Receive a STEM or STEM-related degree at a North Carolina college or university.
- Students are eligible regardless of nationality.
- Domestic and international students may apply.
Application Requirements
The following materials are required:
- Resume (not to exceed two pages).
- A career-goal statement emphasizing your fellowship expectations related to your career interests (<1,000 words, 12-point font, and 1″ margins).
- 2 letters of recommendation, including 1 from an academic mentor.
- Unofficial copies of your undergraduate and graduate student transcripts.
Questions?
Email me: John Fear at 919.515.9104 or jm****@nc**.edu.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Justice, Accessibility and Inclusion
We strongly encourage applications from graduate students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority-Serving Institutions, and underserved/underrepresented communities, as well as from graduate students demonstrating how their interests can benefit underserved/underrepresented communities.
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https://bit.ly/SeaGrantFellow2022 Job Tags: climate change, environment, fellowship, Government, Leadership, public policy, and STEM.
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