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Graduate Research Fellowship


APPENDIX 2. Programmatic Special Award Conditions

1. Semi-annual performance reports shall be submitted 30 days after the completion of every six month period after the project start date and a final performance report shall be submitted 90 days after the project period ending date via NOAA’s grants online system at https://grantsonline.rdc.noaa.gov. Please use the guidelines listed below the Programmatic Special Award Conditions. Reporting guidelines can also be accessed in PDF format at http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Fellowship/ApplicationG.html Fellows must also submit these reports via email to their advisor and the research coordinator at their host reserve.

2. Fellows will be expected to participate in the reserve’s research and monitoring program, stewardship, education, or coastal training program for up to a maximum of 15 hours per week. The work plan should be devised cooperatively with the reserve’s research coordinator and relevant to the student’s research. Fellows are responsible for meeting with reserve staff to coordinate this work plan. Information about this component of the fellowship must be included in the semi-annual performance reports.

3. Any database developed under this award will be transferred to a CD or provided as a .pdf electronically and free of charge to the applicable National Estuarine Research Reserve and NOAA's Estuarine Reserves Division.

4. Manuscripts resulting from NOAA/OCRM-sponsored research that are submitted to refereed scientific journals for publication in open literature shall acknowledge that the research was conducted under an award from the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

5. Prior to initiating the project, the fellow shall contact the reserve manager or research coordinator to coordinate all on-site aspects of the project, including, where applicable, the location and establishment of sampling sites, projected field sampling dates, accommodation reservations, and the need and timing for personnel assistance.