The CICOES Graduate Student Fellowship program aims to facilitate graduate student research and the training of next generation NOAA scientists through opportunities to participate in NOAA-relevant research conducted in association with CICOES research scientists, NOAA research scientists, and UW faculty affiliated with CICOES.

Fellowship recipients receive tuition support and an appointment as a Research Assistant (50% FTE, benefits included).

About the Program

Specific objectives of this initiative include:

• Increasing interactions between CICOES, NOAA, and NOAA-funded scientists with graduate students in the UW College of the Environment, including increasing the number of CICOES PIs on graduate student committees.
• Enabling existing graduate students to conduct or continue NOAA-relevant studies with emphasis on publishing research results.

To accomplish these objectives CICOES provides:

• Ongoing students: one quarter of RA support that results in the submission of at least one manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal and includes at least one CICOES-affiliated scientist as a co-author. Manuscripts must include an assigned CICOES Publication Number in the acknowledgements.
• Finishing students: one quarter of RA support to enable graduate students to complete a thesis or dissertation that addresses CICOES research themes, has direct participation by a CICOES-affiliated faculty and/or NOAA research scientist on the committee, and results in the submission of at least one manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal. Manuscripts must include an assigned CICOES Publication Number in the acknowledgements.

Eligibility

Eligible University of Washington students include those working with and supported by CICOES PIs, NOAA Scientists, and those working with CICOES-affiliated UW Faculty (i.e., faculty who have active CICOES grants).Students must be up-to-date on their departmental milestones and maintain satisfactory progress toward completion of a degree program.

First year graduate students and previous recipients are not eligible to apply.

Application

The application consists of the following:

• Application form (link below)
• Resume/CV (max 3 pages)
• Statement of academic and professional goals (max 1 page)
• Statement describing the circumstances that led to your request (max 1 page)
• Current UW transcript (unofficial is okay)
• And a confidential letter of recommendation, which should be sent by your major professor to Lynn Jensen (lynnjen@uw.edu) or in a sealed envelope to campus mailbox 355672

The application is currently open. The deadline to apply is June 22, 2026. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

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