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Open Positions
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Grau Fellow
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant is accepting applications for the 2026 E. Gordon Grau Coastal and Marine Resource Management and Policy Fellowship Program (Grau Fellowship), and the Resilience Office is one of eight offices hosting a new Fellow. This opportunity is a paid two-year post-grad fellowship based in Honolulu from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028, and offers an annual stipend of $66,000. The Fellow will join our Communications & Outreach team to support engagement across climate mitigation, adaptation, resilience, and equity initiatives. We’re seeking a creative Fellow to amplify climate messaging, engage communities, and make complex science accessible and inspiring.
The Grau Fellowship is designed for graduate students who complete their graduate degrees (Masters, Ph.D., or J.D.) between August 1, 2024, and August 31, 2026, in fields related to conservation, marine resource management, public policy, planning, and coastal/marine law. Eligible applicants graduate from institutions of higher education in Hawaiʻi, or graduated high school in Hawaiʻi and complete their graduate degrees elsewhere.