To apply: The online application form for the 2023-24 CoastWise cohort is open now through 5pm Monday, May 1. Applicants will be notified in mid-May. In case it's helpful, you can download this word document that includes the questions that involve more of a narrative response to draft responses before submitting via this online form.
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If you work on topics related to coastal resiliency and natural resource management in New Hampshire, you are eligible to apply. While focused on early and mid-career individuals, we welcome applications from anyone who feels they would benefit from participation in the program. Applications are welcomed from highly qualified undergraduates, those with associate degrees and/or trade school degrees, recent college graduates, and master's students, Ph.D. students, post-docs, and early or mid-career faculty, tribal representatives, state or federal agency staff, municipal employees, non-profit employees, natural resource consultants, and others.
There are no requirements for specific disciplinary training – anyone from a discipline that seeks to address challenges around coastal resiliency and resource management is eligible to apply. This includes but is not limited to engineering fields, biological sciences, sociology, public policy, natural resource management, planning, oceanography, etc.
No, it’s not necessary to live/work in New Hampshire, but you should have some sort of connection to New Hampshire to participate in CoastWise. You will be asked to elaborate on this in the application.
No, CoastWise is not just for those working on research. Designed to build new skills and stronger networks, CoastWise seeks to cultivate an engaged and diverse workforce to better tackle the challenges facing our coasts (including upland watersheds). This includes participants from across disciplinary backgrounds and working in a range of settings on a range of topics.
Through a series of three in-person workshops and four additional webinars, CoastWise participants will learn from program trainers and their colleagues. Workshop themes cover:
- Gulf of Maine context,
- Land-to-Sea social and ecological connections, and
- Coastal resilience and healthy coastal ecosystems.
Each workshop includes a combination of field trips and issue overviews (e.g. fishing and aquaculture, restoration, river management, etc.), skill building (e.g. facilitation, communication, project design, etc.), and networking opportunities with partner organizations.
For our 2023-2024 program, we anticipate accepting up to 16 participants.
Yes, anyone can apply regardless of their school or employment status.
Participants commit to attending two multi-day in-person workshops, two day-long field trips, and four online webinars , over the course of a year. Dates for webinars will be set with input from accepted participants. Dates for in-person workshops are as follows:
- SESSION 1: August 21-23, 2023; location: Appledore Island (departing from Portsmouth, NH)
- SESSION 2, Part 1: Nov/Dec 2023, Day trip, date TBD, Location: Concord, NH
- SESSION 2, Part 1: March 2024, Day trip, date TBD, Location: Concord, NH
- SESSION 3: June 14-15, 2024, Location: Durham, NH
For its 2023-2024 program, CoastWise is free to participants due to grant funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Sea Grant College Program, the University of New Hampshire, and Dartmouth College.
Participants will need to provide their own transportation to the in-person workshops, but all other costs will be covered.
The workshops will be organized and facilitated by New Hampshire Sea Grant staff with a range of training modules provided by experts in their topic areas.
At this time we are not offering any formal certificate or continuing education credits, but we are happy to explore options for interested participants. We will provide a certificate of completion at the end of the course. Please contact CoastWise.Info@unh.edu if you’d like to discuss further.
We will be following a combination of the latest CDC guidelines, New Hampshire state guidelines, University of New Hampshire guidelines on public programs, and any additional requirements of our host sites for workshops. Because these factors are changing and evolving, please contact us for the latest protocols.
While the University of New Hampshire does not currently require the COVID-19 vaccine, we encourage every eligible member of our community to be vaccinated.
We also recognize that some participants may have extenuating circumstances and we can to work to accommodate specific individual needs for virtual participation. Please contact CoastWise.Info@unh.edu if you’d like to discuss further.
For persons with disabilities requiring accommodations, please contact CoastWise.Info@unh.edu. Our goal is to ensure that all interested participants have the accommodations they need to participate in CoastWise.
Our goal is to ensure that all interested participants are able to participate in CoastWise if selected. Please contact CoastWise.Info@unh.edu if you’d like to discuss the program requirements in relation to childcare needs.
The application period for CoastWise takes place in spring, and all applicants are notified in mid-May.
Please contact CoastWise.Info@unh.edu if you have further questions.
