Become a Louisiana Sea Grant LaDIA Faculty Fellow

Louisiana Sea Grant is offering one-year fellowships to faculty whose careers are focused on coastal innovation. Applications are being accepted through April 15.

LaDIA (Discovery-Integration-Application) fellows will participate in three, three-day retreats over the course of the 2015-16 academic year. The retreats are designed to broaden fellows’ knowledge of coastal concerns, hone fellows’ communication skills, and expand their ability to address coastal challenges, said Robert Twilley, Louisiana Sea Grant executive director.

Faculty members from any Louisiana university or college may apply. Applicants can be from a wide range of fields, including traditional environmental sciences such as biology, chemistry and engineering, to policy, design, law, architecture, urban planning and environmental justice. Fellows must commit to attending all three expense-paid retreats.

National leaders in the fields of science communication, public policy and outreach will lead the retreats. Sea Grant marine extension agents also will provide their perspectives on how coastal issues affect communities, and there will be opportunities to network with local leaders.

For more information or application materials, visit www.laseagrant.org/outreach/ladia/, or contact Katie Lea at [email protected].