The Washington Sea Grant Keystone Fellowship offers a unique career development opportunity for a soon-to-graduate or recently-finished graduate student in ocean, coastal and policy issues. In the fall of 2022 this one-year paid fellowship will place a Keystone Fellow with mentor Kathleen Hurley, Senior Environmental Program Manager with the Port of Seattle.
 
The Fellow will work primarily on science and policy projects with an additional emphasis on work related to the advancement of social justice, racial equity, and inclusion in these professional spaces and/or the programs they operate. Keystone Fellows receive mentorship both through their host office and through participation in professional development activities with WSG. The Fellowship offers first-hand experience working on projects that help us better understand, conserve and utilize Washington’s ocean and coastal resources while building pathways into marine-related careers for individuals who are historically underrepresented in those fields. 
 
The program seeks to recruit students who are underrepresented in marine science and policy fields, especially Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC), and representatives of the LGBTQ+ community and allies.