Graduate student receives $16,000 Sea Grant award

Sarah Allison, a research assistant in the UO’s Community Service Center, is the recipient of a $16,000 graduate fellowship offered through the Oregon Sea Grant program.

The award will provide support for Allison’s final project, “Keeping Local Economies Safe: The Role of Economic Development Plans in Natural Hazards Resilience.” She is pursuing a master’s degree in community and regional planning and the Oregon Leadership in Sustainability graduate certificate. The Sea Grant fellowship will support her research, travel and conference attendance. 

“This is a big deal. It's the biggest student award I've seen in the 25 years I've been here,” said Robert Parker, executive director of the Community Service Center in the UO Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management.

To read the full story, see “MCRP Student Wins $16,000 Sea Grant Award.”