John Best was awarded the Fisheries-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship for the 2019-20 academic year. This fellowship program, administered by NOAA, supports doctoral students pursuing degrees in population and ecosystem dynamics as well as marine resources economics. A number of other QERM students have received this fellowship over the years (see a list of fellowship alumni here), most recently including Elizabeth Ng (in 2017) and Christine Stawitz (in 2014).