This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $410,000 in funding to the University of Minnesota Duluth for the operation of the research vessel R/V Blue Heron from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028. The vessel, which is the largest research ship owned by a university on the Great Lakes, will be used to support oceanographic research that expands knowledge of the ocean environment. This award renews a 5-year agreement for the continued operation of the R/V Blue Heron, which was originally purchased and refitted for research in 1997-1998 using NSF and state funding. The intellectual merit of the project is the ship's ability to enable oceanographic studies that advance scientific understanding of the Great Lakes ecosystem. No sub-awards are planned under this grant.
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