The Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc. was awarded a $469,654 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will support efforts from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024 to engage Puerto Rico's shark fishing community. Specifically, Mote Marine Laboratory will obtain post-regulation species and size composition shark catch data to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides funding to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (MESC), doing business as the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), to host a 3-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. The $122,606 award will enable DISL to bring 8 undergraduates each summer to participate in 10-week guided research projects and professional development focused on understanding how marine and...
The Sea Research Foundation, Inc., doing business as Mystic Aquarium, was awarded a $396,399 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The grant funds an undergraduate research experience titled "REU Site Mystic Aquarium: Collaborative Research - Plankton to Whales: Consequences of Global Change within Marine...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439), is valued at $117,545.00 and will be performed from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026. The award supports the Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc., a non-profit marine research organization, in sustaining its high level of response to live and dead marine mammal strandings in central west Florida. It also facilitates the organization's efficient and...
This $318,391 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will provide crucial resources to expand the research infrastructure of the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Marine Science Lab located within the Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex in Boca Raton, Florida. The award will enable the lab to add outdoor research tanks, flexible plumbing, secure fencing, backup power, and new educational displays. These enhancements will...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program grant award to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA will provide $549,900 over 3 years (2025-2027) to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program. The program will train approximately 30 undergraduate students, primarily from underrepresented groups or schools with limited research opportunities, in hands-on biological research for 10 weeks each summer. Students will be...
The University of Delaware was awarded a $516,429 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund the University's Summer REU Program in Marine Science from April 2021 through March 2024. As part of the Geosciences program's goal of expanding knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research, the University will deliver research experiences for undergraduate students in...
This $112,704 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research examining the effects of Hurricane Ian's nutrient and organic matter inputs on coastal waters in southwest Florida. Specifically, the grantee Mote Marine Laboratory Inc. will measure a suite of carbon and nutrient parameters and conduct carbon and nutrient cycling assessments at stations in Charlotte Harbor and the adjacent inner West...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $456,626 will support the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Conservation, Restoration, and Communication program at the University of Central Florida from March 2022 through February 2025. The REU program, funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will provide hands-on training to 30 undergraduate students over three summers in the areas of conservation, restoration, and science communication. Students will...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant totaling $400,000 to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) for the "REU SITE: OCEAN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AT WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, 2025-2027 PROGRAM" under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support a 3-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program that will provide 10 undergraduate students per year the opportunity to participate in the Summer Student Fellows...