Classrooms and dormitories for the center for marine education and research --- the state of mississippi, through the mississippi department of environmental quality (MDEQ), was awarded restore act…

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) a $5,232,414.08 Project Grant under the CFDA 87.052 Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program. The grant funds the engineering, design, permitting, and construction of classrooms and dormitories at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies' Center for Marine Education and Research in Gulfport, MS. This project will support enhanced opportunities for marine education, research, conservation, and natural resource stewardship for researchers, students, and visitors in the Gulf Coast region. Under a subaward with MDEQ, the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies will implement this infrastructure development project.

Classrooms and dormitories for the center for marine education and research --- the state of mississippi, through the mississippi department of environmental quality (MDEQ), was awarded restore act spill impact component funds for the construction of classrooms and dormitories at the center for marine education and research. Under a subaward with MDEQ, the institute for marine mammal studies (IMMS) will implement this project. This project will support infrastructure benefiting the economy in the gulf coast region by constructing dormitories and classrooms at IMMS's center for marine education and research (IMMS-CMER) in gulfport, MS. This project will provide enhanced opportunities for marine education, research, conservation, and natural resource stewardship for researchers, students, and visitors throughout the gulf coast region. The project will fund the engineering and design, permitting, and construction of classrooms and dormitories at IMMS-CMER. Additional activities may also include, but are not limited to, planning, oversight and management, and coordination of subaward(S) between MDEQ and sub-recipient.