Project Grant NA21NMF0080520

This $370,523 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) supports the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries' (MCCF) Eastern Maine Skippers Program (EMSP). The EMSP aims to provide career development opportunities in commercial fisheries and increase the number of skilled individuals entering maritime professions, addressing recruitment and retirement challenges in Maine's fishing industry. Over a 2-year...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) will provide $500,000 from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2025 to The Fishing Partnership Health Plan Corporation. The project will establish a regional, collaborative training framework to provide young fishermen in New England with vocational training as they enter the fishing industry, develop into competent deckhands, and...

The Ferry Beach Ecology School was awarded a $133,333 Environmental Education Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 to deliver its "Food for Thought" program. The two-year project will educate 805 students from 13 partner schools in southern Maine and northern New England on sustainable agriculture, healthy food systems, and responsible land and water conservation. Fifty percent of participating schools qualify as low-income under Title I. Through residential and...

The National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) has awarded the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean and Environment (CEOE) a $154,041 Project Grant to host a 3-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site program in marine science. The program will bring 10 undergraduates to the university's Lewes campus each summer to conduct independent ocean science research under the guidance of faculty mentors. The main focus is to train students in the...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. a $570,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund the expansion of Mystic Seaport Museum's Maritime Adventure Program, which provides...

This $147,468 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Inland Seas Education Association to deliver a Great Lakes watershed field course professional development program. The Association will bring 30 K-12 educators to the Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station in Suttons Bay, Michigan from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 for four-day training sessions emphasizing hands-on experience with regional conservation success stories. Participants will visit...

The Salinas Union High School District Community Science & Outdoor Learning Collaborative will receive $199,680 under a one-year Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA #11.429). The collaborative partnership between the district's educational services team, Bird School Project, and Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History will create and implement annual multi-week educator seminars and ongoing outdoor learning and...

The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) received a $585,165 Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded on March 15, 2025, with a completion date of February 28, 2030. Under this award, BIOS provides oceanographic technical services supporting the R/V Atlantic Explorer, a research vessel operated as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet (ARF) and scheduled through the University-National Oceanographic...

The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $465,011 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STRENGTHENING THE OOI DATA LABS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (COP) TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE DATA LITERACY," runs from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2025. The award supports a collaborative effort between Rutgers University, Stockton University, Hillsborough Community College, City...

The Seacoast Science Center, Inc. in Rye, New Hampshire was awarded a $123,000 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program to improve marine mammal stranding response and community education from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Key deliverables include workshops for community members, developing outreach strategies, printing educational materials, establishing a paid internship, collaborating with pathologists on disease...