Project Grant P20AP00316

This Project Grant award for $139,822.00 was provided by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052). The funding supports the "13-5 INSHORE ARTIFICIAL REEF" project to be executed by the Gulf Consortium, a government-owned entity focused on regional collaboration and environmental restoration along the Florida Gulf Coast. This multi-year project, with a planned completion date of February 1,...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $821,786 Cooperative Agreement to the Water Institute of the Gulf, a non-profit research organization located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The funding is provided through NOAA's Habitat Conservation grant program (CFDA 11.463) to support the Institute's partnership with community liaisons to engage Southeast Louisiana's Asian American shrimping and processing communities in developing a climate change...

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $5,232,414.08 Project Grant to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) under the CFDA 87.052 Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program. The grant will fund the engineering, design, permitting, and construction of classrooms and dormitories at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies' (IMMS) Center for Marine Education and Research (IMMS-CMER) in Gulfport, MS. This project will enhance marine...

This $1,998,800 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) supports a regional collaborative planning and strategy development project led by the Bywater Institute at Tulane University. The project aims to develop a coordinated vision and sustainable resilience-focused action plan for Louisiana's southwest and central Acadiana regions. Key activities include analyzing existing plans,...

This $764,739 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) will enable a three-year study to determine Gulf sturgeon use of off-bottom oyster culture sites within designated critical habitat in Mississippi Sound. The proposed research combines acoustic telemetry, acoustic camera observations, and gillnet sampling to assess how Gulf sturgeon utilize these off-bottom culture sites relative to open bottom and oyster...

The National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) has awarded a $122,606 Project Grant to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, doing business as Dauphin Island Sea Lab, to host a 3-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. The program will bring 8 undergraduates to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab each summer to participate in 10-week guided research projects and a professional development program focused on understanding how marine and estuarine ecosystems...

This $121,419 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) will fund a study on the distribution and habitat use of sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, particularly in the waters of Louisiana. The principal investigator is Nicole Vollmer, and the primary recipient institution is the University of Miami. The study aims to provide critical insights into important sea...

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $824,078 Project Grant under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052) to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on December 19, 2024. The grant will fund the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) Outreach and Ecotourism Project, which aims to promote tourism and provide environmental education in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. Specifically, the project will develop new...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $124,926 cooperative agreement to Tulane University under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring, and Technology (Gulf Coast Ecosystem RESTORE) program. The two-year project, running from September 2021 through August 2023, will support research examining natural resource decision-making related to riverine inflows in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Specifically, Tulane University will conduct...

This $1,900,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) is intended to catalyze climate resilience work in underserved and under-resourced communities in coastal Louisiana. The project will: Enhance awareness of pathways for increasing climate resilience in these communities. Provide capacity-building support to at least four under-resourced communities to overcome...