The Hebrew University of Jerusalem received a $511,284 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to conduct research measuring the response of coral and seagrass to combined global and local environmental change in the Gulf of Aqaba. The award supports the goals of the Bureau's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs federal grant program (CFDA #19.600) to fund projects that further foreign assistance objectives as outlined in the Bureau's annual strategic plan. Specifically, the research aims to study how coral and seagrass ecosystems in the Gulf of Aqaba respond and adapt to both global stressors like climate change and local factors such as pollution, to advance understanding of environmental challenges facing the region. The period of performance for the award is from March 21, 2022 through December 31, 2023.
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