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NC Space Grant and NC Sea Grant Award 2026 Joint Fellowships

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image: High Rock lake.

Jul 28, 2026

Filters of the Future

A Mountains to Sea Fellow with North Carolina Sea Grant and the NC Water Resources Research Institute explores whether non-woven fabrics can help prevent harmful algal blooms.
image: sea turtle close-up.

Jul 9, 2026

The Summer 2026 Issue of Coastwatch Is Live

Coastwatch magazine covers new research on massive ancient octopuses, an innovative treatment for stormwater runoff, how to create coastal landscapes that last, historical shore whaling and porpoise hunting on Cape Lookout, and much more.
Image: Lush green photo of the Broad River in Chimney Rock, NC

Jun 29, 2026

New Mountains to Sea Fellows Will Research Coastal Resilience, Microbial Communities, and More

Six graduate students recently began new Mountains to Sea fellowship projects through NC Sea Grant and WRRI.

Aerial view of a river with marsh.

Jun 17, 2026

NC Sea Grant Announces 2026-28 Core Research Projects

North Carolina Sea Grant recently awarded core funding to nine researchers from universities across the state. For two years, these researchers will apply innovative approaches to diverse coastal topics like barotrauma mitigation methods, shark depredation events, and land-use scenarios for coastal resilience, to name a few.
image: Sea to Stars fellow Madeline Payne maps the elevation of a seagrass meadow

Jun 11, 2026

NC Space Grant and NC Sea Grant Award 2026 Joint Fellowships

North Carolina Sea Grant and NC Space Grant have awarded 2026 Sea to Stars Research Fellowships to Robin Newton and Madeline Payne. Newton will investigate how new data from a recent NASA mission can inform wetland protections, and Payne will be working with aerial images to assess overlooked losses of sea grass.