{"id":11317,"date":"2019-09-18T16:20:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=11317"},"modified":"2024-08-20T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T17:30:47","slug":"science-intersects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/science-intersects\/","title":{"rendered":"When Science Intersects with Local Expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Five new partnerships are tackling pressing issues, with the help of funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program<\/a>. Topics include water quality treatment in wetlands; algal blooms and cyanobacteria; and community resilience in the face of natural disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now in its fourth year, the program known as CCRG leverages support from the William R. Kenan Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science (KIETS)<\/a> at North Carolina State University with funding from North Carolina Sea Grant and North Carolina\u2019s Water Resources Research Institute<\/a> (WRRI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each project is required to take a collaborative research approach that couples local knowledge from the community with expertise of academic partners. This combination encourages creative problem-solving related to coastal and water related challenges that N.C. communities face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are excited to continue to bring together new sets of researchers and community partners,\u201d says Susan White, executive director for Sea Grant and WRRI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Raj Narayan, KIETS\u2019 associate director, adds that the new projects reflect innovative and impactful partnerships similar to successful leveraging through the CCRG program in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe projects selected for CCRG support in 2019 continue to connect and bring together experts from higher education institutions, local community stakeholders, businesses, nonprofits and government organizations to work collaboratively for the benefit of North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the addition of WRRI, the CCRG program is now statewide. The new projects and their respective partners include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n