Collaborative Research Proposals Due Feb. 12

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
John Fear, 919-515-9104, jmfear@ncsu.edu
Katie Mosher, 919-515-9069, katie_mosher@ncsu.edu

North Carolina Sea Grant seeks applications for its Community Collaborative Research Grant Program, or CCRG. This opportunity is part of an ongoing partnership with the William R. Kenan Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science at NC State University.

“Initial CCRG projects already have shown a great return on the investments. Results have included needed data, informative exhibits and community discussions,” says John Fear, Sea Grant deputy director. “We look forward to the new round of applications.”

Funded projects will bring coastal communities together with university researchers to study high-priority coastal issues that meet Sea Grant’s mission. Applications are due Feb. 12, 2018.

The research is varied and involves many parts of coastal communities. Read the final report for a CCRG project — a pilot study offering cape shark in Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s cafeteria — at go.ncsu.edu/STS_capeshark. The findings also are summarized as part of the Blue Economy series at ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/blueeconomy.

In addition, previous projects have been chronicled as blog posts on the Sea Grant website, written up as Coastwatch stories and featured on UNC-TV.

Find out more about the CCRG program at ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/ccrg.

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