North Carolina Sea Grant’s research addresses prominent coastal issues. In many cases, we identify emerging issues and provide initial data that are used by staff and research teams to leverage larger grants from agencies such as the National Science Foundation.

We provide grants that support research on important topics to NOAA and North Carolina coastal stakeholders. In addition, we support fellowships that train our current graduate students to become next-generation marine science and coastal researchers.

As the population of our state and the nation continues to grow and diversify, North Carolina Sea Grant’s relevance increasingly will rely on how well we embody diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility. As such, we strongly encourage proposals from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and/or from members of traditionally underserved and underrepresented communities, as well as from applicants whose projects and related outreach will benefit underserved and underrepresented communities.

Visit our Program Areas to see the highlights of our work. You also can search for project reports here.

Open Opportunities

• Coastal Resilience Team Competition
• Early Stage Propagation Strategies for Aquaculture Species Grant
• Marine Finfish Aquaculture Juvenile Production Technologies Grant
• North Carolina Sea Grant Research Opportunity for Resource Management Needs
• John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
• The North Carolina Sea Grant – Water Resources Research Institute Graduate Student Research Funding Opportunity
• North Carolina Sea Grant/Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership Fellowship
• North Carolina Sea Grant’s Coastal Resilience Team Competition
• North Carolina Sea Grant minigrants