NC Sea Grant/WRRI Offer Graduate Funding

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
John Fear, 919-515-9104, jmfear@ncsu.edu

Posted Monday, April 18, 2016

North Carolina Sea Grant, in partnership with the Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina system, is offering competitive funding for graduate students to conduct research in four focus areas:

1. Groundwater issues in North Carolina including but not limited to: energy development, quantity, quality, saltwater intrusion, and interactions with surface water.
2. Eutrophication issues on North Carolina lakes, streams, rivers and estuaries including but not limited to: causes, impacts, trends, and management strategies, including criteria development.
3. Stormwater management including but not limited to: drainage from agricultural lands, riparian buffers, best management practices, low-impact development, and in-stream mitigation strategies.
4. Economic and social science aspects of water-resource management and planning including but not limited to: rate structures, stakeholder choices, and risk perception.

Proposals are due by 4 p.m., on Tuesday, May 31, 2016.

The programs are seeking proposals for one-year, question-driven research projects, with budgets up to $10,000. Full-time graduate students in good academic standing who are attending an accredited college or university in North Carolina are invited to apply. The funding is expected to support up to three student proposals, pending availability of resources and quality of proposals.

Applicants must justify how the proposed work relates to the missions of both Sea Grant (ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/about-us/our-vision) and WRRI (wrri.ncsu.edu/mission).

Full details on the proposal requirements are available online. Go to ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/fellowships and follow the link for this joint fellowship.

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