{"id":13735,"date":"2021-08-25T13:07:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T17:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=13735"},"modified":"2021-08-25T13:07:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T17:07:25","slug":"north-carolina-sea-grant-holds-student-team-competition-on-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/north-carolina-sea-grant-holds-student-team-competition-on-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Sea Grant Launches Student Team Competition on Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"

For immediate release<\/b><\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong>: John Fear, jmfear@ncsu.edu<\/em><\/a>
\nor Sarah Spiegler,
sespiegl@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

North Carolina Sea Grant has launched the inaugural Coastal Resilience Team Competition. The program will provide up to $20,000 for student teams to conduct two-year projects that will lead to more resilient habitats and communities on the North Carolina coastal plain. Each team will include two to four members, including at least one graduate student, who will serve as the project lead, and at least one undergraduate, who will assist.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fellowship opportunity builds off the previous great work of graduate students who have focused on the impacts of sea level rise in North Carolina,\u201d says Sarah Spiegler, North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s coastal resilience specialist. \u201cIt\u2019s vital that we continue research that addresses how to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change, and I look forward to a student-led team taking on this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

North Carolina Sea Grant strongly encourages proposals from teams that include students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and at Minority Serving Institutions, and\/or students from traditionally underserved and underrepresented communities.<\/p>\n

Each team will conduct research that addresses one or more of these focus areas:<\/p>\n