{"id":13996,"date":"2021-11-08T11:51:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=13996"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:47:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:47:19","slug":"ccrg-2021-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/ccrg-2021-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb. 4 Proposal Deadline for New Community Collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"
For immediate release<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact<\/strong>: North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s <\/span>Community Collaborative Research Grant program<\/span><\/a> is accepting proposals now through <\/span>Feb. 4, 2022 <\/b>for projects to start later in 2022.The <\/span>program brings communities and researchers together to study high-priority environmental and economic issues in North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis program is an effective and efficient process to continually address community priorities that can change year to year,\u201d explains John Fear, North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s deputy director.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCCRG projects bring significant returns on investment,\u201d Fear adds. \u201cIn our recent review of the fir<\/span>st six years <\/span>of the grant program, we have confirmed that new partnerships have sustained themselves well after the end of individual projects, allowing momentum that produces ongoing benefits.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n North Carolina Sea Grant strongly encourages proposals from applicants from traditionally underserved and underrepresented communities, as well as proposals that demonstrate how projects and related outreach will benefit underserved and underrepresented communities. This includes encouraging proposals from researchers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n New grants will range from $5,000 to $25,000 for projects that take place over one year.<\/span> In 2021, the program funded projects <\/span><\/a>including topics such as youth training regarding resilience, o<\/span>ysters, near-shore contaminants, shoreline erosion, sharks, wetlands and freshwater mussels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The CCRG program partners with NC State University\u2019s <\/span>William R. Kenan Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science (KIETS)<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>North Carolina\u2019s Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI)<\/span><\/a>. CCRG funding opportunities can address watersheds and water resource issues, as well as key coastal urgencies.<\/span><\/p>\n KIETS is pleased to continue its collaboration in funding CCRG. \u201cConsistent with our mission to support innovative partnerships, the CCRG brings together academic, government, non-profit, and business partners across NC who work collaboratively towards solving relevant and important problems. The CCRG reflects and amplifies a collective and intentional focus enabling authentic community engagement that serves to support and nurture the creativity and resiliency of these communities,\u201d <\/span>notes Raj Narayan, KIETS associate director.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis manifests itself through the projects the CCRG supports which vary from educational initiatives lifting up the voices of young climate leaders, enabling research that addresses environmental preservation, and informing strategies to empower the economic development and vitality of our state,\u201d he adds.<\/span><\/p>\n WRRI adds a focus on watersheds and water\u2019s vital role in communities.\u201cDrawing on expertise from WRRI enables CCRG to benefit communities from the coast to the mountains of North Carolina,\u201d adds Kaitlin Tucker, who joined WRRI this year as research and engagement coordinator.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>John Fear, 919-515-9104, jmfear@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/em>
\n<\/span>Katie Mosher, 919-515-9069, <\/span>kmosher@ncsu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n