{"id":19375,"date":"2022-09-08T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=14617"},"modified":"2023-10-04T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T15:00:26","slug":"nc-sea-grant-opens-student-team-competition-on-coastal-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/nc-sea-grant-opens-student-team-competition-on-coastal-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Sea Grant Opens Student Team Competition on Coastal Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Contact:
\n<\/strong>Cayla Cothron, cdcothro@ncsu.edu<\/a>
\n<\/em>or <\/em>John Fear, jmfear@ncsu.edu.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

North Carolina Sea Grant has launched its second Coastal Resilience Team Competition. The program will provide up to $20,000 for one or more student teams to conduct two-year projects that will lead to more resilient habitats and communities on the North Carolina coastal plain.<\/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

Each team will include two to four members, including at least one graduate student<\/em> who will serve as the project lead, and at least one undergraduate<\/em>. 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

“I think this is a great program that provides the opportunity to develop the skills to collaborate with other researchers, which is necessary to succeed in our field,” says Anne Smiley, a graduate student in the Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the \u00a0lead on last year’s winning team. “I hope to see this program continue for many years to come!”<\/p>\n

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

Ecosystem Resilience<\/strong><\/p>\n