Graduate students in good standing that attend one of the North Carolina’s colleges or universities can apply for a $10,000 grant to fund a one-year research project focusing on the state’s coastal and freshwater resources.
North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute and North Carolina Sea Grant are accepting proposals for the Mountains to Sea Graduate Research Fellowship until 5 p.m. Dec. 16. The full request for proposals is available online.
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The institute works to address issues related to surface and groundwater resources, including quality and quantity. Sea Grant covers a range of topics including climate resilience, healthy ecosystems, education and workforce development, fisheries, and aquaculture.
Proposals should align with both organization’s strategic plans, coordinators said, and are encouraged to address one or more of the following focus areas:
- Emerging regulated and unregulated contaminants of concern.
- Microplastic pollution and marine debris.
- Aquatic invasive species.
- Harmful algal blooms and associated toxins.
- Climate impacts, including nuisance flooding.
- Erosion and sediment control.
- Surface and groundwater quality and/or quantity.
- Water treatment, including aquaculture effluent.
- Green stormwater infrastructure & nature-based solutions.
- Urban design and recreational management.
- Economics, planning and/or policy related to water resources management.
- Water education.
Water Resources Research Institute is a multi-campus center of the University of North Carolina system and is part of a national network of 54 institutes authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1964. The institute represents a federal and state partnership between the US Geological Survey and state land grant universities.
North Carolina Sea Grant, also a UNC system multi-campus program, is one of 33 programs within the National Sea Grant College Program, and represents a federal and state partnership between the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and coastal and great lakes states.
