MASGC research opportunities

The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) is accepting pre-proposals for its 2018-20 research program. Projects selected for funding will address innovative research on coastal issues in Alabama and Mississippi in one or more of three focus areas: healthy coastal ecosystems; sustainable fisheries and aquaculture; and resilient communities and economies. Funding requests for individual projects shall not exceed $65,000 annually of federal support. One-year projects and projects requesting lower annual amounts of funding will also be considered. More details, including the full request for pre-proposals, can be found here. Pre-proposals are due at 5 p.m. on Feb. 17, 2017, and should be submitted using MASGC's new online eSeaGrant system. (Source: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium 12/16)