CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon Sea Grant, a marine research, public engagement and education program based at Oregon State University, is awarding nearly $1.1 million in competitive, federally funded research grants for 2018-20.
The grants will go to three principal investigators at OSU, one at the University of Oregon, and one at Portland State University. All of the projects are for research into marine-related issues.
"Oregon Sea Grant is committed to supporting the science needed to address challenges facing our coastal communities and ecosystems,” said Shelby Walker, director of Oregon Sea Grant. “These projects reflect a broad array of issues important to the future of coastal Oregonians, communities and our environment."
The project titles and principal investigators include (click on principal investigators’ names for more information):
As part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s nationwide Sea Grant College Program, Oregon Sea Grant receives a share of congressionally appropriated research dollars every two years to award via a competitive process to university-based scientists studying ocean and coastal issues important to the region and the nation.
Mark Floyd, 541-737-0788, [email protected]
Shelby Walker, 541-737-6200, [email protected]
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