The MS/AL Sea Grant Consortium is accepting pre-proposals for its 22-24 Research Program

The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) is accepting pre-proposals for its 2022-2024 Research Program. Projects selected for funding will address innovative research on coastal issues in Alabama and Mississippi in these four focus areas: healthy coastal ecosystems; sustainable fisheries and aquaculture; resilient communities and economies; and environmental literacy and workforce development. Funding requests for individual projects shall not exceed $75,000 per year of federal support. One-year projects and projects requesting lower annual amounts of funding will also be considered.

Pre-proposals are due at 5:00 p.m. Central Time on Feb. 22, 2021, and should be submitted using MASGC’s new online eSeaGrant system.

If you have questions on application materials, contact MASGC Research Coordinator Loretta Leist at 228-818-8835 or loretta.leist@usm.edu. For questions on research priorities, contact MASGC Director LaDon Swann at 251-648-5877.