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The deadline for submitting a letter of intent to the NOAA RESTORE Science Program’s planning for actionable science funding competition is now only a week away. This competition will provide natural resource managers, researchers, and other stakeholders with funding to plan a research project that informs a specific management decision impacting natural resources in the … Continue reading

The NOAA RESTORE Science Program plans to release its next funding opportunity in August 2020. This competition will provide natural resource managers, researchers, and other stakeholders with funding to plan a research project that informs a specific management decision impacting natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico. All natural resources and decisions associated with them are … Continue reading

The science and restoration programs working in the Gulf of Mexico understand the need for stakeholders to remain informed of future funding opportunities.  To this end, they have collectively updated a three year calendar consolidating currently planned funding opportunities. This calendar will enable stakeholders to remain informed about opportunities and assist grant applicants in planning … Continue reading

When coastal landowners along the Gulf of Mexico see signs of shoreline erosion, they can soon turn to a new online tool for recommendations on how to protect their property and coastal resources at the same time with a living shoreline.  A project team from Troy University, Geological Survey of Alabama, Galveston Bay Foundation, and … Continue reading

The science and restoration programs working in the Gulf of Mexico understand the need for stakeholders to remain informed of future funding opportunities in the region. To this end, they have collectively updated a two year calendar consolidating currently planned funding opportunities. This calendar will enable stakeholders to remain informed about opportunities and assist grant … Continue reading

During and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural resource trustee agencies collected thousands of samples across broad regions of the northern Gulf of Mexico. These samples supported the spill response and the natural resource damage assessment (NRDA). The case has been settled and the NRDA is now complete. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric … Continue reading

The science and restoration programs working in the Gulf of Mexico understand the need for stakeholders to remain informed of future funding opportunities in the region. To this end, they have collectively developed a three year calendar consolidating currently planned funding opportunities. This calendar will enable stakeholders to remain informed about opportunities and grant applicants … Continue reading

The four Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant college programs have released the 2013 Gulf of Mexico research needs survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013GMRP). The survey will be used to update the Gulf of Mexico Research Plan and will be shared with numerous groups that are funding or supporting regional research and restoration activities. These groups include the Gulf … Continue reading

The U.S. Department of Treasury has released proposed regulations for the RESTORE Act in the Federal Register. The proposed regulations contain procedures required by the RESTORE Act, outlining financial management, auditing, and reporting procedures for the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund. As with the other components of the RESTORE Act, the NOAA RESTORE Science Program … Continue reading