A lighthouse and sea birds on a Massachusetts coast. Photo by Sarah Guitart
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Now Accepting Applications: Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship

Woods Hole Sea Grant and MIT Sea Grant are pleased to jointly announce the Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship is open to new applicants. The purpose of this Fellowship is to support exceptional prospective graduate students…
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Now Open: STREAM Grants RFP – Apply by September 1

MIT Sea Grant supports small coastal and marine related projects through our STREAM Grants program - Solutions Through Research, Education & Art in Massachusetts. MIT Sea Grant is now accepting proposals for the STREAM Grant program,…
Two people shellfishing on a sandy shore
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Seeking Input: Shellfishing Survey Open through July 28

It's shellfishing season! Share your input to help inform NEW shellfishing web tools: Take the Survey (5-7 min) *Survey open through July 28* MIT Sea Grant is working with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and a pilot group…
Dean Horn awardees Emma Rutherford and Ariana Ilvonen
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Two Students Win 2023 Dean A. Horn Award

Emma Rutherford and Arianna Ilvonen win 2023 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research MIT Sea Grant announces the winners of the 2023 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research. This year’s award…
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MIT Sea Grant Students Travel to Ireland for 2023 OCEANS Conference

Pictured: MIT at the OCEANS Conference! Top: Joice Himawan, Daniel Klahn, Sebastián-Monsalvo, Ansel Garcia-Langley, Adrienne Lai, Emma Rutherford, Arianna Ilvonen, Kevin Bennett, Drew Bennett; Bottom: Suparnamaaya Prasad, Fiona Gillespie,…
15 JWAFS 2023 Seed Grant recipients
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J-WAFS Announces 2023 Seed Grant Recipients | Aquaculture Funded Project

Maria Paula Acosta Bello/MIT News | Today, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) announced its ninth round of seed grants to support innovative research projects at MIT. The grants are designed to fund research efforts…
MIT MechE/MIT Sea Grant students Emma Rutherford and Alexander Zhang with their poster and housing design for a high-speed underwater camera.
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MIT Sea Grant Students Recognized at MIT MechE De Florez Award Competition

The MIT Mechanical Engineering De Florez Award Competition took place on Thursday May 11th to recognize Course 2 students demonstrating "Outstanding Ingenuity and Creative Judgment" in areas that utilize mechanical engineering knowledge…
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Modeling Future Ocean Acidification for Coastal Industries

Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate Bianca Champenois looks at geophysical systems of land, air, and water to help track ocean acidification. MIT SPECTRUM – Bianca Champenois SM '22 looks at a digital map of Massachusetts Bay speckled with…
A person holds a plastic bag on the shore of a beach.
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Addressing Marine Debris through Education and Community Engagement

NOAA Sea Grant announces $27M to further community-engaged marine debris removal and prevention NOAA Sea Grant has announced $27 million in projects that will address the prevention and removal of debris in marine and Great Lakes environments…
Four photographs showing students working at a table, pulling up a plankton tow, and holding a crab, and an image of the Charles River Floating Wetland
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MIT Sea Grant Announces 2023 STREAM Funded Projects

Six new STREAM Grant projects focus on coastal education, renewable energy, and sea level rise MIT Sea Grant launched a new grants program this past year, open to a diversity of applicants across Massachusetts. STREAM Grants — Solutions…