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Four students selected as 2025 Dean Horn Awardees

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Four Students Win 2025 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research

MIT Sea Grant is happy to announce the winners of the 2025 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research. For the first time, MIT Sea Grant has selected four MIT students to receive the award: Thao Do (Mechanical Engineering…

A map of the United States showing locations of all of the Sea Grant supporters who signed on to the letters to Congress

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Sea Grant Support: A Note from the Director

We are asking for your support urging Congress to maintain funding for Sea Grant. To date, over 600 individuals have signed on in support of our Massachusetts programs, MIT Sea Grant and WHOI Sea Grant. We greatly appreciate all of your support…

River herring migration beneath the surface (Photo: Keith Ellenbogen, MIT Sea Grant Visiting Artist)

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5 Questions: AI and River Herring Monitoring with MIT Sea Grant-Funded Researcher Zhongqi Chen, Woodwell Climate Research Center

MIT Sea Grant provides competitive funding opportunities through our Core Request For Proposals (RFP) open to Massachusetts research scientists who seek to address marine issues in ways that benefit the Commonwealth. We talked with funded…

A graphic for the Shellfish Training Showcase webinar on May 21 at 12pm ET showing headshots of the speakers and moderators.

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May 21 Webinar: Shellfish Training Showcase

Join the Aquaculture Information Exchange for a free Shellfish Training Showcase with shellfish educators across the US including Danny Badger from MIT Sea Grant + others from Auburn University, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and…

MIT professors Themis Sapsis (left) and Fotini Christia will co-lead the newly-launched MIT Maritime Consortium. Photo: Conor McArdle/School of Engineering

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MIT Maritime Consortium Sets Sail

A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for operation, and more. March 26, 2025 | Anne Wilson, MechE (MIT News) –…

Field crew on a beach assembling equipment and waiting for divers to return with sediment cores. Photo credit: Heidi Nepf

Biology Lab, Faculty, Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Advisory Services, Misc, News, Researchers, Resilient Communities & Economies

Where Carbon Fails to Settle: MIT Study Examines Carbon Storage in MA Seagrass Meadows

MIT study demonstrates patchy meadows of seagrass can have limited carbon storage February 26, 2025 by Stephanie Martinovich / MIT CEE -- Seagrasses and other aquatic plants are recognized as “ecosystem engineers” for their ability to…

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April 8-9: Gulf of Maine Monitoring & Research Symposium

MassBays, MIT Sea Grant, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, and NERACOOS are very excited to announce registration for a symposium to bring together people conducting research and monitoring efforts across the Gulf of Maine. Gulf…

Students and Educators Investigate Marine Debris by Building, Launching, and Tracking Drifters

MIT Sea Grant, Stonehill College, and the Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research activate a collaborative network to track marine debris Through a collaborative project with MIT Sea Grant, Stonehill College, and the Cohasset Center…

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Now Accepting Preproposals: FY2026-2028 Core RFP

A collage of Sea Grant staff and people outside doing coastal resilience research, education, and outreach activies.

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How NOAA Sea Grant is Investing $4.25 Million to Further a Resilient Future

Sea Grant’s work in coastal adaptation and resilience includes research, education, technical assistance and outreach to support more resilient communities and economies across the nation. January 16, 2025 | NOAA Sea Grant (Katrina…