Researchers with ties to MIT Sea Grant receive National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

MIT Professors Sallie (Penny) Chisholm and Robert Langer are among the 23 recipients awarded the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for 2013. These are the nation¡s highest honors for scientists, engineers…

MIT Sea Grant College is soliciting preliminary proposals for marine-related research projects to start February 1, 2014.

The MIT Sea Grant College Program is soliciting preliminary proposals for marine-related research projects to start February 1, 2014. Our program offers competitive funding to university-based, Massachusetts scientists who are eligible for Principal…

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Services – Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program for 2013 Federal Funding Opportunities are now open.

The NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Services) - Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship is available to US citizens who are graduate students enrolled in PhD degree programs in academic institutions in the United States and its territories. In FY…

MIT Sea Grant Now Accepting Applications for NOAA’s 2013 Coastal Management Fellowship.

The MIT Sea Grant College Program will sponsor applicants applying for NOAA¡s FY 2013 Coastal Management Fellowship. The Fellowship matches postgraduate students with state coastal zone programs to work on projects proposed by the state (see…

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The American Lobster in a Changing Ecosystem: A US-Canada Science Symposium: November 27-30, 2012

Save the date for this MIT Sea Grant cosponsored event in MaineThe status of the American lobster over the last decade is a story of contrasts. While lobster numbers from the Gulf of Maine northward have climbed to historic highs, southern New…

Nominations open for Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization

Cambridge, MA, November 1, 2012 - The MIT Sea Grant College Program announces that nominations are now open for the Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization. All non-tenured MIT faculty members from any Institute department are eligible. Department…

MIT Sea Grant’s Brenden Epps Assumes Professorship at Dartmouth College

By Lillie PaquetteMIT Sea Grant College ProgramCAMBRIDGE, MA - AUGUST 22, 2012 - After two-and-a-half years as a post-doctoral research engineer with MIT Sea Grant, Brenden Epps has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Engineering at…

High school students make important scientific discovery as part of MIT Sea Grant’s Ocean Science Internship

CAMBRIDGE, MA - AUGUST 6, 2012 - A group of four outstanding Massachusetts and Connecticut high school students are the first on record to encounter and identify non-native European rock shrimp in Boston Harbor last month. The students were…

High School Students Participate in MIT Sea Grant¡s Ocean Engineering Experience

The Ocean Engineering Experience (OEX) is a one-week, hands-on, residential ocean engineering program for high school students entering their junior or senior year. This program is designed to engage students in challenging real-world educational…