Texas Sea Grant

The Texas Sea Grant College Program is inviting pre-proposals for the next two-year grant cycle (February 1, 2014-January 31, 2016). We are seeking to fund original and innovative research that has public relevance and is aligned with one or more of our four focus areas:

1.         Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

2.         Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

3.         Resilient Communities and Economies

4.         Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development

To learn more about these four focus areas, we encourage you to read the 2014-2017 National Sea Grant Strategic Plan: http://texas-sea-grant.tamu.edu/WhoWeAre/StrategicPlan2012.html

Proposed research projects must integrate outreach or education activities, relevant to the research proposed. Identification of outreach or education components is not required at the pre-proposal stage.

ANY field of study is eligible. This includes, but is not limited to, the following fields: physical sciences, natural sciences, geosciences, engineering, math, health sciences, veterinary sciences, social, behavioral and economic sciences, agricultural sciences, archeology, planning, law, policy, communications, education and business.  

We are especially interested in receiving pre-proposals to support multi-disciplinary research, beginning investigators, underrepresented investigators, proposals that involve undergraduate and graduate students in research and collaborations between institutions of higher education and industry.  

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Pre-proposal deadline: 5 PM CST Friday, February 15, 2013 (required)

Full proposal deadline: 5 PM CST Monday, June 3, 2013