National Sea Grant College Program

Funding Opportunities - National Sea Grant Law Center The National Sea Grant Law Center’s funding opportunities seek to promote the growth and development of Sea Grant legal programming and build the capacity of individual Sea Grant programs to address legal issues in their states.

What does it take to bring a new seaweed species into cultivation?

In a new review, California Sea Grant Extension Specialist Simona Augyte and co-author Charles Yarish, Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut, outline the foundational knowledge needed to bring new seaweed into aquaculture, covering everything from life-cycles and nursery optimization to emerging genetic tools, commercial production challenges and stakeholder engagement.

Read the full report at https://bit.ly/4ypobvE

Photo Credit: Kirby Morejohn

🌊 Interested in a career helping improve the environmental, social, and economic health of Virginia’s coastal communities?

Virginia Sea Grant is hiring for two positions:
🔹 Assistant Director of Research
🔹 Fellowships and Internships Coordinator

These roles will help advance research funding and fellowship programs while supporting National Sea Grant funding competitions and the extension professionals who connect research with the coastal communities that can benefit from it.

If you’re passionate about coastal science, research, and connecting science with communities, check out these opportunities!
🔗 Learn more and apply using the link in bio or at vaseagrant.org/jobs/

Sea Grant is pleased to announce a $1M investment to advance research and monitoring of contaminants of emerging concern in the Southeast, Northeast and Great Lakes regions.

These contaminants, including micro/nanoplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, can affect human and ecosystem health, especially in coastal communities.

Since 2021, Congress has provided dedicated resources to Sea Grant to advance collaboration with state agencies and universities to expand emerging contaminant research and monitoring.

These projects were selected through competitive national opportunities focused on contaminants and will contribute to advancing knowledge about contaminants and forever chemicals.

Learn more: https://seagrant.noaa.gov/sea-grant-announces-1m-investment-to-advance-research-into-contaminants-of-emerging-concern-across-the-u-s/

🦞 What better way to learn about the American lobster and its fishery than with Sea Grant's American Lobster Initiative StoryMaps?

Click your way through vibrant photos and interviews with researchers: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/dec41b32e1174c4dbe949392f3560535

More on the American Lobster Initiative: https://www.northeastseagrant.com/initiatives/american-lobster-initiative

Happy National Lobster Day! 🦞 The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium's American Lobster Initiative addresses critical knowledge gaps about the American lobster + its fishery, funding >39 research projects since 2019.

Explore resources here:
https://www.northeastseagrant.com/initiatives/american-lobster-initiative

We're hiring!

The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium is seeking a motivated and collaborative professional to serve as a Sustainable Seafood Program Assistant.

The Sustainable Seafood Program Assistant will support the Consortium’s Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension Program through applied fisheries and aquaculture research, field operations, stakeholder outreach, workforce development initiatives, and data analysis.

Working closely with Extension Specialists, the Assistant will serve as a technician for fisheries and aquaculture research projects and coordinate commercial seafood industry training initiatives, contributing to a wide range of technical tasks in both office and field settings. Specific projects may include studying the effects of net dips on mariculture clam depredation, grow out performance, and production costs; assessing the feasibility of using soft shell crab shedding equipment as a shellfish nursery; and supporting the SC Commercial Seafood Apprenticeship Program. Through these efforts, the position will help advance science-based solutions that support South Carolina’s commercial fisheries, aquaculture industries, and coastal communities.

The position is a full-time, two-year temporary grant-funded appointment.

Applications are due Monday, October 5th.

For the full position description and application instructions, visit the link in our bio!

Pictured here: Washing off clams in McClellanville, SC

Photo credit: Morgan Treon, S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

This National Preparedness Month, take steps to prepare yourself and loved ones.

Sea Grant hosts a collection of preparedness resources for coastal and Great Lakes communities, including Homeowner's and Resident's Handbooks. Learn what to do before, during, and after disasters: https://seagrant.noaa.gov/prepared/

Minnesota Sea Grant and Texas Sea Grant are launching the 2027 Sea Grant Aquaculture Leadership Academy, a national professional development program funded by a $350,000 Sea Grant award.

The academy offers early- and mid-career aquaculture extension professionals hands-on training in both freshwater and marine systems, with two in-person sessions:
📍 May 3–6, 2027 | St. Paul & Duluth, MN
📍 Oct. 4–7, 2027 | Bay City, TX

Participants will visit working aquaculture facilities, engage directly with producers, and strengthen essential skills in leadership, communication, and extension work. The academy will be organized around two cohorts and is expected to serve 60 participants.

Individuals from Sea Grant extension programs, land-grant extension programs, federal agencies and minority-serving institutions are eligible to participate.

👉 Ready to grow your aquaculture career and network? Learn more and submit your application by October 30, 2026: https://z.umn.edu/mnsg-ala-dates-27

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