Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Awards Program
Connecticut Sea Grant, through its competitive funding program the Arts Support Awards Program, will award up to $1000 to an artist or group of artists. The winning submission will be selected on the basis of aesthetic quality, relevance to coastal and marine environments and Connecticut Sea Grant themes, as well as its potential reach and impact on non-traditional “audiences.”
[Read More]Special issue of Wrack Lines features diverse youth voices
Six youth writers who received the Wrack Lines Voices of Diverse Youth Scholarship shared their reflections and insights about nature and climate change in the Fall-Winter 2024-2025 issue of our biannual magazine.
[Read More]‘What If We Get It Right?’ community book talks planned
Connecticut Sea Grant, along with the Groton and Bridgeport public libraries, will host three community book discussions about, What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures, by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.
[Read More]3 early career scientists chosen for marine policy fellowship
Connecticut Sea Grant will sponsor three recent graduates of advanced degree environmental science programs as part of the 2025 class of of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant program John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.
[Read More]UConn doctoral student awarded NOAA-Sea Grant fellowship
Halle Berger, a UConn marine sciences doctoral student, is one of 10 early career scientists awarded the 2024 National Marine Fisheries-Sea Grant Fellowship that provides support for critical fisheries research. Her research focuses on sea scallops, one of the most valuable fisheries in the United States.
[Read More]Research funding orientation meeting slated for Oct. 18
CT Sea Grant will host an orientation meeting on Oct. 18 aimed at introducing new and interested researchers to CTSG and CTSG research opportunities, in addition to providing a primer on submitting grants to CTSG and including outreach and education components in your grant proposals.
[Read More]Podcast focuses on CTSG’s work in the coastal environment
Listen to the Connecticut East This Week news magazine podcast of journalist Brian Scott Smith interviewing Connecticut Sea Grant Director Sylvain De Guise and Communications Coordinator Judy Benson about CTSG’s work in the coastal environment.
[Read More]Two CTSG-CLEAR webinars planned for Climate Week
As part of statewide Climate Week events Sept. 22-28, Connecticut Sea Grant and the UConn Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) will host two free webinars for the public, “Rebuild by Design’s Atlas of Accountability,” and “UConn Climate Corps: Climate Adaptation Projects in Communities.”
[Read More]Hammonasset cleanup launches 2024 #DontTrashLISound campaign
While camping at Hammonasset Beach State Park in mid-August, the Moriello family of Bethany ended up joining 25 other volunteers picking up trash on a Saturday morning.
[Read More]Fact sheet explains shellfish aquaculture, plastics research
A new fact sheet, “Emerging Research on Shellfish, Aquaculture, and Marine Plastics” explores the issue of microplastics and shellfish aquaculture. The research shows that microplastic exposure risk from shellfish is extremely low, and that aquaculture gear at a study site did not contribute to microplastic pollution.
[Read More]Upcoming Events
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Nov
9
Bird walk at Fort Trumbull 9:30am
Bird walk at Fort Trumbull
Saturday, November 9th, 2024
09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Fort Trumbull State Park
Join Connecticut Sea Grant and the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center for a morning of bird watching at historic Fort Trumbull. Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zWuVLSzcLlFYg9wz1a_uzYxIDBsv0uiFf2OtDn71uNQ/edit
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Dec
10
3rd Annual Sustainable & Resilient Communities Workshop 10:00am
3rd Annual Sustainable & Resilient Communities Workshop
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
The 3rd Annual Sustainable And Resilient Communities Workshop will take place virtually from 10-11:30 a.m. Dec. 10-11, 2024. Learn about resilience assistance programs, new tools and planning for inundation through relocation, land use policies and buyout programs. Leading up to the workshop, the SRC Team will host two field trips to showcase community resilience in Hamden, CT, and Rye, NY. Register at: lisresilience.org/annual-workshop or use the QR code in the flier. More info: https://seagrant.uconn.edu/?p=12417
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Dec
11
3rd Annual Sustainable & Resilient Communities Workshop 12:00am
3rd Annual Sustainable & Resilient Communities Workshop
Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
12:00 AM
The 3rd Annual Sustainable And Resilient Communities Workshop will take place virtually from 10-11:30 a.m. Dec. 10-11, 2024. Learn about resilience assistance programs, new tools and planning for inundation through relocation, land use policies and buyout programs. Leading up to the workshop, the SRC Team will host two field trips to showcase community resilience in Hamden, CT, and Rye, NY. Register at: lisresilience.org/annual-workshop or use the QR code in the flier. More info: https://seagrant.uconn.edu/?p=12417
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Jan
11
Community Book Talk on What If We Get It Right? 10:00am
Community Book Talk on What If We Get It Right?
Saturday, January 11th, 2025
10:00 AM
Groton Public Library
Community discussion about What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Sponsored by CT Sea Grant, UConn Avery Point and the Groton and Bridgeport libraries. Books available at Groton and Bridgeport libraries, or can be purchased at the Avery Point bookstore, local bookstores and online.
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Jan
14
Community Book Talk on What If We Get It Right? 10:00am
Community Book Talk on What If We Get It Right?
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
10:00 AM
Community discussion about What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Sponsored by CT Sea Grant, UConn Avery Point and the Groton and Bridgeport libraries. Books available at Groton and Bridgeport libraries, or can be purchased at the Avery Point bookstore, local bookstores and online.