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Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Awards Program

Posted on November 4, 2024February 13, 2025 by Judy Benson

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.” Application deadline: May 16, 2025

Posted in Funding, News Tagged 2025, Arts, Funding

Long Island Sound Resilience Assistance Programs

Posted on October 1, 2024January 30, 2025 by Judy Benson

The Long Island Sound Study sustainable and resilient communities extension professionals have established two assistance programs–the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program and the Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program.

Posted in Funding, sustainable and resilient funding Tagged 2022, 2023, Climate Change, Connecticut, Funding, grant writing, resilience, Sea Grant

LIS Study research funding program

Posted on January 29, 2024June 17, 2025 by Judy Benson

The 2025-2026 grants have been awarded. Please check back for the 2027-2029 RFP which will likely be released in early 2026.

Posted in Funding, News Tagged 2025, 2026, Funding, Long Island Sound, Research, Sea Grant

News

EPA, state partners celebrate 40 years of action for LIS
LIS teacher workshop offered at Hammonasset on July 19
Sept. 12 teacher workshop on marine pollution announced
SHUCKS interns get hands-on training as farmers of the sea
Radio show on kelp farming features CTSG’s Zach Gordon

https://events.uconn.edu/live/json/v2/events/response_fields/location,summary/date_format/%25F%20%25j,%20%25Y/group/SeaGrant/max/4/start_date/today/end_date/6 months/

Jul

19

Deep Dive into Long Island Sound teacher workshop
Meigs Point, Hammonasset Beach State Park

9:00 AM

Long Island Sound Mentor Teacher workshop at Meigs Point at Hammonasset Beach State Park.
Aug

16

2025 #DontTrashLISound campaign kickoff cleanup
Long Wharf Drive, New Haven

9:30 AM

Connecticut Sea Grant and Save the Sound are partnering on cleanup of Long Wharf Drive and Long Wharf Nature Preserve in New Haven to kick off the 2025 #DontTrashLISound campaign. Volunteers welcome!
Aug

16

The Islands of Avery Point boat tour
boat leaves from Fort Trumbull State Park, New London

2:45 PM

CT Sea Grant Research Coordinator Syma Ebbin will narrate a tour of islands around the UConn Avery Point campus and Bluff Point as part of the Thames River Heritage Park boat tour series.
Sep

12

Marine Pollution-LIS Mentor Teacher workshop
Bluff Point State Park

8:30 AM

Long Island Sound Mentor Teacher workshop on marine pollution at Bluff Point State Park in Groton on Sept. 12.

Connecticut Sea Grant, located at the UConn Avery Point campus, is a state and federal partnership through the UConn and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Sea Grant College Program.

Connecticut Sea Grant College Program University of Connecticut - Avery Point, Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Building 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340 Phone: 860-405-9128 Fax: 860-405-9109 Email: seagrant@uconn.edu

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