Thanks to a new bi-state program, 15 coastal communities in the Long Island Sound region have been awarded nearly $1.1 million in planning support to advance climate resilience-focused projects.
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Story of CTSG 2024 told in numbers, photos, summaries
The new Connecticut Sea Grant Annual Report for showcases our activities and accomplishments for fiscal year 2024 with numbers, photos, quotes and summaries.
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.” Application deadline: May 16, 2025
Special issue of Wrack Lines features youth voices
Six youth writers who received the Wrack Lines scholarships shared their reflections and insights about nature and climate change in the Fall-Winter 2024-2025 issue of our biannual magazine.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”