The Education Department of NJSGC hires part-time seasonal field instructors for their K-12 marine science education program. Following a paid training period, you will lead school groups on hands-on, interactive explorations of Sandy Hook’s salt marsh and barrier beach environments. Experience is not necessary however a background in marine science or education is helpful.
Interested candidates should email resumes to: Rosemary Higgins at rhiggins@njseagrant.org or mail resume to:
Rosemary Higgins New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium 22 Magruder Road Fort Hancock, NJ 07732
Each Interstate Marine Fisheries Commission is making approximately $850,000 available annually for the funding period of August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2024 (dependent on appropriations). The funding goal is to form Research Consortiums that will focus on oyster genetics, disease, environmental interactions, regulatory challenges and, economic modeling. Additionally, regional partnerships are encouraged to classify and preserve natural genetic variation in oysters.
Deadline: Pre-proposals must be submitted as a single file by e-mail no later than 5:00 p.m. CST on Friday, March 15, 2019.
Please see the request for proposals below for complete proposal details, qualifying requirements, and submission instructions.
For complete application information on these three opportunities – including links to the FFO’s – please go to the National Sea Grant website. For questions and to discuss a potential application, please contact Dr. Peter Rowe. Please note that on Monday, March 4 at 3 pm Eastern, there will be a webinar about the three aquaculture opportunities.Register or join the webinar using this link.
Below is a summary of each opportunity. Please note that the first two offerings must be submitted through a Sea Grant program.
Sea Grant anticipates at least $9,000,000 will be available to support the establishment of collaborative programs to build the capacity of Sea Grant and its partners to advance aquaculture in areas where a foundation of knowledge and activity currently exists but where significant barriers to sustainable domestic marine and Great Lakes aquaculture remain. These collaborative programs will serve as geographic or topic-based hubs for fully integrated, transdisciplinary research, outreach, and education that will provide broad, non-proprietary support and investment for building and/or enhancing an aquaculture industry.
Letters of Intent are due April 15, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
Full proposals are due May 15, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
Proposals to this competition must be submitted by a Sea Grant Program.
Exploring New Aquaculture Opportunities – 2019, NOAA-OAR-SG-2019-2005960
Sea Grant anticipates $1,500,000 will be available to support Sea Grant-led aquaculture projects to catalyze work in a range of topics or geographies. This competition will fund diverse, and at times, high-risk, developmental projects that will envision, explore and advance aquaculture opportunities where a minimal foundation currently exists.
Letters of intent are due March 26, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
Full proposals are due April 24, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
Proposals to this competition must be submitted by a Sea Grant Program.
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research Needs in Aquaculture – 2019, NOAA-OAR-SG-2019-2005953
The National Sea Grant Office anticipates around $3,000,000 will be available to support research to address critical gaps in social, behavioral, and economic knowledge as it relates to U.S. aquaculture and the communities impacted and served by it. The initiative is informed by the National Strategic Plan for Federal Aquaculture Research; the Sea Grant 10-Year NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Vision; and previous research from federal, state, and university scientists.
Letters of intent are due April 2, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
Full proposals are due May 1, 2019 (see formal announcement for details).
The following entities are eligible and encouraged to participate in this funding opportunity: any individual; any public or private corporation, partnership, or other association or entity (including any Sea Grant College, Sea Grant Institute or other institution); or any State, political subdivision of a State, Tribal government or agency or officer thereof.
We look forward to assiting you with your applications and to successful outcomes.
Project description: Bivalve aquaculture is one of the most important sectors of the aquaculture industry in the US and around the world. Bivalve aquaculture is environmentally friendly, family or community-based, and important to the socioeconomic well-being of coastal areas. The industry has been growing steadily and has the potential for significantly more growth. Yet, significant barriers to the growth of bivalve aquaculture in our region include the lack of oyster stocks well-adapted to high-salinity environments and alternative crops such as bay scallops and surfclams that can reach harvestable size before the onset of major mortalities. This project intends to address these challenges through selective breeding of stocks in collaboration with industry partners. Specific objectives are to:
1) Develop superior eastern oyster stocks for high-salinity environments; 2) Improve growth of bay scallops to enable within-year harvest; 3) Develop surfclams with fast growth and heat tolerance to enable early harvest; 4) Transfer project results to NJ and regional shellfish farmers.
Duties: The intern would be trained in bivalve husbandry, marine field work, data collection and management, and preliminary statistical inference. Husbandry duties include spawning and monitoring adult broodstock, rearing larvae and juveniles, and maintaining the tanks and other equipment necessary for bivalve culture operations. Marine field work activities include deploying and monitoring bivalves at partnering farms and supporting other on-going projects. Data collection activities include tracking bivalve growth and survival and collecting water quality parameters. Other duties will include data entry and preliminary data analysis. Most of this work will take place in a seawater laboratory, and many tasks will require wet and messy physical labor.
Requirements: A valid driver’s license and a personal vehicle to use for the entirety of the internship; the ability to work outdoors in adverse conditions during hours that correspond to tides and weather patterns; the ability to lift 40 lbs; computer knowledge, including Microsoft Excel; Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills; Enrollment in/ or the completion of a Bachelor’s degree program in a scientific discipline.
Location: Most work will occur at the NJ Aquaculture Innovation Center (AIC), but some work may occur at other Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory facilities (Cape Shore Lab in Green Creek, NJ, and the Bivalve Lab in Port Norris, NJ). Some field work will take place at bivalve farms located across the southern NJ coast.
Other information: A stipend will be provided for the duration (10 weeks, June-Aug) of the internship. Dormitory space may also be available at the Cape Shore Lab (≈15-min drive from the AIC).
Interested applicants: Please send a resume and short (1-2 paragraph) letter of interest to the project coordinator Michael Acquafredda.
NOAA recently announced that the deadline for NMFS/Sea Grant fellowship funding opportunities is now EXTENDED!
Applications for the 2019 NMFS/Sea Grant Fellowship Program in both Population and Ecosystem Dynamics AND Marine Resource Economics are now due to local Sea Grant offices by Thursday, February 28th, 2019 (5pm EST). The previous deadline was set for January 30th, 2019.
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) is an affiliation of colleges, universities and other groups dedicated to advancing knowledge and stewardship of New Jersey’s marine and coastal environment and a sustainable future for New Jersey’s coastal resources. Its mission is achieved through its research, education and extension programs.
The education and professional development of future marine scientists is a major goal of NJSGC’s strategic plan. To help achieve this, NJSGC provides summer research opportunities for undergraduates enrolled at New Jersey’s colleges and universities. In 2019, NJSGC anticipates funding one (1) $2000 mini-grant for summer research. Research must be student led with support from a faculty mentor. Interested students should consult with their faculty mentor as well as read the most recent NJSGC omnibus research RFP for potential project ideas that support NJSGC’s research priorities as stated in the RFP. Research should be conducted between May and September with final reporting due for the funded project by end of February 2020.
View the full RFP here. The deadline is March 28th, 2019.
The New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium, in association with Connecticut Sea Grant and New York Sea Grant, supported the release of several new journal articles through the Coastal Storm Awareness Program (CSAP):
Deadlines for the fellowships listed below are fast approaching! All application information can now be downloaded directly through the NJSGC website at https://njseagrant.org/research/fellowships/.
Message from New Jersey Sea Grant:
Several of the listed NOAA websites and associated links are not available at this time due to a lapse in appropriation and the current government shutdown. We will update as soon are more information is available. If you are unable to access a specific document, please contact dbellini@njseagrant.org.
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium hosts “Underwater Exploration,” an exciting three-hour program that takes place at Jenkinson’s Aquarium in Point Pleasant and is suitable for students from grades 5-12. The dates now available for 2019 are listed below:
Thursday, January 31
Tuesday, February 12
Wednesday, February 20
Friday, March 1
The program is divided into three parts: introduction and hands-on activities, building and testing ROVs of students’ designs, and operating an ROV in an exhibit tank to observe resident sea life. For more information, please visit the field trips section of our website.
Spots are extremely limited, so educators are urged to contact Diana Burich at 732-872-1300 x16 to book now.
Please click here for two updated requests for proposals (RFP’s) for New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium’s next funding cycle (2/1/2020 to 1/31/2022). One is for small-scale pilot studies (program development or PD grants), the other is for mid-range and larger research projects.
Research projects within New Jersey’s coasts and watersheds in the following strategic focus areas will be reviewed regardless of funding category: (1) Healthy Coastal Ecosystems; (2) Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture; (3) Resilient Communities and Economies, and (4) Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development. Please consult the attached RFPs for details including research priorities, submission deadlines, formatting instructions, and evaluation and eligibility criteria.
We anticipate supporting up to four (4) PD projects at up to $5,000 per award for one year, up to seven (7) mid-range projects with a maximum budget of $20,000 per year for two years, and up to five (5) larger projects with a maximum budget of $70,000 per year for two years. All awards are contingent on availability of federal funds. Be aware that budgets require a 50% non-federal cost match for each proposal ($1 match for every $2 of Sea Grant funding) and only non-federal funds may be used for the matching contribution.
Please note that proposals for mid-range and larger awards require a preliminary proposal which must be submitted by January 22, 2019. PD grants do not require a pre-proposal. Applications for these studies must be received by June 17, 2019.
Investigators are encouraged to discuss proposal ideas and/or direct questions regarding the application process to the following NJSGC personnel.
For general submission questions: Ms. Lisa Aromando, Sea Grant Program Associate, 732-872-1300, x 10, laromando@njseagrant.org
For questions on collaborations, research priorities, evaluation criteria, extension, and data management: Dr. Peter Rowe, Director of Research and Extension, 732-872-1300, x 31, prowe@njseagrant.org
For questions on budget preparation: Mr. Augustine Anfuso, Fiscal Officer, 732-872-1300, x 26, aanfuso@njseagrant.org
The two RFP’s can also be accessed on our website. We look forward to receiving your applications and wish everyone the best of luck!
