A total of $1.5 million in grants were awarded to ensure continuity of observations and sampling while the peer-review process was underway for the GoMRI three-year RFP I proposals. These grants supported the time-sensitive acquisition of critical samples and observations associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico.
The funding supported work from July 1 to November 30, 2011. Seventeen grants were awarded to thirteen institutions. For more information, read the GoMRI RFP III press release.
17 Projects
Principal Investigator:: Edward Bouwer — Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
Member Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Mote Marine Laboratory , National Aquarium, Texas Southern University, The University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator:: John Pardue — Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Member Institutions: Louisiana State University, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Principal Investigator:: Christopher Reddy — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Coastal Ocean Institute and Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Principal Investigator:: Wei-Jun Cai — University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences
Member Institutions: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, University of Georgia
Principal Investigator:: Deepak Mishra — Mississippi State University, Geosystems Research Institute
Principal Investigator:: Joseph Neigel — University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Biology
Principal Investigator:: Lane Foil — Louisiana State University Ag Center, Department of Entomology
Principal Investigator:: Stephen Bullard — Auburn University, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures
Member Institutions: Auburn University, Middle Tennessee State University, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Principal Investigator:: Markus Huettel — Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Member Institutions: Florida State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator:: Frank Hernandez — University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Coastal Sciences
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator:: David Weindorf — Louisiana State University, Aquaculture Research Station
Member Institutions: Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University Ag Center
Principal Investigator:: Susan Bell — University of South Florida, Department of Integrative Biology
Principal Investigator:: James Carr — Texas Tech University, Department of Biological Science
Member Institutions: Texas Tech University, Tulane University, University of New Orleans
Principal Investigator:: Caroline Taylor — Tulane University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Tulane University
Principal Investigator:: Micheal Davis — University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Biological Sciences
Principal Investigator:: Suzanne Fredericq — University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Biology
Principal Investigator:: Yufeng Ge — Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Texas AgriLife Research
Member Institutions: Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University-San Antonio