Year One Block Grant – Northern Gulf Institute (NGI)

The Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) received a $10 million research award to fund oil-spill related research in two phases: (phase 1) nine fast-track, high-priority studies with researchers who were in the field to continue critical monitoring and assessment activities in areas affected in the Gulf region; and (phase 2) peer-reviewed selection of twenty-five collaborative research projects with a focus on observing and understanding regional impacts on coastal ecosystems and society. Overall, NGI funded thirty-four projects that involved sixteen institutions. NGI is a partnership of Mississippi State University, the University of Southern Mississippi, Florida State University, Louisiana State University, Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For additional information, read the NGI Phase I press release and NGI Phase II press release.

For an overview of the NGI Block Grant research, see the NGI Research Presentation from the GoMRI Fall 2011 Meeting in New Orleans.

35 Projects

Principal Investigator:: Steven Lohrenz — University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science
Member Institutions: Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center, University of Kentucky, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator:: Scott Milroy — University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), Florida State University, Louisiana State University, Mississippi State University, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator:: Lora Petrie-Hanson — Mississippi State University, Department of Basic Sciences
Member Institutions: Mississippi State University, Nicholls State University, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Principal Investigator:: John Day — Louisiana State University, Coastal Ecology Institute
Principal Investigator:: Mark Bourassa — Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
Member Institutions: Brigham Young University, Florida State University
Principal Investigator:: Alan Shiller — University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science
Principal Investigator:: Gordon Skelton — Jackson State University, Center for Defense Integrated Data
Member Institutions: Bioplex Technologies, Inc., Jackson State University
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:: Robert Condon — Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL),
Member Institutions: Auburn University, Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University of Quebec at Montreal
Principal Investigator:: Linda Hooper-Bui — Louisiana State University Ag Center, Department of Entomology
Member Institutions: Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University Ag Center, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, University of Tennessee
Principal Investigator:: Laodong Guo — University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science
Member Institutions: The University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator:: Elton Amburn — Mississippi State University, Geosystems Research Institute
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), Florida State University, Louisiana State University, Mississippi State University, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator:: Q. Chen — Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Principal Investigator:: Eric Chassignet — Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
Member Institutions: Florida State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator:: Jeffrey Chanton — Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Member Institutions: Florida State University, Wesleyan University
Principal Investigator:: Susan Welsh — Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Member Institutions: Louisiana State University, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Principal Investigator:: John Valentine — Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL),
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), University of North Florida, University of South Alabama
Principal Investigator:: John Valentine — Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL),
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), University of Mississippi, University of North Florida, University of South Alabama
Principal Investigator:: Robert Griffitt — University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Principal Investigator:: William McAnally — Mississippi State University, Northern Gulf Institute
Principal Investigator:: Irving Mendelssohn — Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Principal Investigator:: Denise Reed — University of New Orleans, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences
Principal Investigator:: Eric Chassignet — Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
Principal Investigator:: Tina Miller-Way — Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL),
Principal Investigator:: Raymond Highsmith — University of Mississippi, NIUST
Member Institutions: University of Georgia, University of Mississippi, University of South Alabama, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator:: William McAnally — Mississippi State University, Northern Gulf Institute
Member Institutions: Florida State University, Louisiana State University, Mississippi State University, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator:: Deepak Mishra — Mississippi State University, Geosystems Research Institute
Member Institutions: Mississippi State University, University of Georgia
Principal Investigator:: R. Turner — Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Member Institutions: Louisiana State University, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Principal Investigator:: Kenneth Heck — Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), Marine Ecology Lab
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), Florida Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator:: Alice Ortmann — Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL),
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), University of South Alabama
Principal Investigator:: Mariola Edelmann — Mississippi State University, Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing & Biotechnology
Principal Investigator:: Charlotte Brunner — University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science
Member Institutions: Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University at Galveston, University of Kentucky, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator:: Patrick Fitzpatrick — Mississippi State University, Geosystems Research Institute
Member Institutions: Mississippi State University, Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center
Principal Investigator:: Kyle Gallivan — Florida State University, Department of Mathematics
Member Institutions: Computer Sciences Laboratory for Mechanics and Engineering Sciences (LIMSI)-CNRS, Florida State University