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Scientists Awarded $50 Million to Study Effects of Oil on Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem
Posted on September 21, 2017The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) is pleased to announce the 31 awardees of the program’s final two-year grants to support research on effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. -
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Calls for Research Proposals
Posted on October 3, 2016$65 million in grant funding to support research by individuals and consortia. RFP-VI will provide funding for Individual Investigator/Collaborations and Research Consortia for up to two years (2018-2019). -
An Ocean Oil Spill Science Legacy
Posted on June 8, 2016There have been two large scale oil spills over the past 4 decades in the Gulf of Mexico. The Ixtoc I spill in 1979 off the coast of Carmen, Mexico released 3.5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf, and the Macondo wellhead blowout off the coast of Louisiana, USA in 2010 released 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. -
$38 Million Awarded to Study Effects of Oil on Gulf of Mexico
Posted on November 13, 2015The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Research Board announced today that it will award nearly $38 million to individuals and teams studying the effects of oil on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and public health. A total of 22 research proposals are being funded under this most recent GoMRI program. -
Capping Off the First Five Years of Scientific Research
Posted on July 15, 2015Oil Spill Research Makes Great Strides with Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Funding -
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Awards $140 Million to Support Research
Posted on November 14, 2014The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) has selected 12 research consortia to conduct scientific studies of the impacts of oil, dispersed oil, and dispersant on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and public health. -
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Issues Call for Research Proposals
Posted on November 13, 2014About $27 million will support research on the effects of the Deepwater Horizon incident on Gulf ecosystems, public health. -
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Announces New Grant Competition
Posted on November 15, 2013GoMRI announced today that it plans to award up to $105 million to support research consortia investigating the effect, and the potential associated impact, of hydrocarbon releases on the environment and public health -
Researchers Gather Environmental Samples Following Hercules Natural Gas Well Blowout in Gulf of Mexico
Posted on August 6, 2013GoMRI funding is building research capacity in Gulf of Mexico -
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Research Board Welcomes New Member
Posted on July 23, 2012Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Research Board Welcomes New Member: Dr. Richard Shaw appointed by Gulf of Mexico Alliance to fill vacant seat
