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Marine Debris Removal Program
Grant Program Website:
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/funding/funding-opportunitiesSupport Agency:
Program Contact:
NOAA Marine Debris Program
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Through NOAA's Marine Debris Program (MDP), the Marine Debris Removal Grant and Marine Debris Prevention Grant catalyze the implementation of locally driven, community-based marine debris prevention and removal projects that will benefit coastal habitat, waterways, and wildlife including migratory fish.Support Type:
BothFunding Range:
Marine Debris Removal Grant: $50,000 to $250,000; Marine Debris Prevention Grant: $50,000 to $150,000Restoration Activity:
Projects funded through the MDP have strong on-the-ground habitat components involving the removal of marine debris and derelict fishing gear, as well as activities that provide social benefits for people and their communities in addition to long-term ecological habitat improvements for NOAA trust resources.Eligibility:
State, local, tribal, and territory governments whose activities affect research or regulation of marine debris; any institution of higher education; nonprofit organization; and commercial (for-profit) organization with expertise in a field related to marine debris. Applications from federal agencies or employees of federal agencies will not be considered.<< Back to WRA Directory
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Featured Fellow
Nina Santos
Nina Santos is a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. For her dissertation, she is focused on small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids – an understudied yet important part of many estuarine and coastal food webs.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
