NA22OAR4170116

Purpose: The National Sea Grant College Program was established by the U.S. Congress in 1966 (amended in 2008, Public Law 110-394) to be a highly leveraged federal and state partnership to harness the intellectual capacity of the nation's universities and research institutions to solve problems and generate opportunities in coastal communities. For over 50 years, the National Sea Grant College Program has supported coastal and Great Lakes communities through research, extension, and education. Sea Grant's mission is to enhance the practical use and conservation of coastal, marine, and Great Lakes resources in order to create a sustainable economy and environment.

This grant is the vehicle through which Georgia Sea Grant lays out its plan to implement the goals laid out in their FY2018-23 Strategic Plan, which can be found at: https://seagrant.noaa.gov/insideseagrant/planning. In addition to required grant progress reporting, the recipient will report defined measures and metrics as well as success stories annually and will be evaluated on performance during a site review expected in 2024 or 2025.

Activities to be performed: Each university-based Sea Grant program contributes to the national focus areas and goals, and Georgia Sea Grant is no different, aligning their focus areas with the National Sea Grant Strategic Plan's focus areas of: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, Resilient Communities and Economies, and Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development, as well as one other - Georgia Sea Grant Legal Program. Activities within each of these focus areas include research, extension, and educational projects that aim to further the National Sea Grant College Program's stated mission.

Expected outcomes: NOAA provides funding to Sea Grant institutions to increase the understanding, assessment, development, management, utilization, and conservation of the nation's ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources. These important efforts promote a strong educational base, responsive research and training activities, broad and prompt dissemination of knowledge and techniques, and multidisciplinary approaches to environmental problems, in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1121(B). Specific outcomes identified by the recipient include, but are not limited to:

- At least one living shoreline will be installed incorporating citizen scientists to monitor water quality through the AAW program and recycle oyster shell through the G.E.O.R.G.I.A program.
- 100,000+ gallons of stormwater infiltrated annually.
- At least 50 citizens (10-12 group events) will be engaged in water quality monitoring and educational program activities.
- At least 10 citizens will engage in coastal ecosystem protection/stewardship and/or decision-making processes.
- Natural resource-based sustainable land use and ecological landscapes are sustained as a result of receiving technical assistance and/or training from Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant.
- Creation of new collaborations, outreach resources, programming, and/or applied research that contribute to the resilience and sustainability of coastal Georgia's ecosystems.
- Approximately 50 people per year will be trained on seafood HACCP principles; successful graduates will receive certificates of training from the Association of Food & Drug Officials and their businesses will be in compliance with the seafood HACCP training requirement.

Intended beneficiaries: Residents, stakeholders, and decision-makers of the state of Georgia.

Subrecipient activities: The recipient plans to subaward funds to principal investigators throughout the state of Georgia who successfully competed for funding following the National Sea Grant College Program's competition policy. Additionally, funding may be subawarded for extension or education work.

University Of Georgia Research Foundation

18 CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION 19 WEATHER-READY NATION 20 HEALTHY OCEANS 21 RESILIENT COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIES

11.417 - Sea Grant Support

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [DOC]

Athens, Georgia 306021589 United States

Single Zip Code

NOAA-OAR-SG-2022-2006727

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 01/31/24 to 08/31/26 and the total obligations have increased 442% from $891,602 to $4,835,107.