NA24OARX417C0153

Omb number: 4040-0019 expiration date: 02/28/2025 project abstract summary this project abstract summary form must be submitted or the application will be considered incomplete. Ensure the project abstract field succinctly describes the project in plain language that the public can understand and use without the full proposal. Use 4,000 characters or less.

Do not include personally identifiable, sensitive or proprietary information. Refer to agency instructions for any additional project abstract field requirements. If the application is funded, your project abstract information (as submitted) will be made available to public websites and/or databases including usaspending.gov. Funding opportunity number noaa-oar-sg-2024-23187 cfda(s) applicant name virginia sea grant college program descriptive title of applicant's project virginia sea grant 2024-2027 omnibus proposal.

Project abstract purpose: virginia sea grant aligns with national and regional priorities while addressing virginias specific coastal and ocean challenges in four focal areas: workforce development & literacy; coastal resilience; sustainable aquaculture & fisheries; and healthy coastal ecosystems. Guided by institutional and stakeholder advisory committees, virginia sea grant focuses on specific challenges: workforce development and literacy building tomorrow's thought leaders, collaborators, and innovators across disciplines, sectors, perspectives, and coastal and marine topics. We support undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate fellowships in our focal areas, k12 teacher training, and specialized trade fields.

Coastal resilience adapting communities and building coastal communities for the next 200 years. We conduct resilience design and legal and policy analysis in support of building resilience. Sustainable aquaculture and fisheries enabling sustainable, resilient seafood industries and consumers. We support extension and fellowship activities in shellfish aquaculture and coastal and federal fisheries. Healthy coastal ecosystems learning and adapting systems to crisis and climate change. We support fellows and resilience design activities that enhance healthy coastal ecosystems. Activities to be performed: to achieve these objectives and manage our research, education, extension and communication activities, virginia sea grant conducts the following operations: program management provide oversight and management of the overall program to ensure an effective and efficient network that maximizes its impact to and relevance for the commonwealth, region, and nation.

Program development allocate funding to support high impact students, examine emerging problems, and nurture strategic initiatives. Competitive fellowship and research administration support scientific and technical workforce development and research needs through competitive research fellowships. Coastal resilience support a resilience design fellowship and biennial research and design symposium. Communications center support the communications needs of staff, extension, and research & fellowship programs. Marine extension program administration support the coastal and marine extension and education needs through a portfolio, leveraging the broad outreach capacity across the commonwealth. Expected outcomes: virginia sea grants anticipated impacts include: increased sustainability and resilience of coastal resources and communities; novel, cross-disciplinary, cross-sector solutions that integrate diverse knowledge; increased professional skills and competencies of fellows, alumni and staff; organizational effectiveness, efficiency, and excellence; and enhanced diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and access in all programming.

Intended beneficiaries: virginia sea grant serves a wide range of stakeholders in the commonwealth, region and nation working on our strategic plan priorities, but particularly: coastal communities in virginia, chesapeake bay, mid-atlantic.

Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MAJOR UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING AND TO SUPPORT MARINE ADVISORY SERVICES. SOME INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS IN THESE SAME AREAS ALSO RECEIVE FUNDING.

11.417 - Sea Grant Support

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [DOC]

Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062 United States

Single Zip Code

NOAA-OAR-SG-2024-23187

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 125% from $2,987,982 to $6,713,755.