We thank the following sources for our current research funding.
2023 – 2028 NOAA Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms (MERHAB) Research Program (NOAA-NOS-NCCOS-2023-2007530), Developing an operational Sargassum HAB monitoring and forecasting system for the southeastern US and US Caribbean waters, $518,588 subaward from University of South Florida, project total $3,134,888.
2023 – 2025 United States EPA South Florida Program EPA-I-R4-SFL-2022-01, Determining long term trends in Florida Keys water quality and linkages to micro- and macro- algal blooms: Implications for management decisions, $186,755 sub-award from University of South Florida, project total $395,486.
2023 – 2025 South Florida Water Management District, Restoration, Coordination, and Verification (RECOVER) Program, Examining relationships between sediment nutrients and Halodule wrightii in the Southern Indian River Lagoon, $120,531
2023 – 2025 United States Department of Energy, FOA 2638, Topic Area 1: Pre-Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries. Subtopic Area 1b: Pre-Pilot Scale (Ambient CO2 via Algal Systems). Attached algae flow ways for biofuels production utilizing air-CO2, $119,023 subaward from MicroBio Engineering Inc.
2023 – 2024 Florida Department of Emergency Management, Mitigating Sargassum Inundation Impacts to Nearshore Waters and Beaches in Florida, $1,300,000.
2023 – 2024 Save Our Seas Specialty License Plate Program granted through the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation, Tracking land-based pollution and long-term changes in nutrient stoichiometry on the Florida Reef Tract, $139,993.
2023 – 2024 Protect Wild Dolphins Specialty License Plate Program granted through the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation, Environmental drivers of bottlenose dolphin occurrence in the Indian River Lagoon, $137,768.