Morgan State's PEARL Awarded Funding to Advance Aquaculture Research, Urban Coastal Resiliency
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Posted By: Reginald Culpepper on June 20, 2024 Researchers at Morgan State University’s Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) have active research programs that are improving Maryland’s aquaculture’s vitality and its urban coastlines' sustainability. Toward those ends, Maryland Sea Grant (MDSG) has awarded two research grants to Morgan, amounting to more than $600,000. The grants support PEARL’s work to advance the growth of soft-shell clam aquaculture in Maryland and promote the equitable distribution of health and climate resilience benefits by creating “blue spaces” along underserved, coast-adjacent South Baltimore communities. “These two new projects truly exemplify the breadth of PEARL research. PEARL has diverse expertise across the natural and social sciences, and this expertise is applied to help address a wide range of societal challenges, from a lack of product diversification facing shellfish farmers in rural coastal counties to environmental disparities facing underserved communities in urban Baltimore,” said Scott Knoche, Ph.D., director of PEARL. The grants awarded to PEARL are part of $1.25 million in MDSG-administered federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The investment supports five vital research projects addressing water quality restoration tools, algal bloom monitoring, urban community access to coastal spaces, and living shorelines. The research projects were selected through a rigorous, competitive, peer-reviewed process through which grants were awarded to several Maryland colleges and universities, including two to Morgan. to read the full announcement, go to https://www.morgan.edu/news/pearl-awarded-... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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