The California Sea Grant College Program is now soliciting proposals for research projects that address goals and objectives specific to aquaculture in the Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (SFA).
Donor Name: California Sea Grant
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline: 03/14/2023
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
California Sea Grant encourages projects that are likely to yield measurable impacts to the local economy, community, and environment. To that end, each proposal must identify and collaborate with an aquaculture practitioner. These interactions will help ensure that Sea Grant funded research results are useful to and used by stakeholders, and afford access to experienced professionals who can provide reiterating feedback to the project. The process also will help develop practical results for the project in science communication, collaboration, and transferring science to management.
One of the principal goals of California Sea Grant is the application of project results for the benefit of industry; yet, without adequate and early attention to the outreach component of funded projects, research results and outcomes may be of limited value, or completely unknown to stakeholders. A detailed account of outreach plans at the proposal stage helps to identify project audiences, outcomes, and evaluation methods. This essential information ensures that results meet stakeholder needs and that stakeholders receive pertinent information that might be applied in their operations.
California Sea Grant’s mission is to provide the information, tools, training and relationships needed to help California conserve and sustainably prosper from their coastal and marine environments. They accomplish this by collaborating with a range of local, state, regional, national, and international partners to further the generation and application of relevant scientific knowledge.
Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (SFA) Goals
- SFA Goal 1: California’s fisheries, aquaculture, seafood systems and the environments that support them are environmentally, economically and socially more sustainable and resilient to future change through the facilitation of partnerships and the (co-) production of knowledge.
- SFA Goal 2: California’s fishing, aquaculture and seafood industries have evidence-based information, partnerships and tools needed to support decision-making and a sustainable path forward through community engagement, collaboration and education.
2024 Aquaculture Awards Priority Areas
- Causes, influences, and/or solutions related to multi-stressors, in particular those focused on pathogens, harmful algal blooms, and environmental contaminants.
- Quantification of potential ecosystem services associated with aquaculture.
- Social and/or economic perceptions of the role of aquaculture in California communities.
- Opportunities and challenges for co-locating aquaculture with other coastal and ocean uses such as offshore renewable energy, fishing and port infrastructure.
- Understanding the human health benefits and risks associated with new and emerging aquaculture products.
- Assessment of native species aquaculture in a commercial (non-restoration) setting.
Proposals should include training components surrounding the participation of students and/or early career individuals and/or outreach that address one or more of the Goals and Priority Areas above, and as much as is feasible, integrate California Sea Grant’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Accessibility (DEIJA) Strategic Cross-Cutting Focus Area Goal 2 and Goal 3 (below):
- DEIJA Goal 2: Across their staff and network, California Sea Grant builds a program where a diversity of lived experiences are represented, particularly Indigenous, underserved and underrepresented identities in marine and coastal sciences, thereby facilitating a culture of belonging and equitable support.
- DEIJA Goal 3: California Sea Grant and its network co-produce knowledge, create access to scientific information and support research and scholarship priorities of value to a diversity of communities, focused on Indigenous, underserved and underrepresented peoples.
Grant Period
The duration of a project request is typically two years, though requests for a 1-year award will also be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
Faculty and academic staff from universities and scientists from research institutions throughout California are invited to apply. Applicants may submit more than one letter of intent/full proposal but if selected, only one award will be made to the principal investigator (PI). In addition, PIs may be listed as co-PIs on other projects even if they are lead PI on their own project. Only applicants who have submitted a letter of intent may submit a full proposal. To be eligible, the applicant must include a partnership with an aquaculture practitioner.
For more information, visit California Sea Grant.
