RFP-II: Investigator Grants
There were $18.5 million in grants awarded to individuals or collaborative efforts involving a principal investigator(PI) and up to three co-principal investigators (co-PIs) from no more than three additional institutions. This funding will support studies of the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico.
This is "... a significant milestone for the GoMRI," said Dr. Rita Colwell, chairman of the GoMRI Research Board. "We have complemented the eight research consortia we have already funded with important smaller grants that significantly extend the scope of work being done by GoMRI. These grants help fill some gaps in GoMRI's research portfolio that existed between the consortia."
For additional information, read the GoMRI RFP II press release.
19 Projects
Principal Investigator: Irving Mendelssohn -- Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Member Institutions: Atkins North America, Inc., Louisiana State University, Tulane University
Principal Investigator: Stephen Landers -- Troy University, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Member Institutions: Jacksonville State University, Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Menntun, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, The University of British Columbia, The University of Queensland, Troy University, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, University of Copenhagen, University of Nevada, Reno, University of Texas at San Antonio
Principal Investigator: Darrell Sparks -- Mississippi State University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Member Institutions: Duke University, Louisiana State University, Mississippi State University, Stony Brook University
Principal Investigator: Jack Gilbert -- The University of Chicago - Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Principal Investigator: Edward Chesney -- Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), DeFelice Marine Center
Member Institutions: East Carolina University, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Pacific Lutheran University, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Principal Investigator: Scott Grayson -- Tulane University, Department of Chemistry
Member Institutions: Cuesta College, Tulane University, University of Florida, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator: Wei-Jun Cai -- University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy
Member Institutions: Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Delaware, University of Georgia
Principal Investigator: Matthew Tarr -- University of New Orleans, Department of Chemistry
Member Institutions: Tulane University, University of New Orleans, University of Oklahoma, Xavier University of Louisiana, Yale University
Principal Investigator: Charles Meneveau -- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Member Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Houston
Principal Investigator: Hans Graber -- University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Member Institutions: Bowdoin College, University of Miami
Principal Investigator: Arijit Bose -- University of Rhode Island, Department of Chemical Engineering
Member Institutions: Brown University, University of Florida, University of Rhode Island
Principal Investigator: Wei-Chuan Shih -- University of Houston, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Principal Investigator: Frank Hernandez -- University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology
Member Institutions: Columbia University, Oregon State University, Southern Arkansas University, University of Portland, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator: Debra Murie -- University of Florida, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Principal Investigator: Sylvain De Guise -- University of Connecticut, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
Member Institutions: Leiden University, Purdue University, University of Connecticut, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator: Paul Klerks -- University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Biology
Member Institutions: Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Principal Investigator: Joseph Neigel -- University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Biology
Member Institutions: Tulane University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Principal Investigator: Demetri Spyropoulos -- Medical University of South Carolina, Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences
Member Institutions: California State University, Long Beach, College of Charleston, College of St. Benedict, Maryville College, Medical University of South Carolina, Rollins College, University of Indianapolis, University of Puerto Rico
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Kujawinski -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Coastal Ocean Institute and Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Member Institutions: Haverford College, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
