RFP III: Bridge Grants
A total of $1.5 million in grants were awarded to ensure continuity of observations and sampling while the peer-review process was underway for the GoMRI three-year RFP I proposals. These grants supported the time-sensitive acquisition of critical samples and observations associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico. The funding supported work from July 1 to November 30, 2011. Seventeen grants were awarded to thirteen institutions. For more information, read the GoMRI RFP III press release.
17 Projects
Principal Investigator: Edward Bouwer -- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
Member Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Mote Marine Laboratory, National Aquarium, Texas Southern University, The University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator: John Pardue -- Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Member Institutions: Louisiana State University, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Principal Investigator: Christopher Reddy -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Coastal Ocean Institute and Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Member Institutions: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Principal Investigator: Wei-Jun Cai -- University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences
Member Institutions: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, University of Delaware, University of Georgia
Principal Investigator: Deepak Mishra -- Mississippi State University, Geosystems Research Institute
Principal Investigator: Joseph Neigel -- University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Biology
Principal Investigator: Lane Foil -- Louisiana State University AgCenter, Department of Entomology
Principal Investigator: Stephen Bullard -- Auburn University, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures
Member Institutions: Auburn University, Middle Tennessee State University, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Principal Investigator: Markus Huettel -- Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Member Institutions: Florida State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Frank Hernandez -- University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), University of South Alabama, University of Southern Mississippi
Principal Investigator: David Weindorf -- Louisiana State University, Aquaculture Research Station
Member Institutions: Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University AgCenter
Principal Investigator: Susan Bell -- University of South Florida, Department of Integrative Biology
Principal Investigator: James Carr -- Texas Tech University, Department of Biological Science
Member Institutions: Texas Tech University, Tulane University, University of New Orleans
Principal Investigator: Caroline Taylor -- Tulane University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Tulane University
Principal Investigator: Micheal Davis -- University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Biological Sciences
Principal Investigator: Suzanne Fredericq -- University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Biology
Principal Investigator: Yufeng Ge -- Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Texas AgriLife Research
