NOAA Awards $22.5 Million to Harbor Branch/FAU and UNCW for New Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Technology and Research
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 08:35
in Biology & Nature
Harbor Branch/FAU and UNCW will receive a highly competitive national award of $22.5 million from NOAA for a new cooperative institute to be headquartered at Harbor Branch in Florida and co-managed by the two organizations. The institute will advance NOAA's research and development priorities in advanced underwater technologies, exploration and research of frontier regions of the eastern continental shelf and beyond, and improved understanding of deep and shallow coral ecosystems.