Commerce R.I.’s STAC calls for proposals in ’15 collaborative research grant program

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corporation has approximately $800,000 in grants available to support projects that will increase Rhode Island’s competitiveness internationally in marine ecosystem research.
Commerce RI said the funding is available through its Science and Technology Advisory Council collaborative research grant, and is calling for proposals in support of its partnership with the National Science Foundation’s experimental program to stimulate competitive research.
The program seeks projects that address any of three research questions related to the overarching question, “What are the impacts of climate change on marine life?”
The questions are:

  • What are the stress responses and evolutionary potentials of marine organisms in response to climate change?
  • How are the structure and function of coastal marine food-webs and biogeochemical cycling being redirected in response to climate change?
  • How will global climate change affect the ecology of marine pathogens and parasites?

Proposals are preferred if they include use of core research facilities in proteomics, genomics and sequencing at Brown University and the University of Rhode Island, and in marine life sciences at URI’s Bay Campus.
The pre-proposal deadline is Sept. 26; invited full proposals are due Oct. 20. For information, visit www.stac.ri.gov or contact Christine Smith at (401) 278-9197.
STAC has invested $9.8 million in collaborative research projects yielding a return of more than $36 million back to the state in the form of grants for continued research, new federal programs, infrastructure improvements, commercialization of new products and venture funding for new companies.

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