Student Blog
Everyday Accessibility: Cultivating Accessibility with Sea Grant Field Experiences and Outdoor Places
June 19, 2024
Part 2: Many Sea Grant programs offer field experiences or site visits associated with their education, extension, or research programs. These field experiences serve school children, teachers, municipal officials, conservation leaders, resource managers, entrepreneurs, interested publics, community-citizen scientists, other scientists,… Full story
The Sea Grant Role in Storm Events: Short-, Mid- and Long-term Crisis Response and Preparedness
June 19, 2024
(cont.) Sea Grant staff throughout the country have been experiencing an increasing number of weather-driven emergencies in the last decade or more. Challenges facing the people that Sea Grant serves have included unusually powerful storms, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and more…. Full story
Reflecting on Sea Grant’s Core Values in a Complex World
June 19, 2024
(cont.) Sea Grant professionals gather science and perspectives to assist communities in addressing often complicated challenges. Our success is connected to a commitment to bringing an informed, collaborative, and inclusive mindset to our work. The Sea Grant values related to… Full story
Developing a Framework for Equitable Grantmaking Through Community-Driven RFPs
June 19, 2024
(cont.) Sea Grant Programs play an important role in directly supporting ocean and coastal researchers through competitive research grant programs. However, past sessions hosted at Sea Grant Week by the DEIJA and TLK Communities of Practices yielded broad recognition that… Full story
Words Matter: Shifting Science Discourse for Equity
June 18, 2024
(cont.) The language we use plays a critical role in shaping perceptions, reinforcing, reducing or creating biases, and fostering or hindering inclusivity. As part of Sea Grant’s commitment to equity and diversity, this workshop aims to explore the power of… Full story