National Research Council – Research Associateship Programs Go to http://www.nationalacademies.org/rap for more information. To apply: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/RAP/PGA_046398 Postdoctoral Research Awards Senior Research Awards Graduate Research Awards   Eligibility Awards are available for scientists and engineers at all stages of their career. Postdoctoral applicants … Read more

Story originally posted Dec 17, 2015 http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/on-the-front-lines/ On the Front Lines   Some of the planet’s tiniest organisms are visible from space. Phytoplankton — single-celled, water-dwelling algae — are one-millionth of a meter in size and produce about 50 percent of … Read more

Justin Baumann Awarded Second Rufford Research Grant Congratulations to Justin Baumann for being awarded his second Rufford Research Grant. This grant is for Continuing Research on Coral Acclimation on the Belize Barrier Reef System Using Thermal History and Holobiont Physiology. You … Read more

Bon Voyage Arnosti and Teske! The Department of Marine Sciences wishes Carol Arnosti and Andreas Teske a safe and successful research trip! We will be updating you on the Arnosti and Teske research cruise during their travels.

MASC T-Shirt Design Contest The Marine Science Department is having a contest for new MASC t-shirts for the new year! On the front will be the logo, but we’re wanting something unique on the back of the shirt. If you … Read more

Preview of Galapagos Short Documentary Courtesy of UNC Research and Mary Lide Parker UNC Research gives us a preview of the short documentary on Gifford, Marchetti, and Seim’s research expedition at the Galapagos Islands.

Balmonte Receives Chancellor’s Doctoral Candidacy Award Congratulations to John Paul Balmonte for receiving a Chancellor’s Doctoral Candidacy Award this August. He received this award based on his successful advancement into Ph.D. candidacy through the Graduate School’s Initiative for Minority Excellence. … Read more

Recognizing North Carolina’s wind-energy potential Original posting on the News and Observer BY HARVEY SEIM  Earlier this summer, the online retailer Amazon announced its plans for a large-scale wind energy facility in northeastern North Carolina. The $400 million project will … Read more

New research furthers understanding of phytoplankton’s role in global carbon cycle Did you know that about 50 percent of the oxygen in our atmosphere, the oxygen in every second breath we take, is produced by tiny microscopic organisms in the … Read more

Arriola and Smith selected as Sea Grant Fellows North Carolina Sea Grant and the N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve Program awarded a 2015 Coastal Reserve Fellowship to Jill Arriola. This joint program is designed to foster research within … Read more