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A college or university that receives government grants for oceanographic research.


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The sea grant colleges are a group of 30 U.S. universities that are involved in the National Sea Grant College Program. Members of the program are involved in scientific research, education, training, and extension projects geared toward the conservation and practical use of U.S. coasts, the Great Lakes and other marine areas. The program was instituted in 1966 when the U.S. Congress passed the National Sea Grant College Program Act; it is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Sea grant colleges are not to be confused with land-grant colleges (a program instituted in 1862), space-grant colleges (instituted in 1988) or sun-grant colleges (instituted in 2003).

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Participating institutions

A map showing the locations of and links to the institutions involved with the program is available from the NOAA here.

Pacific Region

Southeastern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Region

Mid-Atlantic Region

Northeast Region

Great Lakes Region

See also

References

  1. ^ http://groups.ucanr.org/UCSGEP/ UC Sea Grant Extension Program (accessed Dec. 31, 2008)
  2. ^ http://www.flseagrant.org/

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