COAST Internal Funding Opportunities
Through funding from the CSU Chancellor’s Office and each individual CSU campus, COAST provides support to faculty and students with the goals of facilitating and promoting collaborative research, resource sharing, student educational and development opportunities and dissemination of data.
Collaborative Resource Sharing Awards
COAST aims to increase intercampus collaboration in marine and coastal research and education by promoting resource sharing throughout the CSU. COAST provides awards for collaborative resource sharing activities among CSU campuses that (i) have associated costs for resource use and (ii) that cannot be replicated by or at the applicant’s home campus. Examples of collaborative resource sharing activities include, but are not limited to, access to equipment, ship-time, or specialized laboratories or services.
The application period is now closed.
Previous request for applications
• AY 2012-2013 Announcement (.pdf 200 KB) (closed)
Faculty Research Incentive Awards
COAST aims to increase extramural grant activity through assigned time funding awards to CSU tenured/tenure-track faculty members to develop and submit full proposals to external funding agencies and organizations for marine and coastal research and educational projects. Applications to develop full proposals on any fundable topic are eligible providing they seek to advance or promulgate knowledge of California’s marine, coastal and estuarine resources and the processes that affect them.
The application period is now closed.
Previous request for applications
• AY 2012-2013 Announcement (.pdf 193 KB) (closed)
Student Awards for Marine Science Research
COAST provides support to CSU undergraduate and graduate students engaged in marine and coastal research with CSU COAST faculty members. These awards will support students interested in pursuing marine-related careers and provide them with the opportunity to obtain the skills necessary to join a highly skilled, technologically advanced workforce while promoting and supporting CSU faculty research.
The application period for Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards for Marine Science Research for AY 2011-2013 is now closed.
Previous awards
• 2011-12 Academic Year | 2011 Summer | 2010-11 Academic Year
Reporting forms
• Undergraduate students
• Graduate students
Student Travel Awards
COAST provides travel support up to $1000 to CSU undergraduate and graduate students to present the results of original research at marine, estuarine and coastal-themed scientific meetings and conferences, or special thematic sessions of more general scientific meetings.
The COAST Student Travel Award program is currently closed. All travel funds for AY 2011-2012 have been awarded. The Student Travel Award program will re-open in June 2012 (contingent upon funding).
Previous awards
• 2011-12 Academic Year | 2010-11 Academic Year
Student Internships
COAST is partnering with State agencies and non-profit organizations to provide paid internships for Summer 2012 for continuing CSU undergraduate and graduate students. Interns will be placed throughout California to work side-by-side with scientists on current research projects in both field and laboratory settings. This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience and learn technical skills while working with professional marine scientists and field biologists.
The application period is now closed.