SEA GRANT COLLEGES


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). There are 13 colleges or universities with land, sea and space designations. Only two universities have all four designations; they are Cornell University and Oregon State University.

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Participating institutions
Pacific Region
Southeastern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Region
Mid-Atlantic Region
Northeast Region
Great Lakes Region
External links

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


Oregon State University

University of Washington

University of California, San Diego

University of Southern California

University of Alaska Fairbanks

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Southeastern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Region


Gulf of Mexico Sub-region


Texas A&M University


Louisiana State University


★ Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium



Auburn University



Dauphin Island Sea Lab



Jackson State University



Mississippi State University



University of Alabama



University of Alabama at Birmingham



University of Mississippi




National Sea Grant Law Center




Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program



University of Southern Mississippi



University of South Alabama

★ Southeast Sub-region


University of Florida


University of Georgia


University of Puerto Rico


★ South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium



Clemson University



South Carolina Department of Natural Resources



Medical University of South Carolina



The Citadel



College of Charleston



South Carolina State University



Coastal Carolina University



University of South Carolina
Mid-Atlantic Region


North Carolina State University

★ Virginia Graduate Marine Science Consortium


University of Virginia


Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University


Old Dominion University


Virginia Institute of Marine Science

University of Maryland, College Park

University of Delaware

★ New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium


Aquatic Invasions Research Directory


Atlantic Cape Community College


American Littoral Society


Brookdale Community College


Burlington County College


County College of Morris


Cumberland County College


Fairleigh Dickinson University


Georgian Court University


Kean University


Marine Academy of Science and Technology


Middlesex County College


Monmouth University


Montclair State University


New Jersey City University


New Jersey Institute of Technology


Princeton University


Ramapo College of New Jersey


Richard Stockton College of New Jersey


Rider University


Rowan University


Rutgers University


Saint Peter's College, New Jersey


Seton Hall University


Stevens Institute of Technology


The College of New Jersey


Union County College


University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Northeast Region


★ New York Sea Grant (also participates in the Great Lakes Region)


State University of New York at Stony Brook


Cornell University

University of Connecticut at Avery Point

University of Rhode Island

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

University of Vermont (also participates in the Great Lakes Region)

University of New Hampshire

University of Maine
Great Lakes Region


Pennsylvania State University

The Ohio State University

★ Michigan Sea Grant


Michigan State University


University of Michigan

★ Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Purdue University

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Minnesota

External links



NOAA National Sea Grant Office

National Sea Grant Law Center

Florida Sea Grant

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