For the third year, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), in collaboration with The Water Institute of the Gulf, is offering two programs focused on fostering applied research and identifying innovations that will enable CPRA to more effectively protect and restore coastal Louisiana.
The CPRA Applied Research Program provides Louisiana-based researchers with funds to conduct engineering and science research and tool development activities that will enable CPRA to more effectively protect and restore coastal resources.
Research topics that are of particular interest under this Request for Proposal include, but are not limited to:
Proposals should indicate the expected relevance of the research findings to CPRA’s coastal protection and restoration activities. Institutions or organizations that apply must have an office in Louisiana and the principal investigator must be domiciled in Louisiana to be eligible.
It is anticipated that approximately $250,000 will be available to fund an estimated 2-5 research projects, with 1-2 of these having total budgets less than $25,000. The number of awards and their level of funding depend on the quality and relevance of proposals received.
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