Each year, Florida Sea Grant selects an outstanding high school senior competing in the State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida to receive the scholarship, which recognizes promising young researchers like Elena in coastal or marine science-related fields.
Florida Sea Grant’s research projects are awarded on a biennial basis for two years following a rigorous review process in accordance with the National Sea Grant Competition Policy. The competition is designed to help support the program’s applied research and educational responsibilities drawing from fields related to ocean and coastal resources.
When I first started doing fieldwork in the Florida Everglades studying juvenile bull sharks, I began noticing something that did not quite fit the story I had always heard about sharks. Sharks are often portrayed as loners, going about their lives mostly on their own.
Florida Sea Grant is now accepting applications for the 2026 Aylesworth Scholarship Award from Florida university students conducting research in the marine sciences. Applications are due to Florida Sea Grant by 11:59 p.m. Eastern, on June 11, 2026. Established in 1984 through a joint partnership between the Aylesworth Foundation for the
From February 24–26, more than 515 participants gathered at the University of Florida Reitz Union for the 10th Biennial Symposium hosted by the UF Water Institute and Duke Energy, with Florida Sea Grant (FSG) serving as the event’s Diamond Sponsor.
Rainer Moy-Huwyler is a 2025 FSG Guy Harvey Fellow. Ph.D. biology student at Florida International University’s Department of Biological Sciences. His research focuses on the energy expenditures of fish in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary under current and future climate scenarios. How does science connect the way elite athletes
Alexis Mitchem is PhD student at the University of South Florida. She was awarded the Florida Sea Grant Guy Harvey Fellowship in 2024. Growing up on the Florida coast, I was an avid boater and beachgoer. I learned how to swim at age three and was surfing the waves by
Florida Sea Grant is now accepting applications for the 2025 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship Program from Florida Ph.D. students interested in population and ecosystem dynamics or marine resource and environmental economics. Complete applications are due to Florida Sea Grant by 5:00PM EST, on Jan. 23, 2025.
This year three students from various Florida universities received scholarships from the Aylesworth Foundation for the Advancement of Marine Sciences, in partnership with Florida Sea Grant. The scholarship aims to supports student’s research in ocean and marine sciences throughout their education career. Three students are continuing scholars from previous cohorts. This
Susannah Cogburn is a Master of Environmental Science student at Florida Gulf Coast University, where she studies the effects of chemical contaminants on bull shark physiology and their implications for Florida’s marine ecosystems. She was awarded the Florida Sea Grant Guy Harvey Fellowship in 2024. When I think back to
William Sample is a PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University. William was awarded the FSG/Guy Harvey Fellowship in 2024. Sharks! Bull sharks. Not just a “load” of them but more than I could have ever collected the data for alone — over 600 individuals
From October 28 to 31, 2024, the inaugural Flooding Adaptation Symposium took place in Kissimmee, Florida, organized by Florida Sea Grant and the UF College of Design, Construction, and Planning. The event brought together over 120 participants to discuss and address the pressing issue of flooding in Florida’s coastal and
October brings scares, frights, and mysteries, and alongside Halloween, it’s also National Seafood Month. We’re shining a light on a serious—and unsettling—issue in the seafood industry: seafood fraud. Discover how former Aylesworth student Samuel Kwawukume and researchers at Florida State University (FSU) have worked to promote transparency in the seafood
Annais Muschett-Bonilla is a Ph.D. candidate in the Biological Sciences: Ecology and Evolution Department at Florida State University. Annais was awarded a Guy Harvey Fellowship in 2024. Spending hours in the lab, and aboard research vessels, a common question I receive is what motivated me to become a marine biologist.
John Hlavin is a PhD student in the Shark Research and Conservation Program of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. John was awarded the FSG/Guy Harvey Fellowship in 2024. With Discovery’s Shark Week and NatGeo’s Sharkfest around the corner, shark programming from all over
