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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Environmental Cooperative Science Center (ECSC) served NOAA and the nation for fifteen years, stemming from a series of competitively awarded cooperative agreements in 2001, 2006 and 2011. In 2016, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (CCME) was established as one of the NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) Cooperative Science Centers.
The Center was formed to address issues confronting marine and coastal communities. The NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (CCME) was established in 2016 as a Cooperative Science Center through a competitive award funded by the NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI). The goal of the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (CCME) cooperative agreement (NA16SEC4810009) was to educate and train a new generation of scientists, particularly from underrepresented minority communities, in NOAA-relevant STEM disciplines and social sciences, equipped to utilize interdisciplinary approaches to address issues confronting marine and coastal communities.
News & Events
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FAMU Secures $30M Federal Grant to Recruit and Train the Next Generation of Minority Scientists
February 12, 2023
FAMU Secures $30M Federal Grant to Recruit and Train the Next Generation of Minority Scientists Florida A&M University (FAMU) is the recipient of a $30 million, five-year federal grant from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support the Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (CCME) and its mission to find and train the next...
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NOAA CCME researchers from TAMU-CC/HRI featured on Discovery’s Shark Week, Nat Geo’s Sharkfest
July 28, 2022
shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, off Cape Point, South AfricaPhoto Credit: TAMU-CC It’s that time of year again! Discovery’s annual Shark Week, and National Geographic’s SharkFest, are right around the corner. This year, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) researchers...
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NOAA CCME Scholar Willis Lyons Selected as a 2023 Finalist for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program
July 27, 2022
This year’s class of 86 finalists comprises students and recent graduates from 62 distinct universities, including 16 finalists from nine minority-serving institutions. The finalists represent 29 of the 34 Sea Grant programs, and they completed coursework and research in a range of fields, such as biology, chemistry, ecology, engineering,...
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NOAA CCME Professor and Mentor Dr. Michael Martínez-Colón Co-Authors NOAA Technical Memorandum
June 28, 2022
Dr. Michael Martinez-Colon was part of a research study with scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Coastal and Ocean Science, National Ocean Science, and the Office of National Martine Sanctuaries. The technical memorandum titled Assessment of Contamination in Fagatale Bay (National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa) was spearheaded by the...
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