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Do seawater microbes help oysters cope with ocean acidification?

Oysters are critical members of our coast, but today they live in more acidic environs thanks to increasing...

88%
funded

$9,896
goal

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Helping the tropics fight climate change with army ants

I am studying army ants of the genus Eciton in Costa Rica. These insects will give us better light on how...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

6%
funded

$2,113
goal

17
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Why Are Blueberry Hermit Crabs Using Plastic Waste as Shells?

Observations of hermit crabs using beach trash such as plastic bottle caps in lieu of shells have increased...

University of Essex

16%
funded

$10,950
goal

27
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Biotech for Conservation

$50,000 Grant

Ocean Solutions

$250,000 Grant

Other Grants and Funding Opportunities

Beyond Experiment, here are opportunites from other science funders worth exploring

National Science Foundation

The NSF Seed Fund helps startups navigate the earliest stages of technology translation, investing roughly $200 million annually in approximately 400 startups. Each startup can receive up to $2 million to support translational research and development.

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