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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%
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$9,896
goal

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Nutrient Limitation in Phytoplankton

Marine phytoplankton activity is abundant at a global scale and play a major role in the carbon cycle. However...

Dominique Kelly

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

67%
funded

$3,000
goal

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Can immune cells prevent 3D printed blood vessels from falling apart?

Mass production of cells is limited by nutrient delivery. 3D printing of hydrogel has enabled the printing...

Patrick Buchanan

University of Bristol

69%
funded

$3,623
goal

12
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Ocean Solutions

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$50,000 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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