Administration

Robert Stickney, Director
Logan Respess, Associate Director and Extension Leader
Jim Hiney, Communications Coordinator
Terry Poehl, Fiscal Officer/Business Manager
John Wormuth, Research Coordinator
Peggy Foster, Assistant to the Director

2010-2012 Omnibus Proposal

     Texas Sea Grant is in the process of selecting Texas coastal and marine research projects to include in its 2010-2012 Omnibus Proposal for federal funding. See the grant proposal schedule for more information.

The Dolphin Challenge

     Texas Sea Grant coordinates the northern Texas regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl^®.

Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

     Almost every year since the program’s inception in 1979, Texas Sea Grant has had at least one candidate accepted for the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. It offers graduate students the opportunity to gain valuable experience while providing expertise to executive branch agencies, including NOAA and the National Science Foundation, or to the legislative branch in Washington, D.C., to aid their marine policy or natural resource efforts. (news release)

Ralph Rayburn Texas Sea Grant Scholarship Fund

     Texas Sea Grant is accepting donations to build an endowment for this oceanography graduate scholarship, which is named for the late Associate Director and Extension Leader.

Researcher Conference

     Texas Sea Grant hosts a conference each fall to give investigators of its funded research projects an opportunity to share their findings with colleagues from universities across disciplines related to marine and coastal research and with their peers at state natural resource agencies. The conference is held on a rotating basis in College Station, Galveston or the Coastal Bend.