URI has a long history of research in the oceanography, marine life sciences and marine economics, management and policy. Marine-related research is being carried out by faculty in five colleges on both the Kingston and Narragansett Bay campuses. About 12% of the URI faculty do research in areas that supports the mission and goals of NOAA. Faculty at URI doing marine-related research are currently supported by $________ from NSF, NIH, USDA, NOAA, US AID, ……….New research facilities…CBLS – research groups composed of 18 faculty in the areas of Marine and Comparative Genomics, Integrative and Organismal Biology, Animal Production, Health and Disease and Global Change, Conservation and Bioenergy. The Ocean Exploration Center houses the Inner Space Center……
URI, a Sea Grant institution, is a world leader in marine outreach locally, the New England region and around the world.
Research Resources
- Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR
- Pell Marine Science Library
- Rhode Island Sea Grant
- Coastal Institute
- Coastal Resource Center
- Marine Ecosystems Research Laboratory (MERL)
- Inner Space Center
- Institute for Archaeological Oceanography
- Museum of Underwater Archaeology
- Center for Excellence in Undersea Technology
- The journal Marine Resource Economics