{"id":45260,"date":"2026-09-24T10:15:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/?p=45260"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:16:48","slug":"epscor-affiliated-faculty-win-15m-u-s-national-science-foundation-award-to-strengthen-fisheries-and-aquaculture-across-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/2026\/09\/24\/epscor-affiliated-faculty-win-15m-u-s-national-science-foundation-award-to-strengthen-fisheries-and-aquaculture-across-new-england\/","title":{"rendered":"EPSCoR-affiliated faculty win $15M U.S. National Science Foundation award to strengthen fisheries and aquaculture across New England"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/aquaculture-Nora-Lewis-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109857\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992917847025495;width:484px;height:auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The NSF Seafood Engine aims to grow New England\u2019s historical seafood industry and rising tech sector into even stronger and more profitable pillars of the regional and national economy. (URI Photo \/ Nora Lewis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KINGSTON, R.I.\u2014July 14, 2026\u2014 The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a major new award to bolster the American seafood industry through the NSF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/initiatives\/regional-innovation-engines\">Regional Innovation Engines<\/a> (NSF Engines) program within the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships. The NSF Seafood Engine in New England, led by the Portsmouth-based non-profit NERACOOS, is a collaboration of seafood industry, tech sector, government, and research partners across Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, including the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island (CFCRI), the Ocean Tech Hub, Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, Rhode Island Sea Grant, and the University of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This innovation ecosystem aims to revitalize the seafood sector through cutting-edge technology. This award will position New England to lead the nation in meeting the goals outlined in the Executive Order on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/04\/restoring-american-seafood-competitiveness\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/04\/restoring-american-seafood-competitiveness\/\"><em>Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>This piece was originally published by URI News on July 14, 2026.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/07\/nsf-seafood-engine-in-new-england-wins-15m-u-s-national-science-foundation-award-to-strengthen-fisheries-and-aquaculture\/\">Read the full story!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a major new award to bolster the American seafood industry through the NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program within the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1994,"featured_media":44869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-uri"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45263,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45260\/revisions\/45263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}