Funding for Minnesota Sea Grant and our support of water research comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Sea Grant Program, and the University of Minnesota. Have a great water-science idea? Check out our research funding opportunities.
- A selection of research projects are highlighted below.
- The list of all our currently funded research projects.
![Lake Superior Sailing A sailboat passing by a lighthouse on Lake Superior.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2024-05/5215093470_f1f3657d9e_o.jpg?itok=m_vb0IOa)
2024-2026 Biennial RFP
![A yellow buoy sits aboard the R/V Blue Heron waiting to be anchored](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2024-05/05.10.24_blueheron_buoydrop_cd0017.jpg?itok=AckO1t8t)
2024-2026 Biennial RFP (recommended for funding)
![A canoe in wild rice](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2024-04/2008-08_wildriceminnesota_elisagor.jpg?itok=0qudO_Ni)
2024-2026 Biennial RFP
![Yellow Perch embryos](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2023-12/3-mnsg-yep-embryos-kieran-smith-2000px.jpg?itok=-qiy8atf)
2023 Fast-Track Grant Project
![Microplastics Microplastics from the Rhode River.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2024-05/16813235480_36909c1757_o.jpg?itok=q3B2_Qu4)
2023 Fast-Track Grant Project
![Illustration of all the Great Lakes showing sample sites on lakes Superior, Michigan, and Erie.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2023-07/sterner-jt22-24-mnsgfinal-orig.jpg?itok=664VMt8u)
2022-2024 Biennial Request for Proposal Project
![Pie graphic divided into four sections named local knowledge, climate science, community engagement, education](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2022-06/roop_proposal_omni-orig-crop-576x324.jpg?itok=2Kfa_fic)
2022-2024 Biennial Request for Proposal Project
![Extreme close-up light micrograph images of Didymo.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2022-03/2022-03-27-didymo-light-micrograph-Mark-Edlund.jpg?itok=YUT_PHPK)
2022-2024 Biennial Request for Proposal Project
![Plastic tub with a dozen or more Cisco (fish)](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2022-06/2020-mnsg-cisco-bucket-schreiner-don-p1030780_0.jpg?itok=q_FKakaf)
2022-2024 Biennial Request for Proposal Project
![satellite view of the Great Lakes](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2023-12/4036829297_7cd6d55cd4_k.jpg?itok=9fDvB8xD)
December 19, 2022 to December 18, 2025.
![ATP Bio logo](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2023-04/2020_12_research_bischof_atp-bio_loop_1.jpg?itok=QL-lRM3t)
2020-2022 Biennial Request for Proposal Project
![Sailboat on Lake Superior on a sunny day. Credit: M. Thoms Sailboat on Lake Superior on a sunny day.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2020-09/2020-ResearchProject-Haynes-LS-sailboat-ThomsMarie-crop.jpg?itok=RYfw8XAf)
2020 Fast-Track Grant Project
![Harmful algal blooms. Credit: Flickr / MPCA Photos large mat of green algae in water next to beach](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2020-09/23008172424_d4c021ac12_k.jpg?itok=qMQRDrVK)
2020-2022 Biennial Request for Proposal Project
![Peatland sulfur and mercury release Diagram showing that changing temperature, precipitation, and subsequent water table conditions alter the magnitude and direction of changes in sulfur and mercury release from peatlands to water](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2020-09/peatlands_500px.jpg?itok=kAiQL_zF)
2020-2022 Biennial Request for Proposal Project
![Microplastics. Oregon State University. small round bits of colored plastic on a white background.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2020-09/image-20161130-17800-lz44z1.jpg?itok=u55P8MvV)
2020-2022 Biennial Request for Proposal Project
![Covid-19 Molecule. Credit: Centers for Disease Control illustration Illustration of Covid-19 Molecule with E, S, and M protiens indicated](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2020-07/whatis-scaled.jpg?itok=j1Xg9wvl)
2020 Fast-Track Grant Project
![Close up of wild rice grains in their husks on a tarp](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2020-12/2018-09-08-1854Treaty-wild-rice-camp_Kettle_Lake_201809080086_feed.jpg?itok=qcMf704E)
2020-2022 Biennial Request for Proposal Project
![Person standing on dune near camera, two people standing on sandy beach. All three people looking toward Lake Superior and watching the movement of food-grade green dye in the water used to visualize a rip current.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2021-10/2021-10-08-PPB-rip-current-research-IMG_5090.jpg?itok=UqtsBdig)
2018-2020 (2021) Joint Request for Proposal Project
![Two men on a boat collecting zooplankton in plastic jugs.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2021-03/Ozersky_Ted_Schchapov_Kirill_feed_2016_2018_576x324.jpg?itok=9DLAgSra)
2016-2018 Biennial Request for Proposal Project