P R O P O S A LS 

The Coastal Institute encourages research and outreach projects that use novel, multidisciplinary approaches to environmental problem solving or information dissemination in coastal ecosystems. All projects submitted through the Coastal Institute must advance the mission and vision of the CI. Typically they involve multiple departments and or colleges at URI and may involve partner institutions outside of the University.

Projects submitted through the Coastal Institute follow the standard URI overhead schedule except those submitted to EPA Region I and projects within the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit program. Overhead return to colleges remains the same whether a project is or is not submitted through the Coastal Institute. The Coastal Institute receives 30% of the indirect costs its projects generate for the University. These funds are used to support CI programs and operating expenses.

Why partner with the Coastal Institute on a research or outreach project? Here are a few reasons: (1) As a Coastal Institute Fellow, you wish to support the vision and mission of the Institute. (2) You wish to work with the institutional partners of the Coastal Instate. (3) You wish to be able to apply for a Coastal Institute Grant-in-Aid of Research.

Important Notice -- if the research proposal that you have submitted through the Coastal Institute is funded, you must notify us immediately and provide a URI grant number so that we can confirm that it has been registered properly. We have no ability to track proposals to determine which one's have and have not been awarded.

Click Here to get to the proposal submission form.