BATON ROUGE, La. (Dec. 18, 2020) – The RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana (LA-COE) will be releasing a second Request for Proposals in early February 2021 and is encouraging coastal researchers to apply for $2.3 million in competitive grant money. Projects submitted for these two-year awards must support research directly related to the implementation of Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan which guides the state’s coastal restoration and protection work.
The funding comes from settlements of the federal Clean Water Act in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The funds flow from U.S. Department of Treasury through the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to LA-COE.
More information will be available from the LA-COE's website at www.LA-COE.org in early February.