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Faculty Research Projects

NC WRRI funds faculty researchers across the state to address a broad range of water resources topics.

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The table below contains a list of funded faculty projects dating back to 2018. Use the search bar to search particular topics, researchers, or key words. If a final report is available, it has been provided as a hyperlink within the title column. For a list of projects funded prior to 2018, contact John Fear (jmfear@ncsu.edu). Historically funded research and final reports from WRRI can also be found in the NC State research repository.

Addressing Real-World needs with Community Collaborative Research Grant projects

The Community Collaborative Research Grant Program (CCRG) is an innovative funding opportunity that requires research approaches that couple local knowledge with scientific expertise. 

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November 07, 2024

Plastic from the Mountains to the Sea

From the Fall 2024 issue of Coastwatch: From plastic trash along creeks and rivers, to microplastics in waterways — and in our bloodstreams — plastic pollution is present on every continent, including Antarctica.  As we reported in the Summer 2023 issue of Coastwatch, plastic pollution is significant in North Carolina, as samples from the Neuse River…

August 06, 2024

Announcing Our 2024 CCRG Grant Recipients

Five new projects have received funding from the Community Collaborative Research Grant Program (CCRG). North Carolina Sea Grant and N.C. Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) administer the CCRG Program in partnership with the William R. Kenan Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science (KIETS). These projects, which couple scientific expertise with local knowledge, foster collaboration…

August 06, 2024

NC WRRI Research Funding Opportunity: WRRI-USGS 104(b) Grants Now Open for Preproposals

The North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI), along with the U.S. Geological Survey 104(b) program, is requesting proposals for the 2025-2026 WRRI-USGS 104b competitive grants program. Faculty or university affiliates of any accredited college or university in North Carolina are eligible to apply.  This funding opportunity is designed to foster the exploration of new…

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Locate historically funded research and final reports from WRRI in the NC State research repository.