Funding Opportunities

Our grants for scientists, specialists, and community experts fuel new studies and real-world solutions on issues critical to North Carolina. We support fellowships that train graduate students to become next-generation water resources researchers.

NC WRRI’s research addresses prominent water resources issues. In many cases, we identify emerging issues and provide initial data that are used by staff and research teams to leverage larger grants from agencies such as the National Science Foundation.

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Faculty Funding Opportunities

Explore funding opportunities for faculty researchers in North Carolina.

Student Funding Opportunities

CLOSED. New funding opportunities for graduate students in North Carolina are coming soon.

Community Collaborative Research Grants (CCRG)

CLOSED. New funding opportunities are coming soon for community members, water stewards, researchers, and practitioners in North Carolina.

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See what kinds of research topics WRRI has funded for the past five years.

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