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Feb 24, 2026

Applications Open for Sea to Stars Fellowship

North Carolina’s Space Grant and Sea Grant programs are currently accepting applications for Graduate Research Fellowships for the 2026-2027 academic year. Two fellowships of up to $10,000 may be awarded to students whose projects address a priority research need within the state’s nearshore environments, coastal areas, watersheds or human activities in these areas.
image: former joint North Carolina Sea Grant-Space Grant Fellow Melinda Martinez.

Dec 10, 2025

Early Warnings

A former joint North Carolina Sea Grant-Space Grant Fellow is pioneering a new method that will inform planning.
image: A poultry operation floods after Hurricane Florence in 2018.

Nov 25, 2025

Mapping the Impacts of North Carolina’s Poultry Industry

A former joint North Carolina Sea Grant and NC Space Grant Graduate Research Fellow has been studying sources of nutrient pollution in the lower Cape Fear River basin, investigating water quality changes during the past two decades.
image: Taylor Creek and Carrot Island.

Nov 12, 2025

Drone Imagery Shows Shoreline Changes at Rachel Carson Reserve

A new North Carolina Sea Grant and NC Space Grant study using drone imagery reveals erosion of marsh and shoreline along Carrot Island in Beaufort, North Carolina.
image: A North Atlantic right whale generated by A.I.

Oct 29, 2025

Deepfake Whales Could Be Key Conservation Tool

A former NC Space Grant Research Scholar explores how AI-generated images of rare species could improve efforts to understand, monitor, and protect them.
Red robotic submarine submerged in a shallow pool

Oct 12, 2025

NC Space Grant Congratulates 2024-2025 Student Competition Teams 

North Carolina Space Grant (NC Space Grant) congratulates twelve student teams that competed in the 2024-2025 national competitions either sponsored or sanctioned by NASA or another science technology, engineering, and…
Structure with a round dish pointing toward the sky with sky and trees in the background

Sep 18, 2025

Mapping the Invisible Sky

A Brief History of Radio Astronomy When we look into space at night, most people see a lot of stars, but those stars do not capture the full story of…