Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal Symposium Competition
The National Sea Grant Law Center is accepting applications from Sea Grant Programs and accredited law schools with documented partnerships with Sea Grant Programs to organize and host academic symposiums addressing priority ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law and policy topics. Applicants may seek funding support for an in-person, virtual, or hybrid conference. The symposia must result in the generation of a minimum of six, peer-reviewed articles for publication by the National Sea Grant Law Center in a special issue of the Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal (Journal). Funding is limited to $25,000 per symposium and the Law Center anticipates selecting up to four proposals for funding. Matching funds will not be required.
For more information on the Journal and previous symposium funded by the Law Center, see: http://nsglc.olemiss.edu/sglpj
Timetable: Letters of Intent are due by 5 p.m. Central Time on Friday, December, 8 2023.
Full proposals are due by 5 p.m. Central Time on Friday, February 2, 2024. Applicants may submit proposals for funding of symposia to be held in 2024 or 2025 with Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal issue publication in 2025 or 2026. The anticipated award start date is July 1, 2024.
Eligibility: The National Sea Grant Law Center is accepting applications from Sea Grant programs and accredited law schools with documented partnerships with Sea Grant Programs to organize and host academic symposiums and produce symposium proceedings addressing priority ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law and policy topics.
Only those applicants who submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) by the required deadline are subsequently eligible to submit full proposals.
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