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Events - Giving Tuesday! - Make it stand out
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Events - The Next Swell’s Third Annual Online Auction - Make it stand out
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2023-08-21
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Events - Ala Moana Beach Park Cleanup - Make it stand out
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2022-11-05
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2022-07-27
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2022-08-30
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2022-03-29
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2022-01-21
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2022-01-04
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2021-07-01
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2022-07-07
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2021-04-22
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Events - Sustainable Eats: Earth Day Edition
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2021-01-09
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Events - Sustainable Eats - The Next Swell has teamed up with Boston Experiential Group (@begevents) to bring you a virtual sustainable cooking class!
On Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 6:30pm EST please join us via zoom to learn how to cook vegetarian pho. Registration cost is $20 and funds will go towards marine science scholarships. Please click the link below for more details and to register! Happy Cooking!
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2025-06-29
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2024-07-18
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Our Blog - Exploring the Dynamics of Salt Marshes - Make it stand out
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2024-02-01
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Our Blog - The Calm After the Swell - Make it stand out
Figure 1. Map of the location and tectonic setting of the NEOM Brine Pool Complex (Taken from Duchâtellier et al., 2024). A) Location of the Gulf of Aqaba. B) Aragonese Deep within the Gulf of Aqaba. C) Expanded view of the inset box in (B), which shows the morphology of the NEOM Brine Pool Complex.
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Figure 2. Blue carbon ecosystems (Source: https://www.oceannets.eu/blue-carbon-management/)
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Our Blog - The Calm After the Swell - Make it stand out
Figure 3. Location of the sites visited on the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition, taken from Purkis et al. (2019). Out of the 89 atolls shown here, I analyzed 69 for blue carbon ecosystem areal extent and carbon stock. Red polygons emphasize the extent of mapping from the expedition and shapefiles projected on ArcGIS.
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2023-10-15
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2023-07-27
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2023-06-30
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Our Blog - Interconnection Through Sharks and Rays - Make it stand out
Figure 1. Learning local fishing techniques from locals of Sarawak, Malaysia
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Figure 2. CITES CoP19 Global Shark "Dream Team"
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Figure 3. Learning about targeted species for local fishermen in Sarawak, Malaysia
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2023-02-02
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Our Blog - Ocean Etiquette 101 - Make it stand out
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2023-01-21
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Our Blog - Is a career in “Marine Biology” the only career that can help our oceans? - Make it stand out
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2022-11-05
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Our Blog - Organization Feature: Honolulu Beerworks - Make it stand out
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2022-09-08
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2022-09-03
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Our Blog - Realism and the Importance of Hope - Make it stand out
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2022-08-29
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Our Blog - The Elasmos: A Shark’s Universe Podcast - Make it stand out
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2022-04-29
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Our Blog - The Cresting Wave of Sustainable Business - Make it stand out
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2022-04-01
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Our Blog - Scientists want to perform research that helps save sharks. Lists of research priorities can help! - Make it stand out
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2022-03-18
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Our Blog - Making Waves: A Citizen’s Guide to Influencing Environmental Policy - Make it stand out
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2022-03-11
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Our Blog - A day in the life of a shark researcher - Make it stand out
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Our Blog - A day in the life of a shark researcher - Make it stand out
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Our Blog - A day in the life of a shark researcher - Make it stand out
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https://www.thenextswell.org/tns-blog/aquaculture-101-with-zach
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2022-02-26
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Our Blog - Aquaculture 101 with Zach - Make it stand out
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2022-02-26
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Our Blog - Tools The TNS Squad Wish They Had Back in The Day - Make it stand out
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2022-02-09
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Our Blog - Best Fishes - Make it stand out
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2021-09-20
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Our Blog - Barriers - Make it stand out
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https://www.thenextswell.org/tns-blog/keeping-perspective-lessons-from-freediving
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2021-09-10
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Our Blog - Keeping Perspective - Lessons from Freediving - Make it stand out
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2021-09-10
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Our Blog - Use your consumer power like a super power - Make it stand out
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2021-05-02
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Our Blog - An Early Morning Dip: Fish, Food, & Fun with Our New Board Members
Our girl, Corrina, being one with the fishes.
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2021-03-04
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Our Blog - Cleaning Up Your Act: A few easy ways to live more sustainably
Morgan…living that compost life!
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Our Blog - Cleaning Up Your Act: A few easy ways to live more sustainably
Source: https://botanicalpaperworks.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/composting-free-printable-can-and-cant.pdf
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2021-02-27
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Our Blog - The North Atlantic Right Whale, Part II: How to Help Today
North Atlantic right whale blowing. Photo Credit: NOAA Photo Library (https://photolib.noaa.gov/Collections/NOAAs-Ark/Whales/emodule/722/eitem/30403)
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2021-01-10
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Our Blog - The North Atlantic right whale
North Atlantic right whale and calf. Photo credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, NOAA permit #20556-01 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwc/sets/72157717202125158/)
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2020-12-13
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Our Blog - Scamper for Sea Science
Sadie’s face says it all — let’s keep our homes clean!
https://www.thenextswell.org/tns-blog/the-healing-power-of-nature
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2020-11-17
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Our Blog - The Healing Power of Nature
Cara hangin’ with some of some her buddies.
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2020-11-09
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Our Blog - Little Wave’s Eyes
Some ocean education with mama.
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2020-10-30
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Our Blog - Meet the Swell Squad via our Waters!
Jackie enjoying a sunny day, kayaking on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.
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2020-09-25
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Our Blog - Time to Make Some Waves
Beach clean up at the North Shore of Oahu with a future marine biologist (and pro surfer).
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The 2026 application window is now closed. Winners will be announced no later than 1 May 2026. The Next Swell was created partly to provide financial scholarships to students pursuing degrees in the associated fields of marine biology and marine conservation. Scholarships are merit-based and are awarded to the most qualified applicants who display a passion for marine conservation. As of 2026, The Next Swell has provided over $70,000 in scholarships to 22 incredible student scholars! Please contact us at info@thenextswell.org with any questions.
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Scholarship Winners 2021 - Eileen - Graduate student at University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Eileen's research focuses on the recovery of endangered pinto abalone in Washington State. She is working with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Puget Sound Restoration Fund in an effort to discover why some of the restoration sites where they outplant juvenile abalone from the hatchery have a high success rate, and others are unsuccessful. Here, Eileen is deploying an array of oceanographic loggers at one of the abalone restoration sites in an effort to determine if small-scale differences in habitat and water conditions may impact where abalone are struggling and where they are thriving.
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Scholarship Winners 2021 - Monisha - Graduate student at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Harte Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (Photo Credit: TAMUCC)
Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park.
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Scholarship Winners 2021 - Sam - Undergraduate student at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Sam is currently working on an honors project involving the application of the risk allocation hypothesis to an estuarine minnow Fundulus heteroclitus that is common along the east coast of North America. He is looking at this minnow's behavioral response to various levels of predation by assessing its willingness to leave an artificial oyster reef habitat in order to forage. During the summer of 2020, he participated in Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences virtual Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. He worked on determining the behavioral response of copepod Calanus finmarchicus to crude oil spills. Copepods are zooplankton that are essential to nearly every marine food web. This study showed that this Arctic and vertical migratory copepod cannot avoid the detrimental effects of crude oil, which shows the ever-present need for proper oil cleanup equipment, proper maintenance on machinery, and legislation to protect marine life.
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Scholarship Winners 2022 - Kellie - Undergraduate student at Bowdoin College
Kellie is currently majoring in environmental studies and biology, with a minor in education at Bowdoin College in Maine. She is currently conducting research exploring gene expression changes in a temperate coral, Astrangia poculata, under cold temperature stress, and will be working with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA studying stress responses in temperate and tropical coral reefs. Kellie has plans to continue her education by pursuing a graduate degree in Molecular ecology and marine biology.
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Scholarship Winners 2022 - Gaëlle - Graduate student at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS)
Gaëlle’s research focuses on geochemically analyzing the composition of brine samples and sedimentary porewaters from the NEOM Bring Pool, a newly discovered anoxic brine pool at the bottom of the Red Sea. Her research aims to determine the origin of the brine pool, and how the composition compares to other previously studied Red Sea brine pools. The comparisons of these harsh environments reveal life at its most extreme, potentially providing insight into primordial Earth and life outside of our planet. Her research and education is helping her to realize her ultimate goal of working in coastal climate resilience and marine ecosystem management in the tropics.
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Scholarship Winners 2022 - Nikol - Graduate student at the University of Rhode Island
Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park.
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Scholarship Winners 2022 - Wendy - Graduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz (Photo Credit: Kenan Chan)
Wendy is a third year Ph.D. student at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department with a Designated Emphasis in Coastal Science & Policy. Wendy is collaborating with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe) to examine the impacts of the 2020 California fires and subsequent rains on the rocky intertidal endangered black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) populations along the central California coast. Her studies monitor how increased sediment influxes from debris flows and mudslides can impact populations and habitats. This examination pivoted to rescue, husbandry, and relocation efforts when many areas of the Big Sur’s rocky intertidal coast were inundated by sediment from debris flows in January 2021, burying large areas of habitat and stranding many black abalone far from the new waterline. She is continuing to track the success of the relocation efforts and to monitor the ongoing sediment changes to the coast through the use of drones. Read more about these efforts here.
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Scholarship Winners 2023 - Isha - Undergraduate student at Harvard University
Isha grew up next to Puget Sound, seeing the rich marine ecosystem supported by bull kelp. Because of her upbringing, she is interested in how human activity is impacting coastal ecosystems. She is currently working on a project with the Fulweiler Lab at Boston University to assess the role of salt marshes in sequestering carbon. Ultimately, she wants to further the conservation of blue carbon ecosystems like kelp forests in order to preserve a healthy ocean for her generation and support indigenous cultural practices.
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Scholarship Winners 2023 - Jessica - Graduate student at Oregon State University
Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park.
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Scholarship Winners 2023 - Kirby - Graduate student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Kriby is studying the underwater acoustic communication of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Using passive acoustic monitoring and multi-sensor acoustic tags, she aims to describe the vocal repertoire of free-ranging Hawaiian monk seals for the first time, to describe the soundscapes of their critical habitats, and to assess the impacts of man-made noise on their behavior. These studies will inform conservation and management decisions to better protect this endangered pinniped species numbering ~1500 individuals. In addition to her research, Kirby co-develops and teaches the Summer Marine Mammal Intensive Learning Experience (SMMILE) for Hawaiʻi's high school students. @smmile_mmrp is a free 10-day, overnight program where 12 students learn about marine mammal research, conservation, and marine protected areas in Hawaiʻi through field trips, hands-on training/activities, and classroom-based content.
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Scholarship Winners 2025 - Paola - Graduate student at University of California, Santa Barbara
Paola grew up in Puerto Rico surrounded by reefs, and aims to study the most remote places of our oceans to empower their conservation. For her PhD research, she is focusing on the trophic ecology of the only actively studied methane seep in Antarctica! She is using genomics, fatty acids, and isotope analysis to understand the food web dynamics of these ecosystems. To compliment her research, she will be diving below the sea ice in Antarctica this year, and looks forward to bringing Caribbean representation within the field and sharing with the world how methane has a role in entire ecosystems and in our oceans.
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Scholarship Winners 2025 - Wave - Graduate student at Oregon State University
Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park.
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Scholarship Winners 2025 - Dani - Graduate student at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Dani’s interdisciplinary research focuses on understanding modern and historic changes in shark nursery habitat in Hilo Bay, Hawai'i. Through the documentation of local ecological knowledge from the Hilo Bay fishing community, Dani was able to reconstruct baseline estimates of shark abundance in the bay over the past 75 years. To better understand the current population dynamics, Dani employed a paired-sampling approach which included a catch survey alongside environmental DNA (eDNA) collection. The eDNA collected from seawater in Hilo Bay was analyzed using species-specific primers for both Scalloped Hammerhead and Blacktip sharks to elucidate which species are currently utilizing the nursery habitat. Dani is now in the final stages of analysis, melding the qualitative, catch, and eDNA data to piece together the history of shark nursery habitat in Hilo Bay, and is excited to share her findings in her upcoming manuscripts!
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The Next Swell has been providing scholarships to exceptional students since 2021. In 2024, we expanded our reach and began offering additional funding opportunities for marine conservation—special-use grants! Unexpected costs often fall outside The Next Swell Scholarship's traditional application and award timeline. To help alleviate some of the stress associated with these additional costs, The Next Swell is now offering additional targeted financial assistance to students! Deadline: Quarterly Application Reviews (Q1: 31 March; Q2: 30 June; Q3: 30 September; Q4: 31 December) Amount: < $1,200 Please contact info@thenextswell.org with any questions.
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Grant Winners - Jasmine - Graduate student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Jasmine’s PhD research examines the trophic ecology and contaminant exposure of southern flounder in the Mission-Aransas and Nueces estuaries of South Texas. Using stomach content and stable isotope analyses, she studies how diet varies across age and sex, while also measuring mercury concentrations in muscle tissue and microplastic abundance in the stomachs of these fish. This work helps address key knowledge gaps for a species in steep decline.
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Grant Winners - Emmylou - Graduate student at Hawaii Pacific University
Emmylou focuses on seabirds, sentinels of ocean ecosystem health which can be used as bioindicators of contaminants in marine food webs. Her research is on the plastic exposure of ʻuaʻu, an endangered petrel species endemic to Hawaiʻi that forages in high-risk regions, such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. She uses ʻuaʻu boluses, stomach contents, and guano to quantify their plastic ingestion and her research will pair this data with eDNA metabarcoding analysis of their diet to describe the trophic transfer of plastic via their prey.
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Grant Winners - Anna - Graduate student at University of Colorado, Boulder
Anna studies how parasites and diseases shape marine ecosystems. Her PhD research focuses on an emerging parasitic infection known as Black Spot Syndrome, which affects important herbivorous fish species on Caribbean coral reefs. These fish, such as surgeonfish and parrotfish, play a crucial role in maintaining reef health by controlling algal growth. Through scuba-based field surveys around the reefs of Curaçao, Anna is investigating how this infection may alter fish behavior, and how such changes could ultimately impact coral reef ecosystems at a broader scale. The results of this research will provide meaningful insights into the fields of marine disease ecology and coral reef conservation.
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Grant Winners - Shane - Graduate student at Coastal Carolina University
Shane’s research focuses on the trophic ecology and resource use of co-occurring marine predatory fish in low-salinity environments. He is using stable isotopes from Bull Sharks, Sandbar Sharks, and Red Drum to determine the degree of niche partitioning and quantify basal resource use in oligo- and mesohaline regions of Winyah Bay, South Carolina. Findings from his research will provide insight into how these predators coexist and partition resources in estuarine environments. By understanding trophic interactions and reliance on different basal resources, his research will contribute to broader efforts in fishery management and estuarine conservation.
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Grant Winners - Angela - Graduate student at Northeastern University
Angela specializes in sea star functional morphology. She is interested in how the surface of the sea star interactions with the micro-environment and the water. Because of the very deadly Sea Star Wasting Disease, she has been spending a lot of time on algae presses and other forms of science and art to stay grounded and joyful. Inclusion is a core principle of hers, so she also works hard to include as many different people as possible into her work and understanding of the wonderful world of tiny ocean features and creatures!
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Grant Winners - Blake - Graduate student at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Blake’s thesis research focuses on describing food webs around tropical Pacific Islands, particularly how coastal environments like coral reefs are trophically connected to the deep sea. He uses compound-specific stable isotope analysis and DNA metabarcoding to identify coastal zooplankton in the diets of deep-sea micronekton (small fishes, shrimps, and squids) around the Hawaiian Islands. This information will be used to inform coastal and deep sea conservation policy, as well as to better parameterize ecosystem models that are used to predict catch rates of bigeye tuna and swordfish. Blake was awarded a grant to pay for indexing costs in the DNA metabarcoding process that will be used to identify distinctly reef-associated zooplankton from the Hawaiian Islands!
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Grant Winners - Corey - Graduate student at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Corey’s thesis research focuses on describing the dynamics and residency patterns of reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) at two aggregation sites off the Kona coast of Hawai'i Island, using community-sourced data and modeling techniques. Additionally, she leads the O'ahu manta project, where she has begun to uncover important insights about this previously understudied population. Through aerial surveys with drone technology, Corey is gathering crucial data on manta rays around O'ahu to inform future research and conservation efforts. Corey was awarded a grant for the purchase of a drone remote controller which will directly help out with her aerial survey work as a part of the O'ahu manta project!
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Scholarship Winners 2024 - Jun - Graduate student at Oregon State University
Jun is studying the mechanism of coral bleaching. His work uses cellular and molecular techniques to evaluate thermal tolerance in coral larvae and the tropical sea anemone Aiptasia, a model organism for studying coral-algal symbiosis. His project aims to understand how climate change affects the growth and development of corals. These studies will contribute to a deeper understanding of coral bleaching phenomena, helping to inform decisions on conservation and management to better protect endangered coral reefs. In addition to his research, Jun also conducts outreach at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) to educate the public about the importance of mitigating climate change and coral bleaching.
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Scholarship Winners 2024 - Aliyah - Graduate student at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park.
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Scholarship Winners 2024 - Paul - Graduate student at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary
Paul is a doctoral student studying lesser-known sharks and bony fish in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. He is trained as a shark taxonomist and has discovered over a dozen new species of sharks which has led him in leading shark identification workshops and developing training material for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. During his PhD he is expanding his research to include genetic barcoding, environmental DNA (eDNA), and cyber taxonomy. He plans to continue to work with commercial fishers, researchers, and fishery organizations to develop ways to improve the quality and quantity of data collected on lesser-known species in order to provide managers with the information that they need to better protect our living marine resources.
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