About New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
To promote the wise use of New Jersey’s marine and coastal resources through research, education and outreach.
Focus Areas
marine resourcescoastal resourcescoastal ecosystemsresearcheducationextensionwater qualitystormwater managementaquaculturecommercial fisheriesrecreational fishingboatingcoastal resiliencemarine science
Who They Fund
About New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Inc. directs research funding toward New Jersey’s marine and coastal priorities, with its recent awards showing a heavy emphasis on applied projects at universities and marine research institutions. The largest grant in the recent list went to Monmouth University for $989,879, while Rutgers University received $804,050 in another 2025 research project. These awards sit alongside other substantial grants to Stevens Institute of Technology, Columbia University, and Coonamessett Farm Foundation, indicating a portfolio that reaches beyond New Jersey when a project serves coastal and marine objectives. The consortium’s stated mission is to promote the wise use of New Jersey’s marine and coastal resources through research, education, and outreach. Recent grant purposes include coastal resilience, aquaculture and fisheries, water quality and contaminants, offshore wind impacts and monitoring, and workforce development. Its work is project-based and restricted to specific research or program purposes, with recipients typically being research institutions, universities, labs, and other organizations working on evidence generation and applied marine science.
What New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Funds
A major thread in the portfolio is coastal and marine research tied to New Jersey priorities. Rutgers University received $897,675 in 2023 for a research project, and another Rutgers award of $304,701 followed in 2024, showing repeated support for institutional research work. Applied environmental monitoring also appears in the national Sea Grant competition on contaminants of emerging concern, which is focused on environmental monitoring and mitigation. Aquaculture and fisheries are another recurring theme: the consortium’s biennial research competition includes aquaculture and fisheries among its focus areas, and a 2025 grant to the Coonamessett Farm Foundation totaled $338,287. Education and workforce development are built into the program mix through student training, undergraduate summer research, and graduate fellowships, including Sea Grant-administered fellowship programs.
How New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Gives
Typical grant size sits at a p25 of $28,668, a median of $53,746, and a p75 of $125,320, with the recent list also showing several six-figure research awards. The same institutions appear across multiple years, especially Rutgers University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Monmouth University, George Mason, and The College of New Jersey, which points to recurring project support rather than one-off awards only. Grantmaking is project-based and restricted to specific research or program purposes. The consortium also administers or participates in several competitive programs, including Sea Grant fellowships and national NOAA Sea Grant opportunities. For some competitions, applications move through Grants.gov or a two-step letter-of-intent process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.6M
Total Assets
$3M
Total Revenue
$5.3M
Total Expenses
$5.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $29K and $125K, with a median of $54K.
25th Percentile
$29K
Median
$54K
75th Percentile
$125K
Geographic Reach
Regional9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DR PETER M ROWE
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