The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority provides graduate student support for science or engineering research relevant to Louisiana’s coast. The program will both expose students to CPRA activities and provide a potential avenue for recruitment of new CPRA personnel. Funding support for up to three years of master’s research. The assistantship is available to all faculty pursuing coastal restoration-related research at Louisiana colleges/universities to recruit outstanding graduate students. Up to four new students will be funded each academic year. The annual award is $25,000 per student. Applications are due December 15, 2017. For more information, contact: Matt Bethel at mbethe3@lsu.edu or Summer Langlois at Summer.Langlois@la.gov