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Research: Examining the Effects of the Spill
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College of Marine Science Dean Jackie Dixon led efforts to secure the most recent grant.
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USF's College of Marine Science is leading a multimillion-dollar research effort tied to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In August, the college was awarded $11 million to lead a research consortium that will study the effects of the spill on the Gulf's ecology and build better ways for predicting damage from future spills.
The College of Marine Science was one of only eight research centers selected from 77 proposals nationwide. The college will lead an international consortium of universities and research institutes in four states, Canada, the Netherlands and Germany, examining the impact of the spill and the use of chemical dispersants.
The grant comes on top of $10 million awarded to the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) in June 2010 through BP's Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. USF is the host institution for the FIO, a consortium of 20 public and private marine research centers in Florida.