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Now Open: This Request for Proposals (RFP) seeks to identify and explore challenges faced in coastal Louisiana ecosystems and to implement and test science-based solutions to these challenges. Open to all early career (pre-tenure Assistant Professors) PhD level faculty at a Louisiana institution of higher education that is part of the LUMCON consortium.
SAVE THE DATE: March 28, 2026 - - Visit our event page https://lumcon.edu/open-house/
Introducing a new way to stay informed about LUMCON events and activities.
In the summer, the Marine Center becomes a robust and diverse community of people participating in various programs focused on research activities that help us better understand our changing landscape. Learn about the summer programs being offered at the Marine Center in 2025.
Announcing the launch of the White Boot Explorer’s Club!
BTNEP is pleased to announce that Bren Haase has been named the new director of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program.
Coastal and Marine Science Faculty Positions Available LUMCON seeks to hire multiple new Assistant Professors as part of a multi-year faculty expansion. We are interested in hiring interdisciplinary scientists whose research addresses fundamental and applied questions in ocean and coastal sciences. We invite [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has accepted Governor John Bel Edwards’ nomination of the Atchafalaya River System as the preferred site of a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) in Louisiana. Read the full CPRA press release using this link (https://coastal.la.gov/news/noaa-accepts-gov-edwards-nomination-of-atchafalaya-river-system-into-the-national-estuarine-research-reserve-system/) [...]
The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) invites highly motivated undergraduates to apply for Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) positions in our NSF-sponsored summer 2023 REU program in Interdisciplinary Research Experiences in Changing Coastal Environments.
We have three available positions within a multi-institution research team for people interested in methane and ocean sediment processes.
The graduate student fellowship program is designed to support the research of a graduate student from an underrepresented group in STEM. This fellowship provides an opportunity for graduate students to complete a summer in residence at LUMCON.