What is the name of the program funded by a national network of 33 Sea Grant Colleges and universities involved in scientific research, education, training, and extension projects geared toward the conservation and practical use of the coasts, Great Lakes, and other marine areas?
Wisconsin Sea Grant
Wisconsin Sea Grant
Wisconsin Sea Grant is one of 32 programs based at major universities funded through the National Sea Grant College Program.
National Sea Grant College Program
The National Sea Grant College Program is a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the U.S. Department of Commerce.
 It is a national network of 33 Sea Grant Colleges and universities involved in scientific research, education, training, and extension projects geared toward the conservation and practical use of the coasts, Great Lakes, and other marine areas.
 The program is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
 No sea rights have actually been granted (though this was considered), only money.
Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology
Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology (河北科技师范学院 Héběi kējì shīfàn xuéyuàn) is a university in Hebei, China under the provincial government.
 Established in 1941, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology started the undergraduates program in 1977.
 In 1999, HNUST was authorized by China Ministry of Education as one of the first key bases for training teachers of vocational education.
 In 2003, it was renamed as Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology.
 There are 21 educational departments.
 44 undergraduate specialties and 59 technological studies are run at the school, covering disciplines of Agriculture, Engineering, Arts, Science, Law, Economy, Management and Education and four disciplines are authorized to grant master's degrees.
 Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology adheres to integrating production, education and research to facilitate the practical transformation of scientific research fruits and to fully display the advantages of agricultural specialty.
 Since the 11th five-year National Developing Program, the University has successfully breed 29 new species with our own property rights, and won 11 provincial awards for scientific progress.
 One of them is YanLong, a new species of Chinese chestnut and a new tomato have been funded by national funding for production transformation. Florida Sea Grant College Program
The mission of Florida Sea Grant, which is headquartered at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, is to help create a sustainable coastal economy and environment through research, education, and extension.
 The Florida Sea Grant has extension agents in sixteen Florida colleges and in all of Florida's coastal counties except seven.
 The Boating and Waterway Management Program is one of its program areas. Sati Shankar Singh
Dr Sati Shankar Singh is currently Director, ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kolkata.
 He was born in 1959 in Gonda U.P.
 He is B.Sc.
 (Ag) from CSAUAT Kanpur U.P. and M.Sc.
 (Ag) & Ph.D. (Agronomy) from NDUAT Faizabad U.P. Dr. Singh was Junior Scientist-cum-Assistant Professor in Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa, Bihar from 1986 to 1998.
 He has started his services in ICAR as senior scientist in 1998 and also worked in RWC/CIMMYT from 2004-2006.
 Dr. Singh underwent advance trainings in ICAR Rothamsted, University of Reading, University of East Angelia in U.K.; Cornel University, US, CIMMYT Mexico and IRRI Philippines.
 He did PG teaching for six years and guided four M.Sc.
 Ag and three Ph.D. students.
 He was Head, Division of Crop Research at ICAR RCER, Patna (Bihar) from April 2009 to December 2014.
 He was also Head, Crop Production at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur from January 2014 to April 2017.
 Dr. S.S. Singh has handled 15 externally funded projects on Natural Resource Management, Crop Management, Livelihood Development and Crop Improvement funded by DFID, IFAD, USAID, BMGF, IRRI, CIMMYT, Ford Foundation and European Union.
 He has experience of 28 years working in Eastern India including in 2 years in Koraput, Odisha and 2 years CIMMYT works in West Bengal.
 He has worked in most of the Agricultural Extension projects like Master Trainer in Training and Visit, Lab to Land, Operational Research Project, TAR-IVLP, FLDs, OFTs, Farming System Research Extension and NAIP III (IFS for livelihood Improvement in disadvantaged districts).
 He has worked with KVKs in Bihar and U.P. under different externally funded projects.
 Dr. Singh has worked mainly on conservation agriculture, enhancing the input use efficiency and productivity of rice-wheat system, Integrated Farming Systems, climate resilient agriculture and pulses management in rice fallows.
 His works on resource conservation technologies and integrated farming systems have been adopted by state government in eastern India.
 He has published 110 Research Papers, 5 books, 21 Book Chapters, 14 Technical Bulletins, 125 Papers in Proceedings/symposium/seminar, 50 Popular Articles and 40 Extension Folders.
 He had visited USA, UK, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh and Nepal.
 He is recipient of Senior Research Fellowship of ICAR, Excellent Team Research Award of ICAR, FAI Award, Fellow of Indian Society of Agronomy and Rajeev Gandhi Gyan Vigyan Award by Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt.
 Of India. Sun grant colleges
The Sun Grant Association is a group of six U.S. universities that serve as regional centers of the Sun Grant Initiative, established by the U.S. Congress in the Sun Grant Research Initiative Act of 2003.
 They research and develop sustainable and environmentally friendly bio-based energy alternatives.
 The Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, and the Department of Agriculture are partners in the initiative.
 The five centers were established at Land-Grant Universities to serve different geographic regions of the United States, in the tradition of the Congress-established programs of sea grant colleges in 1966 and space grant colleges in 1988. Formula funds
Formula funds refer to the Federal dollars distributed to the land grant colleges of agriculture through formulas found in the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.), the Smith–Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), the McIntire–Stennis Act (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), and the Evans–Allen Act (7 U.S.C. 3222) for (1) agricultural research at the state agricultural experiment stations, (2) Extension Service programs, (3) forestry research at the land grant colleges of agriculture, and (4) research at the 1890 institutions, respectively. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant provides education, research, and funding to help strengthen and preserve the ecosystems and communities of the Southern Lake Michigan region, 104 miles of heavily urbanized and industrialized shoreline in Illinois and Indiana.
 One third of the population of the Great Lakes lives along the shore of Lake Michigan between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Michigan City, Indiana, and Lake Michigan is the "largest drinking water supply in the state, serving nearly 6.6 million people (of a total of over 10 million lake-wide).""
 Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant focuses their efforts in 4 key areas: Healthy Ecosystems, Sustainable Coasts, Safe, Sustainable Seafood, and Great Lakes literacy and workforce development. National Ocean Service
The National Ocean Service (NOS), an office within the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is responsible for preserving and enhancing the nation’s coastal resources and ecosystems along 95000 mi of shoreline bordering 3500000 sqmi of coastal, Great Lakes, and ocean waters.
 Its mission is to "provide science-based solutions through collaborative partnerships to address evolving economic, environmental, and social pressures on our oceans and coasts."
 NOS works closely with many partner agencies to ensure that ocean and coastal areas are safe, healthy, and productive.
 National Ocean Service scientists, natural resource managers, and specialists ensure safe and efficient marine transportation, promote innovative solutions to protect coastal communities, and conserve marine and coastal places.
 NOS is a scientific and technical organization of 1,700 scientists, natural resource managers, and specialists in many different fields.
 NOS delivers a dynamic range of nationwide coastal and Great Lakes scientific, technical, and resource management services in support of safe, healthy, and productive oceans and coasts.
 NOS develops partnerships to integrate expertise and efforts across all levels of government and with other interests to protect, maintain, and sustain the viability of coastal communities, economies and ecosystems. Athelstan Spilhaus
Athelstan Frederick Spilhaus (November 25, 1911 – March 30, 1998) was a South African-American geophysicist and oceanographer.
 He was born in Cape Town, South Africa.
 He became a US citizen in 1946.
 Among other accomplishments, Spilhaus is credited with proposing the establishment of Sea Grant Colleges at a meeting of the American Fisheries Society in 1963 as a parallel to the successful land-grant colleges, which he claimed was "one of the best investments this nation ever made.
 The same kind of imagination and foresight should be applied to the exploration of the sea."