CGA Establishes New Grant Office

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CGA Establishes New Grant Office

Signing of the document Important people pose for photo

Coast Guard Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. James E. Rendon and Peter Melera, president of the Sponsored Projects Research Incorporated Board of Directors sign the agreement establishing the grants office at the Academy during a ceremony held at the Academy, Sep. 10, 2018.

The new office is expected to greatly expand and enhance the support of academic research at the Academy.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin

Key figures in the establishment of the Coast Guard Academy Grants Office pose for a photo during the signing ceremony held at the Academy, Sep. 10, 2018.

Pictured are: Capt. Greg Hall; Sondra Lintelmann Dellaripa, Harvest Development Group; Andrea Marcille, USCGA Alumni Association; Peter Melera; president of the Sponsored Projects Research Incorporated Board of Directors; Rear Adm. James E. Rendón, Coast Guard Academy superintendent; Patrick Kelly; Robert Albright; and Dr. Kurt Colella, Coast Guard Academy dean.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin

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NEW LONDON, Conn.,— The Coast Guard Academy hosted a signing ceremony to commemorate the establishment of an office dedicated to applying for grants and supporting academic research, Monday.

The Coast Guard Academy will be the first service academy to establish such an office.

The agreement establishes terms and conditions between the Academy and Sponsored Projects Research Incorporated which will operate separately from Academy and with its own board of directors.

The project was made possible with financial assistance from the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association.

Research projects at the Academy have been funded with non-appropriated federal funds which has limited the number of projects cadets could be involved in because of the administrative burden involved in applying for and handling funds. The new office is expected to greatly expand and enhance the support of academic research at the Academy.                                    

 

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