罗德岛大学与路易斯安那州立大学获国家科学基金会 400 万美元资助 共推 EcoCARE 海岸湿地研究
罗德岛大学（URI）与路易斯安那州立大学（LSU）近日宣布，两校共同获得美国国家科学基金会（NSF）一项 400 万美元的“聚焦 EPSCoR 合作”资助，启动 EcoCARE 项目，把路易斯安那州的三角洲湿地与罗德岛州的盐沼连接起来，研究海岸湿地修复与韧性。
项目由罗德岛大学牵头，细胞与分子生物学教授 Ying Zhang 担任负责人；LSU 方面由 Xiaochen Zhao 与 George Xue 共同领衔。合作机构还包括罗杰威廉姆斯大学法学院、LSU 新奥尔良健康科学中心、路易斯安那大学海洋联合会，以及路易斯安那州海岸保护与修复局、罗德岛州环境管理部两个州级机构。
据两校发布，EcoCARE 将在机器学习建模、湿地价值评估、分子生物监测与修复融资四个方向开发新方法，并建设公开网络平台分享成果。项目将支持 5 名青年教师、1 名博士后、5 名研究生，并每年招收 6 名本科生参与；LSU 还将在第二、三年举办为期两周的带薪暑期工作坊，面向两州社区学院与少数族裔服务机构的最多 15 名学生。
NSF 记录显示，该合作项下罗德岛大学与 LSU 分别获得 252 万美元与约 147.7 万美元拨款，2026 年 9 月 1 日生效，执行至 2030 年 8 月。
（来源：路易斯安那州立大学）
URI and LSU Win $4 Million NSF EcoCARE Award to Advance Coastal Wetland Science
The University of Rhode Island (URI) and Louisiana State University (LSU) have announced a $4 million National Science Foundation Focused EPSCoR Collaboration award for EcoCARE, a project linking Louisiana’s deltaic wetlands with Rhode Island’s salt marshes to advance coastal wetland restoration and resilience.
URI leads the project under Ying Zhang, a professor of cell and molecular biology, with Xiaochen Zhao and George Xue leading the LSU side. Partners include Roger Williams University School of Law, LSU Health New Orleans, the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
EcoCARE will develop new methods in machine-learning modeling, wetland valuation, molecular biomonitoring and restoration financing, and will share results through a public web portal, the universities said. The project supports five early-career faculty, one postdoctoral researcher and five graduate students, plus six undergraduates each year. LSU will also host a two-week paid summer workshop in years two and three for up to 15 students from community colleges and minority-serving institutions in both states.
NSF records show awards of $2.52 million to URI and about $1.48 million to LSU under the collaboration, effective September 1, 2026, and running through August 2030.
(Source: Louisiana State University)
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