SkIO faculty receive Moore Foundation funding to support postdoctoral training

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Sara Rivero-Calle (left) and Natalie Cohen, both based at the Skidaway Institute, will supervise postdoctoral researchers funded through the award.

The University of Georgia has received a $1.5 million award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to support the creation of eight postdoctoral positions, supporting scientific advancement and strengthening UGA’s research capacity in the natural sciences.

Two faculty members at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Natalie Cohen and Sara Rivero-Calle, both in UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Marine Sciences, will supervise postdoctoral researchers funded through the award. 

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