Research & Funding
Studies & Experiments
LSU New Orleans enables its students, faculty, and staff to conduct research on sustainable living and working. Their studies and experiments help us understand our impacts on the world around us and how best to proceed with our collective futures in mind.
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List of Current & Prior Studies
- LSU New Orleans’s Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences teaches high school students importance of coastal restoration
- LSU New Orleans Bollinger School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering collaborates with local design firm Scale Innovations to design and engineer electric boat
- Grant to create Urban Bird Habitat on LSU New Orleans campus and support environmental education
- LSU New Orleans-led research team lands $121,000 grant to help restore resilient seagrass beds in northern Gulf of Mexico
- Historical fish tale can guide future conservation policy, LSU New Orleans researchers say
- Water Institute and LSU New Orleans awarded National Science Foundation grant to support graduate student study in the Netherlands
- LSU New Orleans engineering students earn first place in regional competition with automated system for lighting and watering indoor plants
- LSU New Orleans English professor Richard Goodman edits first-of-its kind environmental anthology about the Gulf South
Experts & Specialists
LSU New Orleans employs several experts and specialists in environmental and sustainable efforts who can offer research-based perspectives and analysis on news of the day, ongoing developments, and emerging trends.
Contact a LSU New Orleans Sustainability Expert today.
Funding Opportunities
The LSU New Orleans Office of Research and the LSU New Orleans Research Council want our students, faculty, and staff to be productive in their research. To nurture an inventive and innovative climate, these two entities work together to sponsor LSU New Orleans's Internal Grant Program, which includes the below funding opportunities for research into environmental issues.
Innovation Challenge
The LSU New Orleans Innovation Challenge requires participation from a faculty mentor and a team of students from two or more colleges. The aim of the program is to fund environmental sustainability projects on LSU New Orleans's campus. Applicants are encouraged to seek additional matching funds from off-campus constituents.