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Leveraging funding from <span style=\\\"color: #005c81;\\\"><b>GO Virginia<\\/b><\\/span> and VASG\\u2019s federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we anticipate making approximately five awards. University teams will provide collaborative R&amp;D support (e.g., assessing the impact of adaptation and resilience interventions on coastal properties, product performance validation, product development) to business winners of an ongoing GO Virginia-funded coastal rural <span style=\\\"color: #005c81;\\\"><strong>Resilience Challenge<\\/strong><\\/span> announcement concerning: <strong>Flood Management; Protection of Buildings and Property; and Water Quality Management.<\\/strong><\\/p><p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"><b><i>Important dates:<\\/i><\\/b><\\/span><\\/p><ul><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit Statement of Interests &amp; Qualifications: <b>March 31, 2022<\\/b><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Requests for additional information in order to match university capacity with business and water adaptation, resilience and innovation needs: <strong>April, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit requested information: <strong>late April\\/early May, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Project start dates: <strong>summer\\/fall, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><\\/ul><p class=\\\"p6\\\"><b><i><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\">For more information<\\/span><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"> :<\\/span><br \\/><\\/span><\\/i><\\/b>Contact Sabine Rogers, <b>sarogers@vaseasgrant.org<\\/b>, or Troy Hartley, <b>thartley@vaseagrant.org.<span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/b><\\/p>\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_size\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"size\":14,\"sizes\":[]},\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"text_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor1\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"578119c\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"padding\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"top\":\"40\",\"right\":\"0\",\"bottom\":\"40\",\"left\":\"0\",\"isLinked\":false},\"__globals__\":{\"background_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=c3ff018\"}},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"c180005\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"41318bf\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"title\":\"LEARN MORE: INFORMATIONAL WEBINARS\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"title_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor5\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"heading\"},{\"id\":\"a396df8\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p>VASG will host three webinars to present the funding opportunity, information about the waterfront property field stations, answer questions, and to solicit information about expanding Virginia\\u2019s collaborative R&amp;D capacity in water adaptation and resilience. In addition to the $1M for universities to participate in collaborative R&amp;D, VASG has funding to further scope and design the codification of the field stations into an R&amp;D network and the design of a collaborative R&amp;D hub facility in the coastal region. To further assess university needs and opportunities with this capacity, Clark Nexsen is assisting in the scoping exercise and the webinars. 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Home sales in coastal Virginia increased 61% on the Chesapeake Bay between 2019 \\u2013 2020, and over 20% more from January \\u2013 April 2021. In their most recent property tax assessment, rural Mathews County, VA recorded a loss of $75M in property value caused by flooding and erosion on waterfront properties. Businesses are impacted too; coastal shoreline counties support 37% of US jobs and contribute 46% of the GDP. Coastal Virginia is home to a growing $53M shellfish aquaculture industry and working waterfronts employ over 122,000 people, generating $8.5B of the GDP. 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FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.\\u00a0 Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.<\\/li><\\/ul><h4><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.<\\/p><ul><li><strong>VASG\\u2014Virginia Tech<\\/strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. This position will play a critical role, as a project coordinator and facilitator, of VASG\\u2019s GO Virginia award, and the design and implementation of collaborative public-private R&amp;D partnerships on the network of field stations.<\\/li><li><strong>Sea Grant-CERF<\\/strong> (Coastal Estuarine Research Federation) <strong><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/cerfcompetition.vaseagrant.org\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Design Competition<\\/a><\\/strong>, a forward-facing initiative to inspire students and faculty across disciplines to work together in proposing design solutions and innovative strategies to make our coastal environments more resilient in the face of coastal impacts of climate change. The Design Competition is also intended as a complementary way in which CERF can collaborate with local communities to problem-solve together around pressing challenges. The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.<\\/li><li><strong>VASG\\u2019s NSF-funded team science training<\\/strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. The deeper level of knowledge integration achieves innovative outcomes, and is facilitated by <strong><a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/vaseagrant.org\\/nsf-award-team-science-training-coastal-ocean-estuarine-stem-graduate-students\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">VASG\\u2019s training<\\/a><\\/strong> in visualization tactics, managing constructive conflict, effective cross-disciplinary communication and listening, and advanced taskwork and teamwork skills.<strong style=\\\"font-size: 16px;\\\">\\u00a0<\\/strong><\\/li><\\/ul><h4><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"><strong>Workforce Development<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/h4><p>Collectively, Virginia\\u2019s community college system, universities, and professional certification programs provide outstanding discipline-specific and skill-focused education.<\\/p><ul><li><strong>VASG and <a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.rappahannock.edu\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Rappahannock Community College<\\/a><\\/strong> are offering Work-Based Learning apprenticeships with water resilience and adaptation businesses, including winners of the GO Virginia business competition administered by RISE. 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Leveraging funding from <span style=\\\"color: #005c81;\\\"><b>GO Virginia<\\/b><\\/span> and VASG\\u2019s federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we anticipate making approximately five awards. University teams will provide collaborative R&amp;D support (e.g., assessing the impact of adaptation and resilience interventions on coastal properties, product performance validation, product development) to business winners of an ongoing GO Virginia-funded coastal rural <span style=\\\"color: #005c81;\\\"><strong>Resilience Challenge<\\/strong><\\/span> announcement concerning: <strong>Flood Management; Protection of Buildings and Property; and Water Quality Management.<\\/strong><\\/p><p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"><b><i>Important dates:<\\/i><\\/b><\\/span><\\/p><ul><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit Statement of Interests &amp; Qualifications: <b>March 31, 2022<\\/b><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Requests for additional information in order to match university capacity with business and water adaptation, resilience and innovation needs: <strong>April, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit requested information: <strong>late April\\/early May, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Project start dates: <strong>summer\\/fall, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><\\/ul><p class=\\\"p6\\\"><b><i><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\">For more information<\\/span><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"> :<\\/span><br \\/><\\/span><\\/i><\\/b>Contact Sabine Rogers, <b>sarogers@vaseasgrant.org<\\/b>, or Troy Hartley, <b>thartley@vaseagrant.org.<span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/b><\\/p>\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_size\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"size\":14,\"sizes\":[]},\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"text_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor1\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"578119c\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"padding\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"top\":\"40\",\"right\":\"0\",\"bottom\":\"40\",\"left\":\"0\",\"isLinked\":false},\"__globals__\":{\"background_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=c3ff018\"}},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"c180005\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"41318bf\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"title\":\"LEARN MORE: INFORMATIONAL WEBINARS\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"title_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor5\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"heading\"},{\"id\":\"a396df8\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p>VASG will host three webinars to present the funding opportunity, information about the waterfront property field stations, answer questions, and to solicit information about expanding Virginia\\u2019s collaborative R&amp;D capacity in water adaptation and resilience. In addition to the $1M for universities to participate in collaborative R&amp;D, VASG has funding to further scope and design the codification of the field stations into an R&amp;D network and the design of a collaborative R&amp;D hub facility in the coastal region. To further assess university needs and opportunities with this capacity, Clark Nexsen is assisting in the scoping exercise and the webinars. 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Leveraging funding from <span style=\\\"color: #005c81;\\\"><b>GO Virginia<\\/b><\\/span> and VASG\\u2019s federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we anticipate making approximately five awards. University teams will provide collaborative R&amp;D support (e.g., assessing the impact of adaptation and resilience interventions on coastal properties, product performance validation, product development) to business winners of an ongoing GO Virginia-funded coastal rural <span style=\\\"color: #005c81;\\\"><strong>Resilience Challenge<\\/strong><\\/span> announcement concerning: <strong>Flood Management; Protection of Buildings and Property; and Water Quality Management.<\\/strong><\\/p><p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"><b><i>Important dates:<\\/i><\\/b><\\/span><\\/p><ul><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit Statement of Interests &amp; Qualifications: <b>March 31, 2022<\\/b><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Requests for additional information in order to match university capacity with business and water adaptation, resilience and innovation needs: <strong>April, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit requested information: <strong>late April\\/early May, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Project start dates: <strong>summer\\/fall, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><\\/ul><p class=\\\"p6\\\"><b><i><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\">For more information<\\/span><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"> :<\\/span><br \\/><\\/span><\\/i><\\/b>Contact Sabine Rogers, <b>sarogers@vaseasgrant.org<\\/b>, or Troy Hartley, <b>thartley@vaseagrant.org.<span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/b><\\/p>\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_size\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"size\":14,\"sizes\":[]},\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"text_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor1\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"578119c\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"padding\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"top\":\"40\",\"right\":\"0\",\"bottom\":\"80\",\"left\":\"0\",\"isLinked\":false},\"__globals__\":{\"background_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=c3ff018\"}},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"c180005\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"41318bf\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"title\":\"LEARN MORE: INFORMATIONAL WEBINARS\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"title_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor5\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"heading\"},{\"id\":\"a396df8\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p>VASG will host three webinars to present the funding opportunity, information about the waterfront property field stations, answer questions, and to solicit information about expanding Virginia\\u2019s collaborative R&amp;D capacity in water adaptation and resilience. 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FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.\\u00a0 Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.<\\/li><\\/ul><h4><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.<\\/p><ul><li><strong>VASG\\u2014Virginia Tech<\\/strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. 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The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.<\\/li><li><strong>VASG\\u2019s NSF-funded team science training<\\/strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. 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The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.<\\/li><li><strong>VASG\\u2019s NSF-funded team science training<\\/strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. 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FTF is a first in the nation approach to advance feasible adaption solutions for property owners in underserved communities.\\u00a0 Among the twenty-four companies in the FTF program, there are cooperative arrangements, collaborative projects, and a need for research &amp; development (R&amp;D) capacity to further advance innovation.<\\/li><\\/ul><h4><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"><strong>Collaborative R&amp;D<\\/strong><\\/span><\\/h4><p>Addressing property adaptation from a holistic, systems approach in order to achieve novel breakthroughs requires collaborative skills and competencies to integrate diverse knowledge and perspectives into innovative outcomes that transcend individual disciplines.<\\/p><ul><li><strong>VASG\\u2014Virginia Tech<\\/strong> partnership for a resilience design extension faculty position. 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The Design Competition will focus on a specific site in Coastal Virginia on which all design proposals must focus.<\\/li><li><strong>VASG\\u2019s NSF-funded team science training<\\/strong> is designing, testing, and implementing capacity-building training for effective team science, effectively integrating diverse knowledge and perspectives. 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University teams will provide collaborative R&amp;D support (e.g., assessing the impact of adaptation and resilience interventions on coastal properties, product performance validation, product development) to business winners of an ongoing GO Virginia-funded coastal rural <span style=\\\"color: #005c81;\\\"><strong>Resilience Challenge<\\/strong><\\/span> announcement concerning: <strong>Flood Management; Protection of Buildings and Property; and Water Quality Management.<\\/strong><\\/p><p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"><b><i>Important dates:<\\/i><\\/b><\\/span><\\/p><ul><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit Statement of Interests &amp; Qualifications: <b>March 31, 2022<\\/b><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Requests for additional information in order to match university capacity with business and water adaptation, resilience and innovation needs: <strong>April, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit requested information: <strong>late April\\/early May, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Project start dates: <strong>summer\\/fall, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><\\/ul><p class=\\\"p6\\\"><b><i><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\">For more information<\\/span><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"> :<\\/span><br \\/><\\/span><\\/i><\\/b>Contact Sabine Rogers, <b>sarogers@vaseasgrant.org<\\/b>, or Troy Hartley, <b>thartley@vaseagrant.org.<span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/b><\\/p>\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_size\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"size\":14,\"sizes\":[]},\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"text_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor1\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"578119c\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"padding\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"top\":\"40\",\"right\":\"0\",\"bottom\":\"80\",\"left\":\"0\",\"isLinked\":false},\"__globals__\":{\"background_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=c3ff018\"}},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"c180005\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"41318bf\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"title\":\"<b>LEARN MORE:<\\/b> INFORMATIONAL WEBINARS\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"title_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor5\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"heading\"},{\"id\":\"a396df8\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p>Virginia Sea Grant will host three webinars to present the funding opportunity, information about the waterfront property field stations, answer questions, and to solicit information about expanding Virginia\\u2019s collaborative R&amp;D capacity in water adaptation and resilience. 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University teams will provide collaborative R&amp;D support (e.g., assessing the impact of adaptation and resilience interventions on coastal properties, product performance validation, product development) to business winners of an ongoing GO Virginia-funded coastal rural <span style=\\\"color: #005c81;\\\"><strong>Resilience Challenge<\\/strong><\\/span> announcement concerning: <strong>Flood Management; Protection of Buildings and Property; and Water Quality Management.<\\/strong><\\/p><p class=\\\"p3\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"><b><i>Important dates:<\\/i><\\/b><\\/span><\\/p><ul><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit Statement of Interests &amp; Qualifications: <b>March 31, 2022<\\/b><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Requests for additional information in order to match university capacity with business and water adaptation, resilience and innovation needs: <strong>April, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Submit requested information: <strong>late April\\/early May, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><li class=\\\"p4\\\">Project start dates: <strong>summer\\/fall, 2022<\\/strong><\\/li><\\/ul><p class=\\\"p6\\\"><b><i><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\">For more information<\\/span><span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\"><span style=\\\"color: #da7817;\\\"> :<\\/span><br \\/><\\/span><\\/i><\\/b>Contact Sabine Rogers, <b>sarogers@vaseasgrant.org<\\/b>, or Troy Hartley, <b>thartley@vaseagrant.org.<span class=\\\"Apple-converted-space\\\">\\u00a0<\\/span><\\/b><\\/p>\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_size\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"size\":14,\"sizes\":[]},\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"text_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor1\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"text-editor\"}],\"isInner\":false}],\"isInner\":false},{\"id\":\"578119c\",\"elType\":\"section\",\"settings\":{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"padding\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"top\":\"40\",\"right\":\"0\",\"bottom\":\"80\",\"left\":\"0\",\"isLinked\":false},\"__globals__\":{\"background_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=c3ff018\"}},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"c180005\",\"elType\":\"column\",\"settings\":{\"_column_size\":100,\"_inline_size\":null},\"elements\":[{\"id\":\"41318bf\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"title\":\"<b>LEARN MORE:<\\/b> INFORMATIONAL WEBINARS\",\"typography_typography\":\"custom\",\"typography_font_family\":\"Montserrat\",\"typography_font_weight\":\"400\",\"__globals__\":{\"title_color\":\"globals\\/colors?id=astglobalcolor5\"}},\"elements\":[],\"widgetType\":\"heading\"},{\"id\":\"a396df8\",\"elType\":\"widget\",\"settings\":{\"editor\":\"<p>Virginia Sea Grant will host three webinars to present the funding opportunity, information about the waterfront property field stations, answer questions, and to solicit information about expanding Virginia\\u2019s collaborative R&amp;D capacity in water adaptation and resilience. 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