- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Engage
- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Collaboratory for Physical Oceanography

Lab Director: Donglai Gong

Researchers in the Collaboratory for Physical Oceanography (C4PO) at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) employ a range of sampling platforms—AUV/gliders, floats/drifters, satellites, HF-Radar, moorings, and ships—to better understand the physical processes that drive transport and mixing in coastal oceans and estuaries at mid- and high latitudes. These processes can affect the transfer and storage of heat, freshwater, nutrients, organic material, and pollutants in the coastal marine environment.

Expeditions

Description of research expeditions and projects such as Gliderpalooza briefly described and linked to from here.