Specialty License Plate-supported Research

Granted through the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation, the proceeds of sales of these license plates support innovative and applied research involving animals, ecosystems and issues of importance to the people of Florida. Watch a short video to learn more.

Aquaculture

Paul Wills, Ph.D.
Advanced Technology for System Management Invertebrate Health, and  Integration of Additional New Species for a Land-Based IMTA System

Matthew Ajemian, Ph.D.
Understanding interactions between on-bottom bivalve culture and suspected large mobile predators

Protect Florida Whales

Steve Burton, MS
HBOI’s Florida Dolphins Stranding and Population Assessment Program

Mingshun Jiang, Ph.D.
Observation and Modeling of Mercury Distributions in the Indian River Lagoon  for Understanding the Impacts on Wild Dolphins

Annie Page, DVM. Ph.D.
HBOI's Marine Mammal Pathology, Tissue Archives, and Database Program 

Protect Wild Dolphins

Annie Page, Ph.D.
HBOI's Marine Mammal Pathology, Tissue Archives, and Database Program

Steve Burton, MS
HBOI’s Florida Whales Stranding and Population Assessment Program

Laurent Chérubin, Ph.D.
Using emerging technologies for population and behavioral ecology assessment of Florida Whales

Save Our Seas

Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D.
The Indian River Lagoon Observatory (IRLO): Ecosystem Function of a Nationally Important Estuary in Transition

Amy Wright, Ph.D.
Deploying Florida’s Marine Biodiversity to Win the War Against Drug Resistant Pathogens

Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D.
Exploring and Preserving the Biodiversity of Sponges in the Indian River Lagoon