UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant

What UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant does

UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant is identified by its name and primary web domain (gacoast.uga.edu) as an entity operating under the University of Georgia, combining a marine extension service with the Georgia Sea Grant program. The name indicates a public-outreach and applied-research orientation focused on Georgia's coastal and marine resources — the "Extension" component is consistent with the UGA Public Service and Outreach model of translating university research to stakeholders, and the "Sea Grant" component is consistent with the NOAA-administered federal-state Sea Grant network that funds coastal research, education, and extension across U.S. coastal states.

Beyond the name, URL, and institutional affiliation signals, the supplied source material offers no substantive information: product/service catalogs are empty, revenue and headcount figures are unavailable, the company-history and management-team fields contain no entries, and the source pages themselves returned only loading/verification messages rather than descriptive content. Consequently, this description cannot enumerate specific programs, technical platforms, fee structures, or client rosters — any such claims would be fabrication. What is verifiable is that the entity is institutional in character (extension + grant-funded program under a state university) rather than a venture-backed or publicly traded commercial enterprise, which materially shapes how revenue, moat, and concentration are assessed in the sections below.

What can be said about the implied operating model: as a Marine Extension unit combined with a Sea Grant program, the implied functions are coastal and marine research dissemination, stakeholder education, advisory and technical-assistance services to coastal communities, fisheries and marine-resource support, and likely K-12 and workforce training — but none of these functions is confirmed in the supplied input data and should be treated as inferred from the program name only until primary program documentation is consulted.

Name

UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant

Website

https://gacoast.uga.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant is a University of Georgia-affiliated program that combines a marine extension service with the Georgia Sea Grant program, focused on coastal and marine outreach in Georgia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Extension and Sea Grant Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Grantmaking Agencies & Education Program Grants Administration (EDADAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

University/College Continuing Education (Extension) Programs (EDAAAEAA)

Keywords

• Marine extension
• Sea grant
• Coastal education
• Marine outreach
• University extension

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Core offering

Based on the program's name, UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant delivers marine extension and Sea Grant programming through the University of Georgia, encompassing coastal and marine education, research, and outreach activities. The source content reviewed did not contain a detailed description of specific products or services offered.

Product overview

No product or service information was available from the sources examined. The source content consisted only of a verification/loading page with no substantive content about UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant's offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Core technology

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Direct peers

• South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium: Statewide Sea Grant program serving South Carolina's coastal zone through research funding, education, and extension. Direct peer with identical NOAA partnership structure and overlapping Atlantic coastal mission.
• Texas Sea Grant: Texas A&M University-based NOAA Sea Grant program serving the Texas Gulf Coast. Direct peer operating the same research-grant and extension model at a larger Gulf-state scale.
• Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS): William & Mary-based coastal and estuarine research and education institution with extension functions. Comparable university-anchored marine research and advisory program on the mid-Atlantic coast.
• Florida Sea Grant: University of Florida-based NOAA Sea Grant program administering coastal research, education, and extension grants in Florida. Directly comparable as a neighboring state Sea Grant with the same federal-state mandate and dual research/extension structure.
• North Carolina Sea Grant: NC State University-based Sea Grant program funding coastal research and delivering extension services across North Carolina. Direct peer with equivalent federal-state funding model and university anchoring.
• Louisiana Sea Grant: Louisiana State University-based Sea Grant program with strong coastal-resilience and fisheries extension mandate. Direct peer sharing NOAA partnership and university-anchored grant administration.

Broad incumbents

• NOAA Sea Grant College Program: Federal parent program at NOAA that funds and coordinates all 34 state Sea Grant programs including Georgia Sea Grant. Broad incumbent defining the funding framework, competitive solicitations, and national priorities.
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Major independent oceanographic research and education institution. Broad incumbent in marine science that draws comparable federal research funding and trains marine scientists engaged with Sea Grant networks.

Emerging players

• Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (UGA Skidaway): University of Georgia marine research institute on Skidaway Island. Internal UGA peer conducting coastal and oceanographic research that often intersects with Marine Extension's applied focus.

Regional players

• Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (FAU): Florida Atlantic University's marine research institute with ocean science and education programs. Regional peer with overlapping coastal research mission in a different state.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uga-marine-extension-and-georgia-sea-grant

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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