For Researchers and Volunteers

People posing for a picture and a man in the middle holding a plaque — Volunteer of the Year Terry Helmers volunteers as a diver with both buoy maintenance and maritime heritage teams. Photo: NOAA

If you're interested in using Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary as your laboratory, please take a look at our science needs assessments. These needs assessments outline areas of the most critical research to support sanctuary management. Be sure to carefully review our permitting page as the majority of research proposed within the sanctuary requires an Office of National Marine Sanctuaries permit, and may require permit(s) from other state and federal agencies as well.

If you're interested in volunteering for research projects, take a look at our volunteer opportunities within the sanctuary.