SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

The Blue Crab Bowl wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of national, regional and local sponsors. Donations support the planning and implementation of the competition, as well as event awards for participating teams.

Want to help support this exciting science event? 
Please, contact the Blue Crab Bowl Coordinator.  We can use:

• financial donations
• services and products for event operations
• services and products for participant prizes
• volunteers

Sponsors and supporters are acknowledged on the event program, in press releases to Virginia media, and on our Bowl website.

In 2009, the following institutions, organizations and businesses contributed to prizes for Bowl participants.

NATIONAL SPONSORS
Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Ocean Leadership receives support for NOSB® from U.S. government agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, foundations, and corporations. For a complete list, visit the NOSB website.

REGIONAL SPONSORS
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Virginia Sea Grant
Old Dominion University

Blue Crab Bowl 2009 Awards
Our thanks to Sponsors and Supporters for funding Awards for Blue Crab Bowl Participants.

All participants
*Logo T-shirts — Consortium for Ocean Leadership
*NOSB calendars — Consortium for Ocean Leadership
*Logo lapel pins — Consortium for Ocean Leadership

*Logo water bottles — Consortium for Ocean Leadership
*VIMS pencils — VIMS Bookstore

All coaches
*1-year Membership in the National Marine Educators Association
  — Virginia Sea Grant

New coaches
*1-year Memberships in the Mid-Atlantic Marine Education Association
  — MAMEA

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Place Teams

*Custom design ceramic Crab Bowl trophies — Virginia Sea Grant
*Passes to the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center — VAMSC
*69x48-inch World & Ocean Floor map — VIMS Bookstore

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Place Coaches
*Nature Vision FishTV-Plus, underwater viewing system
  — Virginia Sea Grant

3rd and 4th Place Teams

Selected Teaching/Learning Resources — Consortium for Ocean Leadership with VA Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program

1st and 2nd Place Teams
Canoeing Field Experience on the York River

  — Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Virginia

1st Place Team
*All expenses paid trip to NOSB competition in Washington, DC
  — Consortium for Ocean Leadership

1st Place Coach
*1-year Membership in the National Marine Educators Association
  — NMEA

*$1,000 scholarship to attend June/July National Marine Education Association Conference in Monterey,CA — Virginia Sea Grant

Additional support graciously provided by:
*Comfort Suites, Newport News, VA
*The Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, VA
*Old Dominion University:
   College of Sciences; Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric
   Science; and the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Norfolk
*Virginia Institute of Marine Science and
  Virginia Sea Grant Marine Extension Program, Gloucester Point
*What If Scientific/Leave Only Bubbles