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The National Sea Grant College Program has just announced the following
funding opportunities:<br>
<br>
<b>Gulf of Mexico Oyster Industry Program</b><br>
The goal of this program is to encourage multi-disciplinary research
and extension projects that contribute directly to the efficiency and
profitability of oyster-related businesses and to the safety of oyster
products. <br>
<br>
— To obtain the RFP, please visit <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.grants.gov">www.grants.gov</a><br>
— For more information, please contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Jacques.Oliver@noaa.gov">Jacques.Oliver@noaa.gov</a><br>
<br>
<b>Oyster Disease Research Program</b><br>
This extensive program of ongoing research coupled with outreach and
management efforts aims to better serve the restoration of healthy
populations of oysters in the nation's coastal waters through research
related to oyster disease. <br>
<br>
— To obtain the RFP, please visit <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.grants.gov">www.grants.gov</a><br>
— For more information, please contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Jacques.Oliver@noaa.gov">Jacques.Oliver@noaa.gov</a><br>
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<b>Aquatic Invasive Species Research and Outreach Program</b><br>
The goal of this program is to discover and develop information and
tools that can lead to the prevention, monitoring and control of
aquatic invasive species threatening United States coastal, oceanic and
Great Lakes communities, resources and ecosystems. <br>
<br>
— To obtain the RFP, please visit <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.grants.gov">www.grants.gov</a><br>
— Federal Funding Opportunity# OAR-SG-2007-2000770<br>
— For more information, please contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Invasive.Species@noaa.gov">Invasive.Species@noaa.gov</a><br>
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</font><font color="#990000"><b>DEADLINE:</b> </font>Preliminary
proposals for each of the competitions must be submitted to Woods Hole
Sea Grant by <u>4:00 p.m., August 17, 2006</u>. In addition to one
hard copy of each preliminary proposal, a CD containing a PDF of the
file(s) must be included.<br>
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The Federal Register Notice for these opportunities can be accessed at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-5225.pdf">http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-5225.pdf</a><br>
<br>
Sheri DeRosa<br>
Woods Hole Sea Grant<br>
193 Oyster Pond Road, MS #2<br>
Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>
508-289-2398<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sderosa@whoi.edu">sderosa@whoi.edu</a><br>
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