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                                                Biennial Request for
                                                Proposals</span></strong></p>
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                                            <span style="box-sizing:
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                                              Oceanographic Institution
                                              Sea Grant (<a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftrack.robly.com%2Feb33f7f6-95e2-4e76-a4ef-bc1a97de190f73cbf0f7e4a8bb389d363454a76ddd82&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C1309f15a0c124287cc9108dac279bb6d%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638036125326845119%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3CA0kiCmdtAC%2FppOJ8IQsss5ov4sw5wwpiJXhUt9kXo%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://track.robly.com/eb33f7f6-95e2-4e76-a4ef-bc1a97de190f73cbf0f7e4a8bb389d363454a76ddd82" shash="liLJyM8+vkW4q9X5YnSQRbocN8OFVZ8vS0M7mBOukugVgp1uOl1v9LOJzz1ioZYJ2IXjzS0Ks5qMIn91m5QCM0aYxQ+zZeUS+64Y2aXFjZU3QKQPsvW3yNn1XdbQwitYRryf1h9bP6JDJeybQPakxDsZ2RpIUN5342EUZfAFrt4=" originalsrc="https://track.robly.com/eb33f7f6-95e2-4e76-a4ef-bc1a97de190f73cbf0f7e4a8bb389d363454a76ddd82" shash="FJ2qc/nZZAF0D0hjm8iQMR8T5TnXfvkBFLfPPxwfSfh0cpFDMFmp
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                                                underline" rel="noopener" moz-do-not-send="true"><strong style="box-sizing:
                                                  border-box">WHOI Sea
                                                  Grant</strong></a>)
                                              requests proposals for
                                              two-year projects from
                                              investigators at that are
                                              staff or faculty of
                                              academic, research and
                                              educational institutions
                                              throughout the
                                              Commonwealth of
                                              Massachusetts. Proposed
                                              research must occur
                                              primarily within
                                              Massachusetts and/or
                                              Massachusetts state waters
                                              and adjacent federal
                                              waters. </span> </p>
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                                            <span style="box-sizing:
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                                              16px">Research should
                                              address issues related to
                                              the Sea Grant Focus Areas
                                              of <em style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Healthy
                                                Coastal Ecosystems</em>,&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Sustainable
                                                Fisheries and
                                                Aquaculture</em>,
                                              and/or&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Resilient
                                                Communities and
                                                Economies</em>. In
                                              addition, advancing
                                              Diversity, Equity,
                                              Inclusion, Justice, and
                                              Accessibility (DEIJA) in
                                              the marine sciences,
                                              climate change impacts on
                                              coastal ecosystems and
                                              landforms, and
                                              environmental literacy and
                                              workforce development are
                                              considered as cross
                                              cutting themes.</span> </p>
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                                              16px">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
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                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 24px"><span style="box-sizing:
                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px">Depending on
                                              availability of funds,
                                              approximately $1 million
                                              will be available to
                                              support 4-6 research
                                              projects during the
                                              two-year funding period.
                                              Sea Grant proposals
                                              require a match of $1 of
                                              non-federal funds for
                                              every $2 of federal funds
                                              requested.</span></p>
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                                            border-box; font-size: 16px;
                                            line-height: inherit;
                                            margin: 0;
                                            mso-line-height-alt: 24px"><span style="box-sizing:
                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                          <p style="box-sizing:
                                            border-box; font-size: 16px;
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                                            margin: 0;
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                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px"><strong style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Pre-proposal
                                                deadline</strong>:
                                              Wednesday, January 25,
                                              2023, 4:30 pm Eastern Time</span></p>
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                                              border-box; font-size:
                                              16px"><strong style="box-sizing:
                                                border-box">Full
                                                proposal deadline</strong>:
                                              Friday, April 28, 2023,
                                              4:30 pm Eastern Time</span></p>
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                                              who submitted
                                              pre-proposals may submit
                                              full proposals.</span></p>
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                                                14, 2022</a> at 2 pm.</span>
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