[SEMCO] 3 RFPs: Sea Grant Research Programs

[Sheri DeRosa]

Sea Grant National Strategic Investments in Technology, Marine
Environmental Biotechnology, and Fisheries Habitat

Request for Proposals for FY 2002
NOAA, National Sea Grant College Program

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SUMMARY: The National Sea Grant College Program is entertaining
preliminary proposals and subsequently full proposals for National
Strategic Investments (NSIs) in the following three programs:

(1) The Technology Program, which involves the development and transfer
of technologies pertaining to engineering and the physical sciences;
this program is intended to fulfill Sea Grant's broad responsibilities
in fostering economic competitiveness through the transfer of technology
pertaining to the development and utilization of ocean, coastal, and
Great Lakes resources. The maximum Federal award for each project will
be $150,000 per year for up to two years.

(2) The Marine Environmental Biotechnology Program, which seeks to fund
innovative research, education, and outreach projects to (i) develop and
utilize molecular and cellular biology for assessing the effects of
contaminants and pathogens on the health of the coastal ecosystem; and
(ii) educate and inform the public about marine biotechnology. The
maximum Federal award for each project will be $150,000 per year for up
to two years.

(3) The Fisheries Habitat Program, which deals with innovative research,
education, and outreach projects that address critical and high priority
problems related to fisheries habitat in U.S. coastal and Great Lakes
waters. The maximum Federal award for each project will be $300,000 per
year for up to two years.

DEADLINE: Preliminary proposals must be received by 5 pm (local time) on
February 15, 2002, by Dr. Judith E. McDowell, Director, WHOI Sea Grant
Program, 193 Oyster Pond Road, MS #2, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1525.

For complete details, visit
http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/research/rfp/Sea_Grant_NSI_Research_RFP_FY2002.htm.
Questions can be directed to WHOI Sea Grant at (508) 289-2398 or
seagrant@whoi.edu.

Sheri DeRosa
WHOI Sea Grant
sderosa@whoi.edu