[SEMCO] RFP: The Northeast Consortium

[Sheri DeRosa]

The Northeast Consortium

FY 2002 Request for Planning Letters and Full Proposals

Planning Letters Due: January 9, 2002
Full Proposals Due: March 20, 2002


The Northeast Consortium (University of New Hampshire, University of
Maine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution) invites Planning Letters for cooperative
research and selective fishing gear development. Proposed projects
should involve commercial fishermen and/or commercial fishing vessels;
should address issues in fisheries and fisheries management, fishing
gear technologies, and/or coastal ocean processes; and should be focused
on the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank.

Northeast Consortium Planning Letters will be used to select projects
for further development via a Full Proposal. The deadline for receipt of
Planning Letters is January 9, 2002. Full proposals may be submitted
without prior submission of a Planning Letter, but must be submitted by
the deadline of March 20, 2002. Funding decisions will be sent by mail
to proposers on or before May 1, 2001. June 1, 2002 is the target date
to begin the funded projects. Funding is contingent on timely release of
funds to the Northeast Consortium from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Association (NOAA).

This request for Planning Letters contains information on the
background, goals, and objectives of the Northeast Consortium,
guidelines for preparing Planning Letters, contact information for
questions regarding proposal ideas, and submission of Full Proposals.
This RFP and additional information, including descriptions of
previously funded projects, is available from the web site,
http://www.NortheastConsortium.org.

Questions regarding this opportunity should be directed to:

Ann Bucklin, Professor and Director
New Hampshire Sea Grant Program
142 Morse Hall
Durham, NH 03824
Tel: (603) 862-0122; Fax: (603) 862-0243; email: acb@christa.unh.edu

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