[SEMCO] Sea Grant RFPs: Aquatic Invasives and Ballast Water

[Sheri DeRosa]

Greetings!

The National Sea Grant Office has just announced the following funding 
opportunities:

Aquatic Invasive Species Research and Outreach Program
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.

Ballast Water Technology Demonstration Program
This joint NOAA-U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-U.S. Maritime 
Administration Program supports projects to develop, test, and 
demonstrate technologies that treat ships' ballast water in order to 
reduce the threat of introduction of aquatic invasive species to U.S. 
waters through the discharge of ballast water. The technologies being 
proposed for investigation should have promise of being effective at 
removing, nactivating, or preventing the transfer of aquatic organisms 
in the ballast water, should be practicable from the standpoint of ship 
operations, safety, environmental protection, and the ability to meet 
all regulatory requirements, and should have the potential to be 
developed into a commercially viable product.

Preliminary proposals for both competitions are due to WHOI Sea Grant by 
4:00 p.m. on August 27, 2004.

For complete details on both of these opportunities, visit 
http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/funding/rfp2005.html or contact WHOI Sea 
Grant, 508-289-2398 or seagrant at whoi.edu

Sheri DeRosa
WHOI Sea Grant Program
193 Oyster Pond Road, MS #2
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1525
(508) 289-2398
sderosa at whoi.edu
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