[SEMCO] Ballast Water RFPs

[Sheri DeRosa]

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

Ballast Water Management Demonstration Program (Technologies and Practices)
This program supports projects to develop, test, and demonstrate ballast 
water technologies and practices in order to reduce the threat of 
introduction of aquatic invasive species to U.S. waters through the 
discharge of ballast water. This opportunity is for projects dealing 
with technologies and practices necessary for successful ballast water 
management. For example, this could include technologies or practices 
that treat ballast water, or that make it possible to test, evaluate, 
regulate or use ballast water treatment technologies or practices.

    * Letters of Intent are due by 4:00 p.m., February 21, 2008
      (directly to the National Sea Grant College Program)
    * Full proposals are due by 4:00 p.m., April 3, 2008 (open only to
      those who submitted Letters of Intent)
    * To obtain the RFP, please visit www.grants.gov
    * Federal Funding Opportunity # OAR-SG-2008-2001206
    * For more information, please contact ballast.water at noaa.gov

Ballast Water Management Demonstration Program (RDTE Facility)
This program supports projects to develop, test, and demonstrate ballast 
water technologies and practices in order to reduce the threat of 
introduction of aquatic invasive species to U.S. waters through the 
discharge of ballast water. THIS SOLICITATION IS ONLY FOR COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING 
AND EVALUATION (RDTE) FACILITY.

    * Preliminary proposals are due by 4:00 p.m., February 21, 2008
      (directly to the National Sea Grant College Program)
    * Full proposals are due by 4:00 p.m., April 24, 2008 (open only to
      those who submitted preliminary proposals)
    * To obtain the RFP, please visit www.grants.gov
    * Federal Funding Opportunity # OAR-SG-2008-2001279
    * For more information, please contact ballast.water at noaa.gov

Sheri DeRosa
Woods Hole Sea Grant
193 Oyster Pond Road, MS #2
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1525
508.289.2398
508.457.2172 - fax
sderosa at whoi.edu
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