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NJ Sea Grant College Program
Request for Pre-Proposals 2008-2010
No submissions will be accepted after the deadline.
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The New Jersey Sea Grant College Program is part of the National Sea Grant College Program housed within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce. Sea Grant addresses marine issues and coastal sustainability in the context of wise resource use and management. In New Jersey, we are interested in balancing economic growth with resource stewardship to sustain the state’s $50+ billion coastal economy.
The New Jersey Sea Grant College Program fulfills its mission through relevant research and student training, educational excellence, and rapid dissemination of acquired knowledge. New Jersey Sea Grant is a statewide program housed at the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium. The program brings together the best talent within the region’s member colleges and universities without regard to academic affiliation.
In the 2008-2010 Omnibus Cycle, New Jersey Sea Grant will adopt an approach recommended by its Sea Grant Advisory Council (SGAC) that encourages fewer, but larger multi-investigator, multi-institution (a complete list of member institutions is appended to this RFPP), trans disciplinary awards focused on critical regional research needs. It is the intent of this Request for Pre-Proposals (RFPP) to ultimately award up to four 2-year grants of $200,000 each including indirect costs. Funding for new projects will generally begin on March 1, 2008 pending the federal appropriations process. Pending the availability of federal funds, the New Jersey Sea Grant College Program makes resource allocation decisions annually. Because New Jersey Sea Grant supports scientific excellence integrated into coastal issue relevancy, sociological and economic impacts, application of research results are important considerations in funding. Collaboration with industry, state and regional agencies, and the New Jersey Sea Grant Extension Program is strongly encouraged. (please see Contacts). Pre-Proposals should be submitted to the New Jersey Sea Grant Office by 4:00 P.M. Monday January 22, 2006. No submissions will be accepted after the deadline!
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Based on input from its Sea Grant Advisory Council (SGAC), and the Sea Grant Advisory Board (SGAB, or stakeholder community), New Jersey Sea Grant has identified five (5) Focal Areas for this funding cycle:
- Sustainable Coastal Communities
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Integrated Ocean Observing Systems
- Urban-Industrial Estuaries/Ports and Harbors
- Coastal Habitats and Natural Resource Management
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Sustainable Coastal
Communities Manage sustainable coastal communities in the context of:
Fisheries and aquaculture needs and priorities:
Develop elements of the IOOS to better, manage, understand and predict the:
Manage New Jersey’s urban-industrial estuaries and ports in the context of:
Address habitat and resource management issues of ongoing concern in New Jersey:
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WHAT TO SUBMIT
Each proposal should include the items listed below. All text should be single spaced, with “1 margins, using at least an 11-point font on 8 ½” x 11” pages. Text may not exceed 2 pages, exclusive of pre-proposal form, budget form, budget justification, literature cited, and vitae.
Proposals must be submitted no later then 4 pm, January 22, 2007 by e-mail or CD to Ms. Amanda Betsch, Executive Assistant (Please see Contacts).
Matching funds are required for this program (Please see Contacts.) Sea Grant investigators must include a non-federal contribution of at least $1 for every $2 of Federal support requested. Potential matching non-federal support includes:
All pre-proposals will be subjected to coordinated review and numerical ranking by the SGAB (optional for this group) and the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) with latter made up of peer scientists from outside the New Jersey area. New Jersey Sea Grant strives to fund the best science that is relevant to New Jersey and the region. Ultimately, a “technology transfer” component (to the user community) will become an important consideration in the full-proposal review. New Jersey Sea Grant encourages early dialogue with its Extension Program to implement this process. Relevance to program objectives will be reviewed by the SGAB while scientific merit and ranking will be reviewed by the SAC. Based on panel evaluations, investigators may be asked to modify objectives, work plans or budgets. The criteria for pre-proposal evaluation and their respective weights are:
New Jersey Sea Grant College Program
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