OpportunityTitle: Competition for a Cooperative Institute in the Great Lakes
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility is limited to non-Federal public and private non-profit universities, colleges and research institutions that offer accredited graduate level degree-granting programs in NOAA-related sciences and that are within the Great Lakes region. If the proposed CI is comprised of multiple supporting academic institutions, only the lead institution in the consortium applying for the award (and where the CI will be established) must satisfy the location requirement.
Description: The NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) invites applications for the establishment of a Cooperative Institute (CI) in the Great Lakes to help complement NOAA&#8217;s current and planned activities in the region in support of NOAA&#8217;s 5-year Research Plan and the 20-year Research Vision. These documents both call for substantial improvement in NOAA&#8217;s ability to understand, restore, protect, and manage ecosystems to maintain healthy, productive coastal and marine ecosystems that benefit society, and to communicate that information in ways that inform the public to act as stewards for those ecosystems. The CI will be established at a research institution not only having outstanding graduate degree programs in NOAA-related sciences, but also located within the Great Lakes region, which for the purpose of this competition is defined as the eight states that border the Great Lakes - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Work
GrantorContactText: Dr. Candice Jongsma &lt;br/&gt;OAR Cooperative Institutes &lt;br/&gt;1315 East-West Highway, Room 11350 &lt;br/&gt;Silver Spring, MD 20910 &lt;br/&gt;301-734-1197 &lt;br/&gt;Candice.Jongsma@noaa.gov