Minnesota Sea Grant College Program Request for Proposals for Research Spanning 2012 - 2014
Current RFP is closed;
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Deadlines
- Preproposal: due 5:00 p.m., January 28, 2011
- Full Proposal: due 5:00 p.m., March 28, 2011
Submit a 2-page preproposal by e-mail to both vbrady@umn.edu and seagr@d.umn.edu.
Preproposals will be evaluated and recommendations provided to principal investigators by February 11, 2011.
For more information: call Valerie Brady, Minnesota Sea Grant research coordinator at (218-726-8714) or e-mail vbrady@umn.edu.
The Minnesota Sea Grant College Program is soliciting preliminary proposals for projects to begin after February 1, 2012. Projects will be funded for up to two years, with amounts typically ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 in direct costs per year, excluding the costs of a graduate student and ship time. U.S. residents who are not federal employees are eligible to apply.
2012 - 2014 Research Priorities
Research priorities for this request must match our national and state strategic initiatives, which fall into one or more of four focus areas related to National Sea Grant priorities (described below). We are particularly interested in receiving proposals on social and/or economic research to help formulate public policies that minimize the ecological impacts of coastal development as well as fostering sustainable economic use of coastal resources. A goal of the Minnesota Sea Grant Program is to address resource management issues with multidisciplinary, integrated solutions based on science, and with respect to economic, societal, and political concerns.
- Healthy coastal ecosystems:
- To generate and disseminate scientific information supporting ecosystem-based approaches to managing the coastal environment to produce healthy coastal ecosystems in Minnesota.
- Sustainable coastal development:
- To facilitate conditions allowing communities to thrive and improve citizen understanding of the necessity of protecting and managing coastal resources to sustain cultural, natural, and economic well-being.
- Safe and sustainable sea food supply:
- ?To assist in generating a sustainable supply of safe fish and shellfish for commercial harvest, aquaculture, and recreational fisheries.
- Coastal community resiliency:
- To augment community capacity to understand, prepare for, respond to, and recover from hazardous events and coastal catastrophes.
Additional research ideas, priorities, and needs can be found in the following documents:
Valerie Brady
Connie Post
