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Welcome!! UH Sea Grant College Program SOEST Advances January 30, 2008 POST 121. Results. Research Activities. Communications. Extension. Rese arch. Research Mission.
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Welcome!! UH Sea Grant College Program SOEST Advances January 30, 2008 POST 121
Results Research Activities Communications Extension Research
Research Mission …supporting the highest caliber research directed to the improved understanding and stewardship of coastal and marine resources of the state, region & nation.
Research Objectives • Address issues critical to the community, state and region • Attract and support the highest caliber science • Measure results through active tracking of accomplishments and impacts • Integrate research with extension and communications program efforts
RFP & Review Process Dec 1: Request for preliminary proposals Feb 15: Proposal deadline Feb 20: Peer referee assignment for in-state reviewers and science panel Apr 7: Panel decisions Apr 15: Invitation for full proposals
Review Process Peer-reviewers Extension agents Science Panel Advisory Council UH Sea Grant College Program
RFP & Review Process Jun 20: Peer referee assignment for extramural peer-reviewers and science panel Aug 15: Review deadline Sep 1: Panel decisions Sep 15: Letter of intent to NSGO Sep 30: Award notification
Review CriteriaNational Science Foundation model • Scientific Merit • Relevance to UH Sea Grant's Mission • Qualifications and productivity of PI • Qualifications and productivity of AI • Value to Graduate and/or Undergraduate Education • Benefit to Hawaii or the Pacific Region
Number of Research Proposals Submitted and Funded 1999 - 2009
Project Distribution by Department 1999-present
Project Distribution by School/College 1999-present
University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant Graduate Trainee Program Principal Investigator: E. Gordon Grau • Initiated in 2003 -2005 biennium • Project focus on graduate studies • Integrates Research and Extension • Outreach activities • Ka Pili Kai article
Research Highlights The relationship between individual abundance and genetic variation for the purpose of designing marine protected areas PI: Rob Toonen Three-dimensional model of tsunami generation and near-field characteristics PI: Kwok Fai Cheung Noise and the acoustic environment of baleen whales PI: Whitlow Au Ecology of symbiodinium in its free-living stage PI: Misaki Takabayashi Swell interference patterns in traditional Marshall Island navigation PI: Mark Merrifield