DIRECTOR’S UPDATE

FY 2010 Omnibus Guidance and Q&A's Available
Guidance:
http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/grants.html
Thanks to all of you who joined our omnibus Q&A session on August 5th, for the questions you asked and for catching a few mistakes.
Q&A's and Revised Appendix:
http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/FY2010_Omnibus_Guidance.pdf
Next call:
The next Omnibus Q&A call will be August 18 at 2 p.m. EST.

Annual Report Questions & Answers
Guidance:
http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/grants.html
Thanks to those of you who joined us for our two network calls to discuss questions related to submission of the 2009 Annual Report (due August 28th). Based on these discussions and other questions, we developed a Question and Answer fact sheet to provide additional guidance.
Q&A's:
Please visit: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/greenbook/2009_annual_report_questions_and_answers.pdf

Please read on for:

• Weekly Highlights
• Events & Announcements
• Sea Grant In the News
• Awards

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

• New Website Addresses: National Sea Grant Law Center and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program
  Sea Grant Law Center http://nsglc.olemiss.edu/
  Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program http://masglp.olemiss.edu/

• Louisiana Sea Grant Extension Leader Announced
  Dr. Glenn Thomas has been named the director of Marine Extension for the Louisiana Sea Grant College Pro­gram and the LSU AgCenter.
  To learn more: http://www.laseagrant.org/comm/2009/leader.htm
  
  Social Media Sites:

• Sea Grant Climate Change Network
  http://sgccnetwork.ning.com

• Sustainable Coastal Community Development Network
  http://sgsccdn.ning.com

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO): NOAA 2008/2009 Broad Agency Announcement
  Closes 9/30/2009. To view the FFO (NFA-NFA-2008-2001388): http://www.grants.gov

• Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO): NOAA Restoration Center Announces Funding Opportunities
  The NOAA Restoration Center is accepting applications for several habitat restoration funding opportunities through its Community-based Restoration Program. Opportunities include: FY 2010 Community-Based Marine Debris Removal Project Grants, due October 31, 2009; and, National and Regional Partnership Grants, due September 30, 2009. For more information on these and other opportunities: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/index.html
  

  Reminders:

• Sea Grant Federal Funding Opportunities Published
  • 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics
  • 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships in Population Dynamics
  • 2010 Sea Grant/Regional Team Climate Engagement
  • 2011 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Fellowship
  To learn more: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/funding/rfp.html

• Request for Proposals: FY 10 NOAA Climate Program Office Sector Applications Research Program (SARP)
  This competition will be announced soon. SARP funding is designed "to catalyze and support interdisciplinary applied research, outreach and education activities that enhance the capacity of key socio-economic sector and systems to respond to and plan for climate variability and change through the use of climate information and related decision support resources. " Interested Sea Grant programs should monitor the following web site for the full announcement:
  http://www.cpo.noaa.gov/index.jsp?pg=/opportunities/opp_index.jsp&opp=2010/program_elements.jsp

• Request for Proposals: National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Ernest F. Hollings Ocean Awareness Trust Fund (Due, August 14)
  The Foundation seeks to fund projects that educate and engage the public to increase their
  awareness of ocean issues and understanding of their relevance to future health and wellbeing. To learn more:
  http://www.nmsfocean.org/files/2009_NMSF_Hollings_Ocean_Awareness_Trust_Fund_RFP.pdf

• National Information Management System (NIMS)
  New link: http://www.nims.noaa.gov
  

SEA GRANT IN THE NEWS

Send your press releases and stories to oar.sg.news@noaa.gov. All submissions are added to Hot Items and submitted to a variety of NOAA communications outlets.

Headlines & News Submissions:

NOAA Home Page (July 28): NOAA Awards Nine NOAA Fisheries/Sea Grant Fellowships
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090728_fellowships.html

NOAA World Magazine: New York Sea Grant
"'On the Edge’ Inspires Stewardship Through Art"
http://www.noaaworld.noaa.gov/aroundnoaa/aug2009_around_3.html

• August 3: California Sea Grant press release (Predatory Snail Decimating Native Oysters in Tomales Bay)
• August 3: North Carolina Sea Grant press release (Sea Grant, WRRI Focus on Coastal Watershed Vulnerability)
  http://www.ncseagrant.org/home/about-ncsg/news-events?task=showArticle&id=615&category=news&limitstart=0
• August 3: Rhode Island Sea Grant newsletter (August 2009)
  http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/newsletter/index.html
• August 4: North Carolina Sea Grant press release (FRG Research Examines Sea Turtles, Gill Nets)
  http://www.ncseagrant.org/home/about-ncsg/news-events?task=showArticle&id=617&category=news&limitstart=
• August 5: New Jersey Sea Grant press release (NJ Sea Grant celebrates its formal designation 20 years ago today)
• August 6: Minnesota Sea Grant Wins APEX Award press release ("Toward Sustainable Tourism" won a 2009 award for publication excellence in the one-of-a-kind scientific and environmental publications category)
  http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/news/2009/08/06
• August 6: Sea Grant Legal Programs Newsletter, July 2009
  http://www.olemiss.edu/orgs/SGLC/Newsletter.htm
• August 7: Michigan Sea Grant press release (The Downriver Linked Greenways Initiative receives $25,000 from the Community foundation for Southeast Michigan--Mary Bohling is co-chair of the effort and Michigan Sea Grant Extension Educator)
• August 10: North Carolina Sea Grant press release and articles (To manage a fishery, you must know how the fish die). Multiple media placements, including: Science Blog
  http://www.ncseagrant.org/home/about-ncsg/news-events?task=showArticle&id=618&category=news&limitstart=
• August 10: Hawaii Sea Grant article, Honolulu Star Bulletin (Fading Hurricane Felicia still poses threat--Dennis Hwang and Dr. Darren Okimoto, authors of the Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards, were mentioned)
  http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090808_Fading_Hurricane_Felicia_still_poses_threat.html
• August 11: Rhode Island Sea Grant press release (Lecture: August 13, 2009 U.S. Offshore Wind Technology: Opportunities and Challenges)
  http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/news/index.html
• August 11: Rutgers University Press press release (Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History
  Author: Judith S. Weis [Sea Grant Advisory Board] and Carol A Butler
  http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/Salt_Marshes.html
• August 11: Maine Sea Grant press release (Building a resilient coast: Maine confronts climate change)
  A five-part video series, produced by Maine and Oregon Sea Grant, describes Maine's unique climate and coastal conditions, such as storms and sea level rise, and construction techniques and other strategies for safeguarding property, such as elevating buildings and protecting dune systems.
  http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/extension/coastal-community-resilience
• August 12: Florida Sea Grant article, Herald Tribune (Don't be shellshocked by low scallop count--Sea Grant Extension Agent Betty Staugler will lead an inaugural count in Lemon Bay)
  http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090812/COLUMNIST/908121031/-1/NEWSSITEMAP
• August 13: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant press release (New Study on Green Infrastructure to Assess Stormwater Management)
  http://www.iisgcp.org/newsroom/archive/081309.html
• August 13: New Hampshire Sea Grant press release (UNH Marine Docents Stay Up To Date with Changing Scientific Knowledge)
  http://seagrant.unh.edu/newsdocents.htm
  

AWARDS

• See 2009 Sea Grant Awards and Awards Archive

Questions: Contact Amy.Painter@noaa.gov
News or Awards Submissions: oar.sg.news@noaa.gov