NOAA's National Sea Grant Office

News in Brief

August 20-31, 2009

Newsletter Archive

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/nsgonewsletters/index.html

Network Calls

Google "Explore the Ocean"
September 16
Time: 2-3:30 p.m. EDT
Call: 1-866-746-2456
Passcode: 3234152
Note: you must register for this call by e-mailing Amy.Painter@noaa.gov

Alternate Call:
September 30
Time: 2-3:30 p.m. EDT
Note: you must register for this call by e-mailing Amy.Painter@noaa.gov

Omnibus Guidance Q&A calls
Thursday, Sept. 10 3-4 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 22 3-4 pm
Monday, October 5 3-4 pm
Wednesday, October 21 3-4 pm
Call: 1-866-746-2456
Passcode: 3234152

Online Calendar

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo.html

Deadlines

  • August 28: Annual Reports due
  • October 2: Planning and alignment materials due to POs
  • October 20: Fall Alignment Review
  • November 6: 2010 Omnibus Proposals due for all programs
  • November 16-20: Knauss Placement Week

DIRECTOR’S UPDATE

Annual Report Submissions
Thank you for submitting your annual reports. We are using your data, beginning today, for the following:

1) Focus Teams: Impacts (both project and program) are being exported for use by the Focus Teams in their fall meetings. We will run an additional report on September 15 to capture additional impacts submitted into NIMS between Aug. 31-Sept 15 for the Focus Teams to utilize.

2) Performance Measures (PM): We will begin reviewing PM submissions this week. Throughout September, we will contact each program to give you feedback on your submissions.

3) Program Metrics: Data from each category will be tabulated and used in our reporting to OAR, NOAA, and OMB beginning in September. More on this soon.

Reminder: "Google Ocean" Training Calls
Google Earth is venturing into the water with new functionality called "Explore the Ocean." Google is interested in featuring Sea Grant content including photos, videos, stories and more. To learn more about this opportunity and how Sea Grant may contribute, we have set up two network training teleconferences in September. We invite folks from all of the Sea Grant networks to join us. The calls will be 90 minutes long and you will need to download Google Earth 5.0.
Call 1: September 16th 2 p.m. EDT
Call 2 (for those who cannot make the first call): September 30th 2 p.m. EDT
To register: Send your name, the call date you wish to join, and your e-mail address with subject line "Google Ocean" to Amy.Painter@noaa.gov

FY 2010 Omnibus Guidance and Q&A's Available
Guidance:
http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/grants.html
Q&A's and Revised Appendix:
http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/FY2010_Omnibus_Guidance.pdf

Please read on for:

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

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

  • National Sea Grant Advisory Board Meeting
    The Board met last week in Seattle, from Wednesday August 26th through Friday August 28th. Speakers included Paul Doremus, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator & Director of Strategic Planning, NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration. Please join us in thanking departing Board members, Frank Kudrna, Judith Weis, Jeffrey Stephan and Peter Bell, for their years of service to Sea Grant.
    An Agenda for this meeting is available at:
    http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/leadership/advisoryboard/agenda_0809.pdf

  • Sea Grant Educators Network (SGEN) Survey Results Shared with NOAA Education Council
    Diana Payne, Connecticut Sea Grant Marine Education Specialist and Assistant Professor in Residence presented SGEN Survey Results to the NOAA Education Council on August 19th.

  • University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant Hires Andy Bohlander
    Andy Bohlander will join University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant on September 1st as a Coastal Hazard Extension Agent located on the Island of Hawai‘i. He previously worked as a GIS Specialist for the Washington Department of Transportation and as a Hazard Technology Program Coordinator for the Washington Military Department, Emergency Management Division. He also served for one year as a Coastal Hazards Research Fellow for Washington Sea Grant.

    Social Media Sites:

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • NOAA Hires Director, External Affairs
    Andrew Winer has joined NOAA as director of external affairs. Andy is part of NOAA’s Communications & External Affairs team reporting to Justin Kenney. Andy will build and nurture NOAA’s relationships with its diverse group of constituents, including partners in business, industry and nongovernmental organizations. In doing so, he will work closely with the many external affairs efforts already underway throughout the agency. An attorney for more than 20 years, Andrew has worked extensively as both a mediator and an arbitrator. From 2007–2008, Andy served as Hawai‘i state director for the Obama campaign, and in 2006, he served as Hawai‘i campaign manager for Sen. Daniel K. Akaka’s successful election campaign.

    Reminders:
  • 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
  • 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

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:

AWARDS

  • Wisconsin Sea Grant Receives ECO Award of Excellence
    ASC Communications Manager Stephen Wittman and Art Director Tina Yao have been recognized with an ECO Award of Excellence in environmental communications for their 2008 report, Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region. The national award was one of ten presented by Global Environmental Communications, LLC., an organization that supports professional environmental communicators.

  • See 2009 Sea Grant Awards and Awards Archive

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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