Minnesota Sea Grant College Program Request for Proposals for Research Spanning 2010 - 2012

Deadlines

• Preproposal: due 5:00 p.m., January 23, 2009
• Full Proposal: due 5:00 p.m., March 27, 2009

Submit by e-mail to both vbrady@umn.edu and seagr@d.umn.edu.

Preproposals will be evaluated and recommendations provided to principle investigators by February 10, 2009.

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 proposals for projects to begin after February 1, 2010. 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 costs of graduate students and ship time. Proposals requesting larger or smaller amounts will be considered. Except for federal agencies, all U.S. residents and entities are eligible to apply.

2010 - 2012 Research Priorities

Research priorities for this request must match our national and state strategic initiatives that fall into one or more of four focus areas (see below). We are particularly interested in receiving proposals on socio-economic research to help formulate public policies that minimize the ecological impacts of coastal development as well as foster 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. Within this context, and within our funding constraints, we are currently concentrating on the following four focus areas:

Healthy coastal ecosystems:

ecosystem functions, ecosystem modeling, ecosystem sustainability, information gaps

Sustainable coastal development:

evaluation, environmental assessment, economic relationships, community assistance

Safe and sustainable sea food supply:

sustainable harvests, sustainable management, environmental stressors, new products

Coastal community resiliency:

climate change, stormwater runoff, recurring events