August 20, 2005
Deep Water Coral Reef Ecosystems Studies Funding and Training
This from the CORAL-List:
Coral Reef Ecosystems Studies (CRES 2006) proposals are due September 1, 2005 at 3 pm EST.If you have ever thought of working on deep water hermatypic coral
ecosystems, but didn't have deep-water technology or SCUBA diving skills to get there, NOAA could help you obtain the necessary skills and provide operational support for your field operations. This opportunity is a part of the broader CRES 2006 announcement that includes core funding for research along with the operational support for the deep diving technology.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Center for
Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (NOAA/CSCOR) is encouraging research proposals that will address deep-water, hermatypic coral reef ecosystems (50 m to 100 m) within the U.S. EEZ. Key objectives of this research are to understand the processes that regulate deep hermatypic reef ecosystems and to assess their vulnerability to exploitation and human disturbance. This opportunity is available not only to scientists that already have SCUBA skills to dive to 100 m, but also to scientists that have shallow water SCUBA skills and are interested in learning to dive to 100 m to conduct research.NOAA/CSCOR has partnered with NOAAs Undersea Research Program (NURP) Centers to enable scientists the opportunity to obtain the proper training needed to SCUBA dive to 100 m (e.g. using tri-mix, close-circuit rebreathers). In addition to deep water SCUBA, the NURP Centers will also provide their expertise in administering appropriate technologies for field-based research to support your proposal such as remotely operated vehicles and shallow diving submersibles.. Applicants should include all operating costs for these specialized technologies and the necessary ship costs in their proposals. The full funding opportunity can be found here.
For more information, contact Mike Dowgiallo, NOAA/CSCOR, 301-713-3338 x161 or Michael.Dowgiallo@noaa.gov.
Note: this offer is only available to U.S. citizens or foreign nationals associated with a U.S. university.
Posted by Dida at August 20, 2005 8:10 AM
