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-Aselia Urmanbetova On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:14 PM, au <[email protected]> wrote: > i know you have no time for this, but i thought it would be an interesting > opportunity for you to just learn about (organization, etc.). > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Theresa Goedeke <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:43 PM > Subject: Funding Opportunity: National Competitive HAB Programs- With > attachment > To: [email protected] > > > Hello, > > The NCCOS Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research at NOAA's National > Ocean Service (NOS) has announced a funding competition under their > Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms (PCM HAB) > Program (http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/extremeevents/hab/default.aspx). > The RFP is attached (.pdf) or you can go to: > http://www.cop.noaa.gov/news/fs/funding2011.aspx . If you know of anyone > who might be interested in this RFP, please forward the announcement along > to them. The goals of PCM HAB are as follows: > > 1. Develop and make widely available new socially and > environmentally acceptable strategies and methods for preventing, > controlling, and mitigating HABs and their impacts; and > 2. Assess the social and economic costs of HAB events and the costs > and benefits of prevention, control, and mitigation to guide > future research and aid in the selection of the most appropriate > management strategies and methods. > > More specifically, related to the social and economic sciences, the program > seeks to enhance HAB response and ensure socially responsible development > and effective > implementation of prevention, control and mitigation by: > > * Measuring social and economic costs of HABs and their impacts, and > the costs and benefits of HAB PCM > * Improving communication strategies and approaches for facilitating > changes in human behavior/attitudes > * Improving coordination of researchers, decision-makers, and > stakeholders in implementing PCM research. > > Letters of intent must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 16, > 2010, and should be submitted by email to [email protected]. If you have > questions about the RFP or program, please contact Dr. Quay Dortch, Ecology > and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Program Program > Coordinator, by phone at 301-713-3338 ext 157 or by email at > [email protected] . > > Best, > Theresa > > -- > Theresa L. Goedeke, PhD > Social Scientist > Biogeography Branch > Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment > NCCOS NOS NOAA > Building SSMC4, Rm 9247 > 1305 East-West Highway > Silver Spring, MD 20910 > Email: [email protected] > Ph: 301-713-3028 x 237 > > Note: The contents of this message are mine personally and do not > necessarily reflect any position of NOAA. > > >
