welcome!! uh sea grant college program soest advances january 30, 2008 post 121
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Welcome!!
UH Sea Grant College Program
SOEST Advances
January 30, 2008
POST 121
Research
Communicati
ons
Extension
Research Activities
Results
…supporting the highest caliber research directed to the improved understanding and stewardship of coastal and marine resources of the state, region & nation.
Research Mission
• Address issues critical to the community, state and region
• Attract and support the highest caliber science
• Measure results through active tracking of accomplishments and impacts
• Integrate research with extension and communications program efforts
Research Objectives
RFP & Review Process
Dec 1: Request for preliminary proposals
Feb 15: Proposal deadline
Feb 20: Peer referee assignment for in-state reviewers and science panel
Apr 7: Panel decisions
Apr 15: Invitation for full proposals
Review Process
Peer-reviewers
Extension agents
Science Panel
UH Sea Grant College Program
Advisory Council
Jun 20: Peer referee assignment for extramural peer-reviewers and science panel
Aug 15: Review deadline
Sep 1: Panel decisions
Sep 15: Letter of intent to NSGO
Sep 30: Award notification
RFP & Review Process
Review CriteriaNational Science Foundation model
Scientific Merit
Relevance to UH Sea Grant's Mission Qualifications and productivity of PI
Qualifications and productivity of AI
Value to Graduate and/or Undergraduate Education
Benefit to Hawaii or the Pacific Region
Number of Research Proposals Submitted and
Funded 1999 - 2009Biennial
Cycle99/0
1 01/03 03/05 05/07 07/09 Total
Pre-proposals
86 68 57 60 54 325
Full-proposals
37 32 28 30 32 159
Funded 23 19 17 17 16 92
Award $K Mean Median
70.875.4
94.193.6
96.388.9
101.991.4
105.9105.5
7.7 m
Number of Program Development Grants Funded
1999 - 2009
Biennial Cycle
99/01 01/03 03/05 05/07 07/09 Total
Funded 10 31 38 21 2 102
Award $K Mean Median
7.89.9
7.29.0
7.79.2
9.19.7
8.08.0
796.3
Project Distribution by Department1999-present
Civ E
nv Eng
HIGP
Arch
Botany
MBB Chem
Econ
Geo
Geol &
Geo
HNEI
HIMB
Mic
ro
Ocean
ography
PBRC
OREZool
UHH Nat
Sci
PhiloTIM
S
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Nu
mb
er
of
Fu
nd
ed
P
roje
cts
Project Distribution by School/College1999-present
A&H
ARCH
CTAHR
NATSCI
Res&Grad Ed
SOEST
TI MS
UHH
University of Hawai‘i University of Hawai‘i
Sea Grant Graduate Trainee Sea Grant Graduate Trainee ProgramProgram
Principal Investigator: E. Gordon GrauPrincipal Investigator: E. Gordon Grau
• Initiated in 2003 -2005 bienniumInitiated in 2003 -2005 biennium
• Project focus on graduate Project focus on graduate studiesstudies
• Integrates Research and Integrates Research and Extension Extension
• Outreach activitiesOutreach activities
• Ka Pili Kai articleKa Pili Kai article
Research Highlights
The relationship between individual abundance and genetic variationfor the purpose of designing marine protected areas
PI: Rob Toonen
Three-dimensional model of tsunami generation and near-field characteristicsPI: Kwok Fai Cheung
Noise and the acoustic environment of baleen whalesPI: Whitlow Au
Ecology of symbiodinium in its free-living stagePI: Misaki Takabayashi
Swell interference patterns in traditional Marshall Island navigationPI: Mark Merrifield