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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

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20

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40

50

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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