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Every Florida Sea Grant activity must satisfy three simple but tough criteria: 1) be based on strong rationale; 2) demonstrate scientific or educational merit; and, 3) produce results that are clearly useful and applicable in industry, management or science. A number of core values allow Florida Sea Grant to deliver results based on these criteria.
Excellence—Research is funded on a competitive basis, with scientific merit as the most important criterion. Extension programs are based on reviewed faculty plans of work. Communications efforts use the latest technology to achieve maximum output, visibility and citizen receipt of our science-based information.
Participation—High value is placed on the involvement of a large number of participating institutions in research, education and extension programs. Graduate student involvement must be high and a diverse male and female faculty from assistant to full professors must be involved.
Accountability—Both external and internal processes are used to measure a wide range of achievements. These include tracking the scientific publication output of faculty and students, understanding the contribution to society of scientific discovery, measuring the way citizens receiving educational programs change their behavior and determining the economic impact or level of new business activity resulting from a research project.
Connection with Users—A strong advisory process is used to define research priorities, to plan extension programs and to measure the impact of programs. It is also used to build public and private support for Florida Sea Grant.
Partnerships—Faculty, students and citizens all benefit when functioning in a partnership mode. Scientific results and education projects reach greater success levels and are implemented when partners, from agencies to businesses, provide financial support to an activity. Emphasis is placed on developing partnerships.
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