CALL FOR GULF OF MEXICO REGIONAL PREPROPOSALS
Deadline: February 21, 2007, 4 PM EST--NO EXTENSIONS
Priorities
(1) Improving structural and non-structural components and systems used in residential construction (for new and retrofitted structures) for resistance to hazard-induced loads (from winds and flooding) and their ability to protect the structure’s envelope and foundation.
(2) Incorporating factors of uncertainty, biophysical elements and socio-economic impacts into risk identification and assessment, planning and assessment models and decision support tools.
(3) Determining ways to guide development and redevelopment activities toward areas that are less vulnerable to coastal hazards and avoiding development that contributes to structural vulnerability, coastal erosion and wetland loss.
(4) Developing digital hazards mapping products (especially for flood and inundation), risk analysis and other mitigation-related research that increases the ability of governments and communities to plan and respond to hazards.
(5) Evaluating and assessing public awareness and acceptance of hazard mitigation measures in selected communities and evaluating the impact of previous education efforts on this awareness.
(6) Evaluating and analyzing financial and other incentive and policy alternatives that encourage mitigation and safe growth strategies at all government levels and among manufacturers, lending institutions, insurance companies, home builders and individual homeowners.
(7) Determining ways in which mitigation planning can be effectively incorporated into public policy and planning decisions.
Award and Process
The available federal budget for the project will be $200,000 per year for two years. One project may be funded at the full level. However, if several successful projects are proposed at lower levels, more than one project may be funded. Non-federal matching funds at 50% of federal amount are required. Non-federal matching funds from agencies and/or stakeholders will be considered a plus.
The GOM Sea Grant programs will make the award as administratively easy as possible. The project(s) awarded may administered by the Sea Grant Program in which the lead PI resides. Or, related awards may be made by several of the Sea Grant programs to multiple investigators in the project to universities in their states. This will be determined depending on the “makeup” of the final project selected.
The regional pre-proposal should be submitted to the Florida Sea Grant Program (see link below). A PI may only participate in up to two regional proposals in any capacity (as a PI, co-PI or associate PI). Florida Sea Grant will distribute the regional proposals to the four GOM Sea Grant Directors who will jointly conduct the regional review of the proposals and jointly decide on the successful proposals.
The four Sea Grant programs around the GOM will coordinate a special review of the regional pre-proposals. That is, proposals will not be reviewed alongside the individual proposals of each state, but will be reviewed as part of a special regional competition. Review criteria for pre and full proposals include:
1. Scientific or Professional Merit (50%)--the degree to which the activity is innovative and will advance the state of the science or discipline through rigorous use and extension of state-of-the-art methods.
2. Rationale (15%)--the degree to which the proposed activity addresses an important issue, problem or opportunity related to reducing the risks to life, property and the environment from coastal natural hazard events as defined the regional priorities outlined above.
3. Users, Participants and Co-Sponsors (15%)--the degree to which users or potential users of the results of the proposed activity have been brought into the planning and funding of the activity, will be brought into the execution of the activity or will use the results. Incorporating support from local, state or federal agencies (for example, the NOAA Coastal Services Center) in real or in-kind funding will enhance the proposal. Federal funding from other agencies will be a plus, but cannot be used as match.
4. Expected Results, Applications and Benefits (15%)--the degree to which the completed project is expected to create new commercial opportunities, improve technological and economic efficiency, improve governmental and management decisions and can be integrated into education and outreach programs. Results, applications and benefits must be applicable GOM-wide.
5. Investigator Qualifications (5%)--the degree to which the investigators are qualified by education, training, and/or experience to execute the proposed activity consistent with stage of career development and record of productivity with previous Sea Grant funding (if applicable).
Proposals must be interdisciplinary and include investigators from at least two of the four Sea Grant programs ( Florida, Mississippi/Alabama, Louisiana, Texas) around the GOM.
Submission Dates for Regional Proposals
February 21, 2007-- Pre-proposals are due at Florida Sea Grant.
April 16, 2007--Principal investigators will be notified if a full proposal is invited. Proposal writing guidelines will be provided.
June 7, 2007--Full proposals are due.
August 27, 2007--Principal investigators notified if full proposal is accepted.
September 12, 2007--Letter response to proposal reviews due.
Feb 1, 2008--Project begins.
Please use the following links to optain the submission forms:Gulf of Mexico Regional Preproposal Guidelines
Biodata Form