Elise B. Newell Seminar Series
Request for 2009 Proposals
Proposals Due: October 1, 2008
A Statewide Program to Enhance University Scholarship in Coastal
and Ocean Subjects
The intent of the Florida Sea Grant Elise B. Newell Seminar Series is to enhance the capabilities of marine-related academic units in Florida by providing funds to bring disciplinary leaders to Florida university campuses. Since 1986 when Florida Sea Grant started this program, over 80 distinguished speakers have delivered formal seminars and been involved in many visits and consultations with Florida's faculty and students. They come from all over the United States and occasionally from another country, and represent numerous outstanding marine-related organizations. Recent presentations include: Ecological Forecasting of Coastal and Intertidal Ecosystem; Transverse Structure of Residual Circulation in Estuaries; Emerging Indicators of Human and Climatically-Induced Change in Coastal Ecosystems; A Dynamic Model of Intra-Annual Species Selection in Fisheries; Ciguatoxicity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, and Sex Pheromones in Marine Invertebrates.
Guidelines
1. The topic should be related to one or more of the following thematic areas: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems; Sustainable and Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities; Seafood Production and Safety; and Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptations. We aim to support interactions with outside experts that may stimulate development of new program efforts in these areas (e.g., regional cooperation, student training, research collaboration).
2. Preference will be given to proposals where seminars will be given at two locations, typically one on campus and a second at a management agency, research reserve or similar organization with different audiences than an academic setting.
3. The seminar topic and speaker must be approved by the appropriate academic unit (departmental seminar committee, etc.).
4. Seminars will be limited to two per campus depending on available budget. Multi-university proposals are encouraged. The total number of seminars (usually about five) to be held will depend on the interest level and total cost. After this has been determined, we will work with the hosting faculty to set the dates quickly so that we may prepare a complete brochure announcing all seminar locations, times and subjects.
5. Florida Sea Grant will consider supporting travel and per diem (except for Federal employees). Speaker honorariums will be considered only if absolutely necessary to obtain the speaker. We cannot pay for refreshments. All travel (domestic and foreign) will be handled by Florida Sea Grant.
6. The seminar must be held between January 1 and June 1, 2009.
7. The hosting faculty/department will be responsible for advertising the seminar.
8. A summary letter report from the seminar host/organizer is due two weeks after seminar date.
9. Seminar speakers are invited to send their own comments on the experience.
10. Faculty will be notified by October 15 of funding decision.
Instructions for Submitting a Proposal -- Due Date is October 1, 2008
For the seminar to be considered proposers must provide information for all 11 items below. (For the overall seminar, and particularly for items 7, 8 and 9 below, note the preference stated in Guideline #1, above.) The maximum length of proposals is two pages.
1. Title of seminar.
2. Seminar speaker and affiliation with complete address, telephone, fax and electronic mail numbers. Add website if available.
3. Seminar location (institution).
4. Date of seminar.
5. Name of host/organizer with complete address, telephone, fax and electronic mail numbers.
6. Title and location of second seminar, if planned.
7. Budget for speaker’s travel, itemized. (Please economize by using Saturday-night stay over airfare if speaker is amenable, etc.)
8. Brief biographical sketch of the proposed speaker, including distinguished accomplishments, contributions to scholarship, contributions to resource management and three to five significant publications. (one-half page)
9. Content and significance of seminar topic. Why is this subject important to your institution, and how might it enhance scholarship there? (one-half page)
10. Description of overall visit. Please give a tentative itinerary, identifying principal contacts and audiences intended. What is its relevance to Florida Sea Grant themes? (one-half page)
11. Date of application.
12. Signature of host/organizer.
Send completed proposal electronically to Jacquelyn Whitehouse: jhw04@ufl.edu.
Questions may be directed to Karl Havens, Director of Florida Sea Grant, at 352.392.5870 or khavens@ufl.edu.