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E Revised Policy Memorandum on NSGO Final Evaluation and Merit Funding (2005); April 8, 2005
E Revised Policy Memorandum on NSGO Final Evaluation and Merit Funding (2005); April 8, 2005
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and the new requirements under the ``National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002'' (Public Law 107299)
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ensure compliance with the guidelines for merit review....'' SEA GRANT PROGRAM EVALUATION In response to the 1994 National Research Council/Ocean Studies Board Report and the 1998 Sea Grant reauthorization legislation, the NSGO introduced a system of performance-based reviews ("Implementation of Program Evaluation Procedures in the National Sea Grant College Program," April 20, 1998) that continue to the present.
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of each institution responsible for administering a Sea Grant program is conducted under the auspices of the Sea Grant Review Panel. The NSGO Director will notify university officials of the upcoming PAT.
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Impact on Society, the Economy and the Environment (25%) Success in Achieving Planned Program Outcomes (5%)
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for allocating merit funding from a $3,000,000 pool of funds set aside in the Sea Grant budget for that purpose. The seven or eight Sea Grant programs that were evaluated by a PAT in the prior calendar year are considered as a group and scheduled for NSGO Review every four years.
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(See NSGO Guidelines for Program Assessment Briefing Books, May 9, 2003) · The Program Assessment Team Report as signed off by the PAT Chair · The Sea Grant program's formal written response to the PAT Re port · The program's strategic and implementation plans Collectively, the NSGO staff also has access to documents on file for each program, part of the continuous and ongoing communications that occur between a Sea Grant program and the NSGO.
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The NSGO report will be sent only to the Sea Grant program. The Sea Grant program director can decide how to use the NSGO Report within their university.
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· The NSGO Review provides a broad perspective across seven to eight programs each year, and across all Sea Grant programs over a four-year cycle. While the NSGO evaluates programs individu ally, by considering a group of programs at the same time and with the same reviewers, more consistency for assigning ratings can be achieved.
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NSGO RATINGS AND MERIT FUND ALLOCATIONS First Cycle (1998/992002/03) In the first cycle of merit funding, the NSGO established a pool of funds in the Sea Grant budget to be allocated to individual Sea Grant programs on
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During Cycle 2, merit fund allocations will continue to be made in a manner similar to Cycle 1, with slight modifications. Merit Funding Sea Grant programs that have reached institutional or college status are assigned to one of four merit categories.
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APPENDIX E 149 the amount in the merit pool is determined, the fixed minimum component remains unchanged until the total merit pool amount changes. The residual share of merit funding depends upon the distribution of ratings across all programs for a given year.
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Sea Grant Reauthorization Legislation (2002) New provisions of the ``National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002'' (Public Law 107299)
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(A) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C.
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a sea grant college or sea grant institute designated after the date of enactment of the National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002 but not yet evaluated under section 204(d)
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Assignment to the two new bonus categories is dependent not only on a program's rating, but also on the distribution of the ratings of all programs. Consequently, with respect to the bonus funding only, it is possible for a Sea Grant program not being reviewed to be affected.
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A funding letter will be prepared that will go to each Sea Grant program to indicate the dollar level of the merit funding allocation a program will receive in the following fiscal year, assuming level funding. The letter will also indicate whether a program's rating makes it eligible for either of the two bonus categories, along with a preliminary estimate of bonus funding for the following fiscal year, again assuming level funding.
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Failure to fully implement a corrective action plan and to show significant improvement by the two-year mid-cycle mark, as determined by an assessment team, could result in a program having its core funding reduced or decertification of Sea Grant college or institutional status. In addition, the NSGO Director may also require a program rated in categories 1, 2 or 3 to submit a corrective action plan for a particular area of the program.
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