A Review of the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program (1994) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
CHAPTER 3 - RECOMMENDATIONS
CHAPTER 3 - RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 37-48
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 37... ...
The committee recommends that the Under Secretary remove Sea Grant from within the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and either make it equivalent to the Coastal Ocean Program and the Climate and Global Change Program or place it administratively within the Office of the Administrator, so that is can function independently and effectively across Line Office boundaries. Sea Grant needs to be able to reach across Line Office boundaries to provide its expertise to the Line Offices to solve NOAA problems and provide new capabilities that require combinations of Sea Grant strengths with those of the Line Offices.
|
From page 38... ...
Sea Grant's research apparatus and experience in education and outreach could contribute to the goals of these programs. Sea Grant also has obvious potential interactions with the new NOAA Office of Sustainable Development and with the NOAA-administered National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute because of Sea Grant's responsibility within NOAA for natural resource research, development, education, and outreach.
|
From page 39... ...
The Climate and Global Change Program and the Coastal Ocean Program have developed successful mechanisms for encouraging NOAA-academic interactions. Similarly, Sea Grant could provide funding to encourage joint activities between state programs and Line Of mulcts.
|
From page 40... ...
In fact, only through the process of developing and implementing such a strategic plan can the Sea Grant participants become partners in developing a common vision. The committee recommends that the plan contain a strong "bottom-up" orientation by fully integrating plans and activities from the state programs with the goals and directives described in the NOAA strategic plan.
|
From page 41... ...
The boards set up for each region are chaired by a state Sea Grant program director. These regional programs could provide a foundation for Sea Grant regional activities, although the future of RMRP is uncertain; only one of the nine regions (the Gulf of Maine region)
|
From page 42... ...
The committee recommends that a generic proposal solicitation process be developed for all state programs by NSGO and that the state RFPs be widely distributed at least six
|
From page 43... ...
It is reasonable to assume, however, that delegating scientific review to state programs will require means for NSGO to measure state program performance in this area and to improve review processes of any state programs that are substandard. It is paramount that the overall processing time be reduced from 17 months to less than 6 months, a duration that would correspond to typical processing times at other agencies.
|
From page 44... ...
NSGO, in concert with state program directors and education specialists, should evaluate education, outreach, and communication efforts in the context of the Sea Grant strategic plan. Although state directors cited many pertinent examples of how they evaluate non-research components, it is not clear that state programs consistently target their efforts at specific audiences and measure the effectiveness of these efforts.
|
From page 45... ...
Dramatic four-year reductions in funding should be avoided, but more competition among the programs should occur. Sea Grant should consider funding only one Sea Grant College per state and at recertification might consider alternative institutional homes for each state Sea Grant program.
|
From page 46... ...
The state programs must play a leadership role in improving Sea Grant relations with industry, with assistance from SGRP and NSGO. The state programs should target outreach programs to industry, direct research priorities to real industry problems, and recommend industrial participants to advisory boards and NSGO committees.
|
From page 47... ...
State Sea Grant programs could also help industry by developing education and outreach activities that target vocational-technical schools and community colleges because of the important role of these educational institutions in providing graduates for employment in marine industries. Marine Advisory Service programs could contribute by helping design curricula, serving as information resources, and bringing the educational capabilities of Sea Grant to this problem.
|
From page 48... ...
The committee recommends that funding for NSGCP be reviewed by the Under Secretary in the context of Sea Grant's present condition and the national priorities on research and development, economic development, and education. It further recommends that, in the future, separate line items be proposed in the Sea Grant budget for state programs, regional programs, national research initiatives, SBIR, the cost of SGRP, and other NSGO administrative costs.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.