The Gulf Research Program Annual Report 2015 (2016) / Chapter Skim
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Program Initiatives
Program Initiatives
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As the program matures, these program initiatives will evolve to meet new challenges. 16 THE GULF RESEARCH PROGRAM Annual Report 2015
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• Identify, promote, and fund fundamental research to spur innovation and reduce and manage risk. Our current areas of interest include human factors and safety culture research, operations research on risk and decision making, research to understand fundamental scientific processes at play, and technical improvements for preventing and responding to large and small oil leaks and spills.
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This includes identifying shared priorities and standard ized indicators to track how offshore oil and gas development influences the human communities and ecosystems. 18 THE GULF RESEARCH PROGRAM Annual Report 2015
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OUR APPROACH • Encourage the development, synthesis, and translation of research to improve responses to major oil spills in ways that minimize harm to people and communities. • Support research, capacity building, and communications that strengthen the science and practice of resilience by exploring linkages among health, social, economic, and environmental contexts of communities associated with offshore oil- and gas-producing regions in the United States and by identifying strategies that can be implemented at the community level to improve resilience.
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• Support research, education, and other activities that engage communities, including those that represent underrepresented and vulnerable populations, to address complex scientific, social, and environmental challenges that directly affect them. 20 THE GULF RESEARCH PROGRAM Annual Report 2015
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