The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Office is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity in partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Power Technologies Office (WWPTO), and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), titled Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Effects Assessment and Monitoring.
NOPP Office staff attended and hosted an exhibit booth at the MTS/IEEE Oceans ’12 Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia from 15-18 October. NOPP was pleased to host an awards ceremony honoring the 2011 Excellence in Partnering Awardees on Monday, 14 October.
The NOPP Office was excited to announce the 2011 NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award winners in mid-August.
Members of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Office staff attended the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Marine Mammal Program Review Poster Session and Reception on April 17 in Arlington, Virginia.
Staff from the NOPP Program Office attended the annual project review of the Fiscal Year 2009 NOPP topic, Improving Tropical Cyclone Intensity Models, in Miami, Florida in March. Funded Primary Investigators (PIs) gave presentations to update the NOPP Office and Program Managers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on their projects. A summary report will be available soon.
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) office staff attended the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City, February 20-24.
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Office had another busy year in 2011, continuing to support the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships (IWG-OP) and their subgroups, the Biodiversity Ad Hoc Group and the Federal Renewable Ocean Energy Working Group (FROEWG), as well as the Interagency Working Group on Facilities and Infrastructure (IWG-FI) and their subgroup, the Task Force on Unmanned Systems (TFUS).
During the month of November, the Interagency Working Group on Facilities and Infrastructure (IWG-FI), the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships (IWG-OP), the IWG-FI Task Force on Unmanned Systems (TFUS), and the full Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (SOST) all held meetings.
At the October meeting, the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships elected a new Co-Chair, Dr. Rodney Cluck from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Office hosted an exhibit booth at the MTS/IEEE Oceans ’11 meeting, September 19-22, 2011, in Kona, Hawaii.

