FY2006 Funded Projects

The following is a list of projects (showing the project title and the lead PI and institution) funded under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) in FY2006. Discussions on the contractual details of each award were initiated at the appropriate funding agency.

For abstracts of each project and the partners involved, click on the project title.

Topic 1. Understand, Identify Gaps and Predict Changes in the Workforce for Ocean Sciences, Technology, and Operations

Funding for this award was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Naval Research (ONR), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Minerals Management Service (MMS).

• Understanding and Predicting Changes in the Workforce for Ocean Sciences, Technology, and Operations
  Lead PI: Dr. Deidre Sullivan, Marine Advanced Technology Education Center

Topic 2. The ARGO Project: Global Ocean Observations for Understanding and Prediction of Climate Variability

Funding for this award was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

• The ARGO Project: Global Ocean Observations for Understanding and Prediction of Climate Variability
  Lead PI: Dr. Dean Roemmich, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Topic 3. An Open-Source Community Model for Coastal Sediment Transport

Funding for this award was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the US Geological Survey (USGS).

• The Community Sediment Transport Modeling System
  Lead PI: Dr. W. Rockwell Geyer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution