El Programa Sea Grant de la Universidad de Puerto Rico ha publicado su solicitud de propuestas de investigación (RFP) para el período de 2008-2010. Hemos revisado nuestra agenda de investigación y los temas de interés corresponden a las áreas de investigación que estudiosos de Puerto Rico, las Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses, el Caribe y los Estados Unidos consideran son críticas para la conservación de los ecosistemas costeros y marinos.
Pulsando aquí accederán al documento RFP / Click here for the RFP
Pulsando aquí accederán al documento de los formularios del RFP / Click here for the application forms
A continuación les presento parte del texto del documento:
The University of Puerto Rico Sea Grant College Program (UPRSGCP) is seeking high quality proposals for its 2008-2010 competitive marine research program.
For the last 28 years our mission has been to promote the conservation and sustainable use of the coastal and marine resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in ways that benefit the entire population and the Caribbean in general. One of 31 programs throughout the coastal United States, the University of Puerto Rico Sea Grant College Program achieves its mission through a multi-faceted approach that includes: research, outreach and formal (K-12) and informal education programs.
UPR Sea Grant links the university, which focuses on the development of theoretical and applied research, with regional and national agencies, and stakeholders in a way that increases our understanding of coastal and marine ecosystems and habitats, coastal communities and economies, coastal hazards, urban coasts, and the application of digital technologies.
Our request for proposals for 2008-2010 presents a new set of research areas.
In line with the National Sea Grant College Program’s theme areas, the following priority needs were identified as the most important ones for our region:
Ecosystems and ecology: From microbial ecology to regional ecological interactions of the Caribbean Sea.
Coastal hazards: prediction, models, policies and the impacts of events on coastal communities and the economy.
Climate change: science, policy and societal impacts.
Land use impacts: the land-coast interface, coastal development, watershed management, water quality, pollutants and toxics, groundwater, and impacts to wetlands, estuaries, coral reefs and associated habitats.
Coastal processes: the oceanographic dynamics of waves, currents and the deposition of sand and sediments, alteration of coastal habitats, and loss of shoreline.
Socioeconomic processes of resource use and coastal communities: traditional ecological knowledge, economic valuation of coastal and ocean resources, participation in governance and institutional arrangements, resilience of communities, and gentrification.
Mariculture: new technologies, bio-fouling effects, biotechnological applications, optimal systems and policies.
Certainly, these topics are interrelated as they depict the complexity of coastal and ocean ecosystems, which are always intersected by the human experience. We strongly recommend that research proposals give serious consideration to this fact. In addition, each research proposal must include an outreach or education component that enables the sharing of research results with potential information users.
Schedule:
March 28 Preliminary proposals due at UPRSG before 4:30pm
May 2 Request for full proposals
June 20 Deadline to receive full proposals
August 31 Evaluation of Proposals
September 18 Final selection of projects
Notifications will be sent by September 19, 2007
Contact us at seagrant@uprm.edu
