The Oil Spill Recovery Institue, P.O. Box 705, Cordova, AK 99574

B -- PROPOSALS ACCEPTED TO INITIATE SCIENCE PLANNING WORKSHOPS IN OIL SPILL TECHNOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND EDUCATION. SOL baa-work DUE 022798 POC Thea Thomas (907)424-5800 WEB: Broad Area Announcements/Current Announcements/Science Planning Workshops, http://www.pwssc.gen.ak.us. E-MAIL: E-mail:, frontdes@grizzly.pwssc.gen.ak.us. Broad Area Announcement for Predictive Ecology Programs of the Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI) P.O. Box 705 -- Cordova, AK 99574 -- (907) 424-5800; fax (907) 424-5820 http://www.pwssc.gen.ak.us/osri/osri.html -- frontdes@grizzly.pwssc.gen.ak.us Deadline for receipt of applications: February 27, 1998 The OSRI announces a competition for Science planning workshops. Proposals are invited from organizations to initiate or continue bio-regional science planning workshops. The goal for these workshops is the development of a science plan by bringing together the public, agencies, and researchers in a region, and establishing principle goals, an approach, and an implementation plan. These workshops, related to oil spill technology, ecology and education, will encourage the development of a central hypothesis or theme. The public, resource users and managers will establish research goals relevant to the region while the role of scientific researchers will be to insure the scientific quality of the work and development of good hypothesis and questions to examine. OSRI anticipates funding workshops to refine and develop science plans for Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet and the North Gulf of Alaska, but will also consider programs for western Alaska and the Bering Sea. Examples of science plans are the Global Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) program of the National Science Foundation and the Sound Ecosystem Assessment (SEA) program of the EVOS Trustee Council. This approach for a marine ecosystem starts by looking at the physical forcing in the ecosystem and its effects up the trophic chain through phytoplankton/zooplankton to marine mammals. Physical forcing affects each trophic level directly in addition to the effects which have propagated up the food chain. This approach ties people interested in the physics of systems to those interested in biological conditions. Application Process Interested organizations must submit an OSRI grant applicationpackage. This application may be obtained as a downloadable file from the OSRI homepage (http://www.pwssc.gen.ak.us/ osri/osri.html). As part of the application package, submit a detailed project description of 3-5 pages including summary, objectives, methods and a timeline. Include a budget showing total project cost and the amount requested from OSRI. The original and 3 copies of proposals, including the copy bearing the signed cover page, should be mailed to: Dr. Gary Thomas, Director Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute P.O. Box 705 Cordova, AK 99574 Awards Proposals, due by February 27, 1998 will be evaluated by the Staff and/or a committee appointed by the OSRI and the disposition of the grant proposal will be communicated to applicants by March 31, 1998. The awards will be made as soon as contract negotiations allow with support up to $40,000 per year. The initial award will be for one year with an option to renew; continued support will depend on successful completion of the proposed project and submission of a final report, and pending the availability of funds. (0009)

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