Program Update: National Oceanographic Partnership Program – March 2010
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(Click to enlarge image) Wave energy device.
The Interagency Working Group on Facilities and Infrastructure’s Task Force on Unmanned Systems (TFUS) held their second meeting at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, to discuss the results of a data call requesting input on agencies’ mission requirements for unmanned systems and governance and policy issues associated with unmanned systems.
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program Office (NOPPO) is busy planning peer review panels for the fifty-nine proposals received under the FY 2010 Broad Agency Announcement on, Developing Environmental Protocols and Monitoring to Support Ocean Renewable Energy and Stewardship. NOPPO expects to complete the peer review panels by June. The ocean renewable energy topic includes three agency partners (MMS, DOE, NOAA) and approximately $6.5M over four years may be available for this solicitation.
