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GOAL 1: Develop high-impact regional research programs within the four NGI themes.
Strategies:
- Develop Annual Science Plans that identify core regional issues framed by the four NGI themes that will guide allocation of research funding.
- Establish and implement funding criteria to emphasize multi-organizational collaboration of projects.
- Establish and implement funding criteria to emphasize regional impact of projects.
Objectives:
- NGI Science Plan developed and adopted by Research Fellows and accepted by NOAA.
- NGI Science Plan reviewed/modified annually and adopted by Research Fellows and accepted by NOAA.
- Over the three to five year period, produce a major research finding in each of four themes
- All funded projects will be multi-organizational collaborations.
- All projects will include an assessment of regional impacts, transferability, and potential to increase in scope.
GOAL 2: Develop high-impact regional education and outreach programs within the four NGI themes.
Strategies:
- Adopt and implement funding criteria to emphasize student involvement in projects.
- Involve students in the NOAA and Minority Fellowship programs.
- Develop funding criteria to emphasize outreach activities for each project.
- Conduct major regional outreach activities aligned with development and implementation of the NGI Science Plan.
- Conduct speaker series, workshops and develop training collaborations for core regional issues framed by the four NGI themes.
Objectives:
- All funded projects will involve students.
- Over the three to five year period,
- 150 students will be funded by NGI
- 20 NGI students hired into NOAA
- 25 NOAA Minority Fellowships awarded
- 25 NOAA Internships awarded
- All funded projects will include an outreach component or activity.
- Over the three to five year period,
- At least one major outreach activity will be produced in each of the four theme areas.
- 9 to 15 talks will be sponsored.
- 9 to 15 workshops will be conducted.
- 6 to 10 training collaborations will be established.
- 600 people will have participated in workshops and collaborative training events.
GOAL 3: Create strategic partnerships with other organizations to enhance northern Gulf regional research and educational efforts.
Strategies:
- Utilize the NGI Advisory Council composed of stakeholder organizations to provide strategic guidance to NGI and help create a vital regional community.
- Establish formal relationships with Gulf of Mexico Alliance and the SeaGrant programs of Alabama/Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana.
- Create formal and informal strategic relationships with other organizations to address NGI's core regional issues framed by the four themes.
Objectives:
- Bi-annual meetings of NGI Advisory Council.
- Establish a formal tie to the Gulf of Mexico Alliance
- Establish formal ties with the SeaGrant programs of Alabama/Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana.
- Over the three to five year period,
- 20 strategic relationships will be established.
- 10 to 12 other funding sources will be established from within the strategic relationships.
- $15 million in additional funding will be developed.
- 160 scientists will supported through the NGI-CI.
GOAL 4: Transition research into new or enhanced products and operations.
Strategies:
- Develop research transitions aligned with development and implementation of the NGI Science Plan.
- Establish and implement funding criteria to emphasize transition activities for each relevant project.
- Establish and implement funding allocation to develop research transition projects.
Objectives:
- Over the three to five year period, produce four major research transitions within the 4 theme areas.
- All funded projects will include a plan for transition into use.
- Over the three to five year period, fund 5 transition projects.
GOAL 5: Communicate NGI research, activities, and opportunities through traditional and non-traditional channels.
Strategies:
- Hold an annual conference of all NGI Principal Investigators
- Support quarterly meetings of Research Fellows
- Participate in the Cooperative Institutes Annual Meeting
- Develop the NGI Website to effectively communicate the program's messages, focusing on timely dissemination of information and completeness of the content,
- Develop the NGIgram to share critical information among strategic partners.
- Initiate and encourage coverage of NGI activities and research in the Northern Gulf region media.
- Establish and implement evaluation criteria to encourage publication and dissemination of research results.
Objectives:
- Conduct Annual NGI Research Conference
- Conduct quarterly meetings of Research Fellows
- Attend annual Cooperative Institutes Directors & Financial Administrators Meeting.
- Create NGI-CI website and populate with pertinent NGI documents and research program information.
- Prepare and disseminate 12 NGIgrams per year.
- Over the three to five year period, outreach activities of the NGI will result in:
- 30 Press releases
- 30 Newspaper articles.
- 8 Television news stories.
- 50 mentions in media.
- Over the three to five year period, research activities of the NGI will produce:
- 75 refereed articles.
- 300 non-refereed articles and research reports.
- 150 professional conference presentations/posters.
GOAL 6: Build and maintain a NGI framework and culture that fosters collaboration and maximizes human potential.
Strategies:
- Utilize meetings to foster NGI identity and collegiality.
- Develop research infrastructure to facilitate research
activities
- Maintain transparency in NGI activities and administration
- Establish mechanisms to encourage and recognize the participation of young researchers and students.
- Establish mechanisms to encourage and reward innovation and excellence.
Objectives:
- Over the three to five year period,
- Host 30 NGI meetings.
- 750 attendees at the NGI meetings.
- Annually review and update:
- the NGI Strategic Plan
- the NGI Science Plan
- the NGI Implementation Plan
- the NGI Web Page
- Over the three to five year period, 10-15 externally funded projects will managed within NGI
- Over the three to five year period,
- 5 Students will receive NGI Awards/Honors
- 5 Researchers will receive NGI Awards/Honors
- 15 Nominations for award
- 25 NGI Student Internships will be awarded
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