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MSU President Mark Keenum welcomes NOAA SAB Science Review panel

Recognizing the need to integrate research and technology to more effectively address the needs of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) issued an Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity (OAR-CIPO-2006-2000641) on April 26, 2006. NOAA evaluated and awarded the Northern Gulf Institute Cooperative Institute to the team led by Mississippi State University on October 1, 2006. The first and second five-year terms in the Cooperative Institute Program furthering regional and national interests in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.

The NGI operates pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement between MSU and NOAA, the NOAA notice of award to MSU, NOAA's review of MSU administrative and grants processes, and the NOAA Cooperative Institute Interim Handbook. NGI's approach to Northern Gulf Regional issues, problems and opportunities is closely aligned with NOAA's strategic and research priorities. The NGI is also guided in its mission by a number of sources, the White House's Ocean Action Plan and related orders and comprehensive report of the congressional U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, and others. The result is an approach that is science driven, regionally focused, and coordinated with other Gulf of Mexico Basin activities. NOAA awarded NGI a second five-year cooperative agreement in 2011, after NOAA Science Advisory Board review rated NGI performance as outstanding.