The Funding Process

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Proposals due Friday, 14 October 2005 by 5:00 pm AST

The Pollock Conservation Cooperative Research Center (PCC Research Center) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks announces an opportunity for funding of marine research in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Proposals, including an original with all required institutional signatures, 10 copies, and an electronic file, must be received by 5:00 pm AST, 14 October 2005. Send the electronic format proposal (MS Word or PDF) to carter@sfos.uaf.edu, or with proposal hard copies to:

Pollock Conservation Cooperative Research Center
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of Alaska Fairbanks
P. O. Box 757220
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220

Submitters will be notified upon receipt of proposals. Award decisions will be made by February 15, 2005.

Funding for the PCC Research Center is provided by members of the Pollock Conservation Cooperative (PCC), a fishing cooperative of companies that operate catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands pollock fishery: Alaska Ocean Seafood, LP; American Seafoods Company, LLC; Arctic Storm, Inc.; Glacier Fish Company, LLC; Highland Light Seafoods, LLC; Starbound, LLC; Trident Seafoods Corporation.

The PCC Research Center was established in February 2000 and seeks to improve knowledge about the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea through research and education, focusing on the commercial fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. The Center provides:

(1) grants to faculty and research stipends to graduate students for research on pollock, other groundfish species, the fisheries for these species, and on marine mammals;

(2) funding for marine education, technical training, and equipment; and

(3) funding for research in the area of marine resource economics.

While proposals in any of the above areas will be accepted, the PCC Research Center annually identifies subjects of particular interest and gives the highest consideration to proposals within these areas.

Proposal Review Process

Proposals to the Center will be peer reviewed, then prioritized by a six-member Advisory Board, which is comprised of three members representing the PCC, one member representing fisheries management agencies, and two members representing the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Dean of the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences reviews the PCC Research Center Advisory Board recommendations and selects the projects to be funded. The PCC Research Center welcomes projects with funding from multiple sources.

Program Reporting Requirements

Quarterly updates, annual progress reports and a final report will be required of all projects, in electronic format, in MS Word and PDF. Final reports must be approved by the PCC Research Center Director and must be received no less than 15 days prior to the end of the project. All principal investigators will be required to present annual research updates in January at the  PCC Research Center Advisory Board meeting in Anchorage, Alaska.  Failure to meet reporting requirements in a timely manner may result in withheld reimbursements.

Proposal Content

At least one principal investigator on each project must be faculty, staff or affiliate of the University of Alaska. Proposals must be submitted through the University of Alaska. Proposals are limited to 15 pages with 1-inch margins (minimum) and type size no smaller than 10 point. All sections listed below except References, Cover, and CVs (and figures) are to be included in the 15-page limit:

*Sub-awardees must provide:

Special Considerations:

PCC Research Center awards cannot support indirect (F&A) costs.

PCC Research Center awards are contingent upon evidence of UAF Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) authorization or Human Subjects Application (IRB) approval where appropriate.