NSF Org:	OCE Division Of Ocean Sciences
Recipient:	OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date:	April 11, 2007
Latest Amendment Date:	January 27, 2009
Award Number:	0725957
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Kandace Binkley kbinkley@nsf.gov  (703)292-7577 OCE  Division Of Ocean Sciences GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	April 15, 2007
End Date:	March 31, 2011 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$180,771.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$180,771.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2007 = $57,400.00 FY 2008 = $60,211.00 FY 2009 = $63,160.00
History of Investigator:	George Boehlert (Principal Investigator) george.boehlert@oregonstate.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Oregon State University 1500 SW JEFFERSON AVE CORVALLIS OR  US  97331-8655 (541)737-4933
Sponsor Congressional District:	04
Primary Place of Performance:	Oregon State University 1500 SW JEFFERSON AVE CORVALLIS OR  US  97331-8655
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	04
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	MZ4DYXE1SL98
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
Primary Program Source:	app-0107  01000809DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01000910DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, OTHR
Program Element Code(s):	541900
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.050

ABSTRACT

This award provides partial funding for U.S. ocean scientists, particularly those in the academic research community, to participate in the activities of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). This organization was established in 1992 to promote and coordinate marine scientific research in order to advance knowledge of living marine resources, land-ocean and atmosphere-ocean interactions, ecosystem components and processes, resource usage, ocean response to global weather and climate change, and human impacts in the North Pacific. Members presently include Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States. Participation by U.S. scientists in Annual Meetings, scientific committee working groups and workshops, will also be funded through this award.

Broader Impacts

The availability of travel funds not only provides influence on the scientific planning for large scale international collaborations, but also provides the opportunity to entrain colleagues and graduate students into research collaborations, scientific sessions, and workshops. The scale of the North Pacific Ocean demands broad collaboration, and the intellectual merits of international collaboration leads to increased understanding of how diverse scientists address their research. Entrainment of young scientists from both the US and foreign countries into these collaborations represents one of the capacity building strategies of PICES, and one which has a broader impact on US science through appreciation of the diverse multicultural approaches to science.

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