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FYI-- NOAA Oceans and Human Health Grant Funding Announcement.....

Apologies for cross-postings,
Sonia

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Sonia Joseph
Michigan Sea Grant Outreach Coordinator
Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH)
 NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
(734) 741-2283
(734) 741-2055 (fax)

www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Centers/HumanHealth

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The NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI) is pleased to announce its FY 2008 External Grants Program, Request for Proposals. The full request for proposals can be found at: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/ohhi/. Letters of Intent are encouraged but not required and are due *August 15, 2007*. Full Proposals are due *November 15, 2007*.

The mission of the OHHI is to improve understanding and management of the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes to enhance benefits to human health and reduce public health risks. This funding opportunity is intended to engage the non-federal research community in research across the physical, chemical, biological, medical, public health and social sciences on priority issues for the OHHI. Specific priority areas for this funding opportunity are:

1) Develop methods, tools, and technologies to identify, detect, or predict ocean-related public health risks from pathogens and chemical pollutants;

2) Assess the economic and socio-cultural risk of ocean-related health threats from pathogens or chemical pollutants, and the benefits and value of health early warning systems or related information;

3) Improve the healthful characteristics and minimize ocean-related contamination of seafood through either aquaculture techniques or tools to rapidly identify presence or virulence of toxins (e.g., ciguatera, domoic acid), chemical contaminants (pharmaceuticals and personal care products, flame retardants, current-use pesticides, surfactants and stain repellants), or pathogens.

Research proposed under this priority area should engage public health and natural resource managers and decision-makers in order to optimize relevance of the proposed research for the development and delivery useful products and services. Links to ocean observing systems and their enabling regional governance structures or public health surveillance systems is strongly encouraged.

Total anticipated funding for all awards is expected to be between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 and is fully subject to the availability of FY 2008 appropriations for this program. For additional technical information please contact Paul Sandifer at Paul.Sandifer@noaa.gov <mailto:Paul.Sandifer@noaa.gov> and for administrative information please contact James Lewis Free at James.L.Free@noaa.gov <mailto:James.L.Free@noaa.gov>.

Please distribute widely to others who may be interested in this topic area.

Thank you.



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Juli M. Trtanj
Director, NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative
National Ocean Service
SSMC3, Room 5221
1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD  20910
tel: 301-713-0855, ext. 121
fax:301-713-0858


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