Funds totaling $500,000 are available from the Pollock Conservation Cooperative Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for research projects in 2017 in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.
The research center is accepting letters of intent for projects through Sept. 26.
All projects must include a principal investigator who is associated with one of the University of Alaska campuses, but may include co-principal investigators from other institutions or organizations.
The purpose of the letters of intent is to identify projects with sufficient merit and relevance to justify requesting a full proposal. The PCCRC was established back in 2000 to improve knowledge of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea through research and education, with a focus on commercial fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
Funding for the Center and its projects is provided by members of the Pollock Conservation Cooperative, a private sector initiative of the Bering Sea pollock catcher/processor fleet to further improve conservation and utilization of marine resources.
The PCCRC funds investigators and students doing research on pollock, salon ad other groundfish species, and fisheries for these species.
The PCCRC also funds research on habitat and ecosystems associated with these species, fishery management, marine mammals, resource utilization, marine resource economics, and policy. The PCCC is interested in proposals from fisheries scientists, biologists, chemists, engineers, social scientists, or other disciplines that lend expertise to advancing its priorities. Total awards from this competition cycle are subject to availability of funds and will not exceed approximately $500,000. Proposals of any size within this limit will be considered, and multi-year proposals up to three years in duration will be considered.
More information about how to submit letters of interest for projects is online at
www.npfmc.org/wp-content/PDFdocuments/
