Marine Science Affairs 



7. Industrial Participation — The Sea Grant Program is also attempting 

 to encourage industrial involvement in several ways. While industry is not 

 funded directly, cooperative programs between institutions and industry are 

 feasible. In some instances, funds or facilities might be provided by industry 

 to an institution conducting a Sea Grant Program. This arrangement assists 

 the institution in providing the necessary matching funds and the resulting 

 research data and manpower can help meet industry's needs. In other in- 

 stances, a firm's specialized facilities may be used in either research or edu- 

 cation programs by a participating institution. 



Criteria for Sea Grant Support 



Institutional support is intended to assist institutions of higher education 

 which have broad-based competence and interest in ocean science and edu- 

 cation to further strengthen this base through additional major programs 

 devoted to increasing utilization of marine resources — both in the institu- 

 tion's geographic region and in the Nation. Activities receiving institutional 

 support may involve any schools or departments of a university or college 

 which can contribute to achieving Sea Grant objectives, in addition to 

 schools or departments engaged in activities commonly associated with the 

 marine environment. For example, consideration can be given to a school 

 of law through study of the legal aspects of marine resource development; 

 a medical school through study of various aspects of the physiology and hu- 

 man engineering of marine resource recovery techniques ; a school of phar- 

 macy through programs in the field of marine pharmacology ; a department 

 of journalism through specialized advisory services; a home economics de- 

 partment through home utilization of marine foods and advisory services 

 most useful to homemakers; and schools or departments of business adminis- 

 tration, economics, sociology, psychology and political science through 

 marine resource development studies emphasizing the contributions of these 

 disciplines. 



Criteria for determining institutional awards include : 



— a history of significant, marine-related activities in research and edu- 

 cation, and demonstrable success in those activities ; 

 — availability of the necessary facilities including laboratories, ships, 



and docks; 

 — a capacity and an intention of the host institution to adopt the Sea 

 Grant mission as a major goal, as demonstrated among other things 

 by the full commitment of responsible senior officials to the program, 

 including a full-time program director/coordinator; 



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