priate form of information dissemination is included within both institutional 

 and project grants. 



13. Criteria for support of baccalaureate ocean engineering and marine 

 technician associate degree programs include the ability of the proposing 

 institution to demonstrate a reasonable expectancy of placing qualified grad- 

 uates in jobs through correspondence with potential employers. 



14. In a given fiscal year, funding preference will be accorded ongoing 

 institutional and coherent project grants when evaluated against new pro- 

 posals of approximately equal value. 



15. Cooperative research projects between American institutions and 

 those in a neighboring country related to common resources, common waters, 

 or common problems can qualify for Sea Grant support. 



Program Growth and Accomplishments 



Sea Grant funding has grown steadily from $5 million in fiscal year 1968, 

 the first full year of operation, to $9.6 million in fiscal year 1970; and the 

 President's budget request for the coming year includes $13 million. Dur- 

 ing the last fiscal year, $5,991,000 was awarded by the Foundation as shown 

 in the following table: 



Table VI 1-1 — NSF Sea Grant Program Awards, Fiscal Year 1969 



Category of grant Number Amount 



Institutional support > 



Project support: 



Coherent projects ^ 



Education and training 



Applied research 



Planning 



Total 



' Includes 5 renewals. 



2 Multidisciplinary projects; includes 2 renewals. 



To date, the Office of Sea Grant Programs has supported 57 project 

 grants and eight institutional programs. A compilation of activities underway 

 as of September 1969 is presented in appendix E. Sea Grant institutional sup- 

 port programs were begun in fiscal year 1968 at the Universities of Wash- 

 ington, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Oregon State and Texas A&M; 

 these were joined in fiscal year 1969 by programs at the Universities of Mich- 

 igan and Miami. Coherent project support is being received by Humboldt 

 State College, Scripps Institution, Stevenson Institution, University of 

 Delaware, Louisiana State University, and the Virginia Institute of Marine 

 Sciences. In addition, planning grants to assist in developing the capabilities 

 necessary to qualify for institutional support have been made to a consortium 

 of institutions in North Carolina and to Florida State University. 



Practical benefits from research are normally not expected for some years 

 after program initiation, and this is of course true for Sea Grant-sponsored 

 work. However, several of the activities funded to date have already pro- 

 duced results which hold promise of an early return on investment : 



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