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164 OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE NEXT DECADE 



Office of the Oceanographei of the Navy 



The Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy was the program 

 sponsor for the following new construction of Navy-owned ships 

 assigned to academic institutions between fiscal years 1982 and 

 1992: 



$33 million AGOR-23 (R/V Thompson) New construction 



$47 million R/V Knorr, R/V Melville Refitting 



$41 million AGOR-24 New construction 



Other Navy Support 



Other Navy support for ocean science comes from the Office 

 of Naval Technology (ONT) and the Naval Research Laboratory 

 (NRL). ONT provided $43.7 million in fiscal year 1992 for sci- 

 ence, but no breakdown for ocean science is available. Further, 

 no budget figures are available prior to fiscal year 1992. NRL 

 provided $3.2 million in fiscal year 1992 for ocean science; here 

 too, no prior budget figures are available yet. 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



NOAA's research budget includes mapping, charting, geodesy 

 activities, ocean and coastal management, climate research, and 

 fisheries management (Figure 4-24). NOAA research is carried 

 out at major federal laboratories, such as the Atlantic Oceano- 

 graphic and Meteorological Laboratories and the Pacific Marine 

 Environmental Laboratories, as well as through cooperative agree- 

 ments with universities and the National Sea Grant College, Cli- 

 mate and Global Change, and Coastal Ocean programs. 



Sea Grant, NOAA's major extramural funding program for uni- 

 versity-based scientists, provided approximately $25.3 million in 

 fiscal year 1991 for ocean science research (Figure 4-25). The 

 Climate and Global Change Program began in fiscal year 1989 and 

 provides some support for academic scientists (Figure 4-25). The 

 Coastal Ocean Program (COP) began in fiscal year 1990. Approxi- 

 mately 50 percent of its $11.5 million budget for fiscal year 1992 

 is used to support academic research in coastal ocean science (Fig- 

 ure 4-25). Although it is a young program, COP indicates a pos- 

 sible trend of increasing academic research support (164 percent 

 between fiscal years 1990 and 1992 in constant 1982 dollars). If 

 its budget continues to increase and congressional support contin- 

 ues, COP may emerge as a significant extramural funding pro- 



