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GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS APPLICABLE TO BOTH SEA GRANT 

 INSTITUTIONAL AND SEA GRANT PROJECT SUPPORT PROPOSALS 



1. Established National Science Foundation pro- 

 cedures and regulations will apply to the Na- 

 tional Sea Grant Program. Principal elements are 

 given in item 9 in this section and further details 

 are available in National Science Foundation 

 Pamphlet 63-27, June, 1963, "Grants for Scien- 

 tific Research," which will be furnished on 

 request. 



2. Geographic Factors. An intent of the Na- 

 tional Sea Grant College and Program Act is to 

 involve as many sections of the nation as fea- 

 sible in Sea Grant marine resource development 

 activities; therefore, geographic factors will be 

 considered in awards for both Sea Grant Insti- 

 tutional support and Sea Grant Project support. 

 Proximity to seashore and ocean access, while 

 clearly enhancing pursuit of certain types of 

 marine research, will not be requisite to partici- 

 pation in the Sea Grant Program. In accordance 

 with the Act, obligations made through grants 

 or contracts to institutions in one state in any 

 fiscal year under this program may not exceed 

 15 percent of the total amount appropriated to 

 the Foundation for purposes of the Act in that 

 year. 



3. Cooperative Efforts. Institutions submitting 

 proposals are encouraged to undertake coopera- 

 tive programs with other institutions, with busi- 

 ness and industry, with State and local govern- 

 ments, and with Federal laboratories. 



4. Emphasis on Applied Activities. Because the 

 primary purpose of the National Sea Grant Col- 

 lege and Program Act is development of marine 

 resources and engineering, activities funded un- 

 der the program generally should be directed to 

 applications. Although applied research and the 

 training of engineers and technicians will be 

 emphasized, some activities may be basic scien- 

 tific studies in their entirety if the eventual 

 application of results seems reasonably clear. 

 Legal, economic, sociological, business admin- 

 istration, home economics and similar studies 



important to marine resource development or 

 utilization are considered to be applied research. 



5. Need for Innovation. Imagination and inno- 

 vation are desired in Sea Grant activities. The 

 intent of the Act would not be fulfilled by strict 

 adherence to traditional approaches in resource 

 development. The nation's academic institutions 

 have contributed substantially to imaginative 

 and productive innovation in other fields of 

 endeavor, and it is expected that this tradition 

 will be maintained in the development of marine 

 resources. 



6. Reporting Requirements. In addition to the 

 administrative reporting required under Founda- 

 tion accounting procedures, substantive reports 

 will be required from all institutions receiving 

 Sea Grant support. Reports will be required 

 annually and at the end of the support period. 

 Reports will include statements of progress to- 

 ward the initial goal, changes in goals made 

 necessary by developments, accomplishments 

 within Sea Grant support, or the contribution of 

 Sea Grant support to goal accomplishment. Re- 

 specting education programs, reports should dis- 

 cuss student populations, graduations, and job 

 acquisition. Because the future course of the 

 National Sea Grant Program will be determined 

 to a large extent by feedback from grantees, 

 interim reports will be expected as important 

 results (both positive and negative] are obtained. 



7. Matching Costs. The National Sea Grant 

 Program is a matching program under which 

 the grantee institution must provide at least one- 

 third of the cost. The Act specifies that "the 

 total amount of payments in any fiscal year 

 under any grant to or contract with any partici- 

 pant in any program to be carried out by such 

 participant under this title shall not exceed 

 66-/3 per centum of the total cost of such pro- 

 gram. For purposes of computing the amount 

 of the total cost of any such program furnished 

 by any participant in any fiscal year, the Foun- 



