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FederalFundingOpportunityOverview:2014-2017Update

AlanLeonardi,DirectorEighthMeetingOceanExplorationAdvisoryBoardHanover,MarylandJuly11-12,2017

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Outline

• OverviewoffouryearsoftheFFO• SummaryinformationabouttheFederalFunding

Opportunity2014-2017‒ numberofapplications,thenumberinvitedto

preparefullproposals,andnumberofawards‒ valueofpreproposalsandtheamountsawarded‒ distributionofapplicantaffiliation(federal,

academic,privatesector)‒ distributionofawardaffiliation(federal,

academic,privatesector)

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Outline(cont.)

‒ awardthemes‒ geographicareasofactivity(including

phenomena)‒ reviewoftypesofpersonnelFFOawardssupport

• What’snextfortheFFO

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FFORequestforProposalTopics2014 2015 2016 2017

GeographicArea GulfofMexico

Caribbean

Arctic

ArcticECS

Themes SeafloorMapping

HabitatCharacterization

OceanographicProcesses

InnovativeTechnologyApplications

MarineArcheology

GeneralOceanExploration

InnovativeUseofExplorationTechnologies

MarineArcheologyandHeritage

WaterColumnExploration

Seamounts

WWIIMarineArcheology

AdvancedTechnology

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NumbersofProposalsandAwards

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

2014 2015 2016 2017

ProposalsandAwards2014-2017*

Pre-ProposalsInvitedProposalsAwards

*assumes12awardsin2017

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NumberofRequestsandAwards

Pre-Proposals

89%

Awards11%

*assumes12awardsin2017

Pre-proposalsandAwards2014-2017*

InvitedProposals

70%

Awards30%

InvitedProposalsandAwards2014-2017*

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FFOFundingbyYear

0

10,000,000

20,000,000

30,000,000

40,000,000

50,000,000

60,000,000

70,000,000

2014 2015 2016 2017(est)

FundingRequestsandAwards2014-2017*

Pre-ProposalsRequestInvitedProposalRequestsAwarded

*assumes$3Mawardedin2017

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FundingRequestsandAwards

Pre-ProposalsRequest92%

Awarded8%

InvitedProposalRequests74%

Awarded26%

*assumes$3Mawardedin2017

Pre-proposalsandAwards2014-2017*

InvitedProposalsandAwards2014-2017*

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PIAffiliationbyYear:Awards

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2014-2016

201420152016

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PIAffiliation2014

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Academic NGO PrivateSector

State Fed-NOAA Fed-Other

Pre-ProposalsInvitedAward

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PIAffiliation2015

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Academic NGO PrivateSector

State Fed-NOAA Fed-Other Total

Pre-ProposalsInvitedAward

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PIAffiliation2016

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Academic NGO PrivateSector

State Fed-NOAA Fed-Other Total

Pre-ProposalsInvitedAward

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PIAffiliation2017

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Academic NGO PrivateSector

State Fed-NOAA Fed-Other Total

Pre-ProposalsInvited

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PIAffiliation2014-2016:Awards

Academic56%

NGO7%

Fed-NOAA30%

Fed-Other7%

PIAffiliationSummarized

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DistributionofAwardsbyAffiliation

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

4,000,000

4,500,000

Non-NOAAFed

NOAA Academic NGO PrivateSector

Total

201420152016

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AwardThemes:2014-2016

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

2014 2015 2016

ExplorationArcheologyTechnology

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AwardThemes2014-2016

Exploration44%

Archeology30%

Technology26%

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GeographicFocusbyYear:2014-2016

*Includesphenomena0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Pacific GoM/Caribbean GreatLakes Atlantic Arctic Phenomena

201420152016

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GeographicFocus2014-2016

*Includesphenomena

Pacific29%

GoM/Caribbean22%

GreatLakes4%

Atlantic15%

Arctic26%

Phenomena4%

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ReviewofTypesofPersonnelAwardsSupport(inmonths)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Science Technical PostDoc Graduate Undergrad

201420152016

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ReviewofTypesofPersonnelAwardsSupport(innumbersofpeople)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Science Technical PostDoc Graduate Undergrad

201420152016

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SummaryPoints

• DespitevariationinFFORFPthemes,numberofapplications,amountsrequested,andfundsdispersedarerelativelyconsistentoverthethreeyears(withallowancesfor2015)

• AcarefulanalysisofthesedataiscriticaltounderstandingtheFFOanditsresults,wehavebeenoperatingtheprograminitscurrentformforaveryshorttime

• Nevertheless,wearestartingtogetagoodpictureoftheprogramandthestageissetfortheprogramreview.

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What’sNextfortheFFOProcess

• Evaluationofresultsandimpact‒ assessmentofreports,performance‒ assessmentofdatasubmission‒ assessmentofimpact

• Programreview• FutureFFOoperation

‒ augmentCAPSTONE?‒ leverageplatforms?‒ focusongeographicregionwherethereisaneed,

butlittleactivity?‒ addtoareasoffocuslikeASPIRE?

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alan.leonardi@noaa.gov