OAR invites applications for the establishment of a Cooperative Institute (CI) to:
a) discover and initially characterize new marine flora, fauna, and phenomena in support of NOAA and national priorities; (b) advance NOAA and national undersea technology capabilities in partnership with academia,
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the private sector, and not-for-profit institutions; and (c) enhance the utility of ocean exploration results to stakeholders.
This CI will facilitate a long-term collaborative environment between NOAA and the recipient(s) within which broad-based exploration, research, technology development, and education and outreach capabilities that focus on NOAA's priorities for the global ocean living and non-living marine resources can be developed and sustained.