Review and Funding Summary
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2006 Request for Proposals
- Released: October 7, 2005
- Amount: $5.15 million in Environmental Improvement and Restoration Funds and other funds available to NPRB for research projects starting in 2006.
- Priorities: The 2006 priorities relate directly to the Board’s Science Plan and encourage proposals with the use of Local and Traditional Knowledge (LTK).
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Proposal Receipt and Review
- Received: 126 by December 9, 2005
- Amount: more than $24 million
- Evaluations: Technical evaluations occurred during early 2006. The Science Panel met in Seattle March 14-15 to review proposals and evaluations, and presented funding recommendations to the Board at its Anchorage meeting on March 29-30.
- Funded: $6.7 million for 44 research projects
The Board's recommendations for 2006 were approved by the Secretary of Commerce acting through his designee, the Alaska Regional Administrator for NOAA Fisheries.