Headlines : Core Program
May 24, 2018
2018 Spring Board Meeting: NPRB approves funding to support 21 research proposals
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NPRB has approved funding to support 21 research proposals for the Core Program, totaling $4.6 million with additional support from the Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI).
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January 2, 2018
Announced: NPRB invitation to a special session at AMSS 2018
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 5:00 p.m., Captain Cook Ballroom The NPRB is working on updating our Core program proposal process to provide a more stable and flexible funding platform to our researchers. The Board’s preferred alternative is to move from the current fixed proposal deadline with one funding meeting a
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October 2, 2017
Announced: 2018 Core Program Request for Proposals Released
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The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) announces the release of its Core Program Request for Proposals (RFP). The 2018 RFP has an anticipated funding amount of $4.45 million.
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May 22, 2017
Board approves funding requests for Core Program, Outreach in another successful Spring meeting
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NPRB has approved funding to support 28 research proposals for the Core Program, totaling $4.6 million with additional support from the Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI).
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September 29, 2016
Announced: 2017 Core Program Request for Proposals Released
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The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) announces the release of its Core Program Request for Proposals (RFP). The 2017 RFP has an anticipated funding amount of $4.55 million.
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Submit Potential Research Topics for the 2017 Request for Proposals
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Each spring, NPRB staff develops research priorities for the upcoming year's request for proposals (RFP). Working closely with NPRB's science panel and the broader research community, potential research priorities are drafted for the NPRB advisory panel and board to review in the fall. In an
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Strong Proposal Year Yields Record Funding Request
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The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) has approved a funding request to support 33 proposals for the Annual Research Program. Not since 2007 has NPRB sought to support this many proposals for the annual program. This also marked the first time that successful proposals eclipsed the $7 million mark.
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Going Underwater with Steller Sea Lions
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Scientists are studying Steller sea lions to determine the reproduction, survival and depredation (rate that they are preyed upon) in the endangered western population as compared to the stable eastern population. This summer, researchers implanted life-history transmitter tags in ten juvenile female western Steller sea lions from the
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Spending a Summer Studying Seabirds in the Aleutians
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to spend a summer studying seabirds? For a virtual field experience, check out the daily log of communications and activity summaries from researchers working in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. One of the projects participating in the field blog is
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Shredder the Shark Spills Her Guts to Kids in Seward and Anchorage
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Principal Investigator Mike Canino and his stuffed friend Shredder visit Alaska to teach kids about how he and his colleagues use DNA to determine what different fish species eat.
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