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ideas for 2013 Request for Proposals?

If you have a research suggestion that you think merits consideration in next year's request for proposals, due out in early October, please complete this short form.  Suggestions made before July 1 will be considered. Suggestions received after this date will be considered for the following year.

 

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Photo Contest Winners

Congratulations to the 2012 NPRB Photo Contest winners, selected by the Board during their May meeting!

Science Fair Awards

Each year, NPRB offers three special marine science awards to K-12 students at the Alaska State Science and Engineering Fair. This March, more than 420 projects from 32 communities were entered in the Science Fair held in Anchorage at East High School, including 224 elementary, 161 middle school and 40 high school projects. The NPRB marine science awards went to Jania Tumey (below left with NPRB Judge Carrie Eischens) for her elementary school project, "What Bubbles Below," and Dylan Skala (below right) for his middle school project "Gyre Warnings."  More...

            

Welcome New Board Members

Over the last year, NPRB welcomed 13 new Board and Committee members. They join a long list of distinguished individuals who help NPRB achieve its mission of building a clearer understanding of the Arctic Ocean, the Bering Sea and the North Pacific to enable effective management and sustainable use of marine resources. BOARD: Recently, Mike Castellini, Katrina Hoffman and Mike Miller joined Brad Smith, Caryn Rea and Doug Mecum, who came on board in 2011. For more about their affilifations and the full Board, click here. SCIENCE PANEL: Polly Wheeler recently joined this committee as a social scientist, along with new members Carin Ashjian and Tuula Hollmen. Don Bowen was reappointed in 2011. For more about their affilifations and the Committee, click here. ADVSORY PANEL: In 2011, Gay Sheffield, Edward Poulsen and Phil Zavadil agreed to serve with the other eight members of this committee representing coastal Alaska and users of the marine environment. For more about their affilifations and the Committee, click here.

about NPRB

Congress created the North Pacific Research Board in 1997 to recommend marine research initiatives to the US Secretary of Commerce, who makes final funding decisions.

Vision

A clear understanding of hte North Pacific, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean ecosystems that enables effective management and sustainable use of marine resources.

Mission

To develop a comprehensive science program of the highest caliber that provides a better understanding of the North Pacific, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean ecosystems and their fisheries. The work of the NPRB will be conducted through science planning, prioritization of pressing fishery management and ecosystem needs, coordination and cooperation among research programs, competitive selection of research projects, enhanced information availability adn pubilc involvement.

2009-2002 NPRB Report

For highlights of the activities of the Board over the years 2009-2010, download a PDF of the bi-annual report here.