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Spring 2025 OOIFB and DSC in-person meetings

The OOI Facility Board (OOIFB) and Data Systems Committee (DSC) will hold their 2025 Spring Meetings on Tuesday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 7, 2025. A site visit day with other activities (and/or, discussion carry-over if need be) is planned for Thursday, May 8, 2025 (“Field Trip Thursday”). The meetings will be held in person, but virtual participation… Read more Spring 2025 OOIFB and DSC in-person meetings

Call for Applications: Data Systems Committee

The Data Systems Committee (DSC) of the Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board (OOIFB) was established to help ensure timely and reliable access to high-quality U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) data. The Committee evaluates and recommends improvements to the data services, policies, and practices of the NSF OOI Facility that will lead… Read more Call for Applications: Data Systems Committee

The OOIFB Administrative Support Office (ASO) is hiring!

The OOIFB’s Administrative Supportive Office (ASO), hosted out of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography in Narragansett, RI, is currently recruiting for a part-time (21hrs/week) Marine Research Assistant II. In addition to supporting all OOIFB-ASO activities, this position will largely focus on digital communications (marketing, social media, and website development and maintenance).… Read more The OOIFB Administrative Support Office (ASO) is hiring!

OOIFB Announces 2025 Summer School on Acoustics

The OOIFB is pleased to announces its 2025 Summer School on Acoustics. From July 14-18, 2025, the NSF-funded Oceans Observatories Initiative (OOI) Facility Board (OOIFB) will host a summer school focused on the access, analysis, and interpretation of acoustics data and introducing complementary oceanographic data available through the NSF OOI. This week-long, intensive program will feature a… Read more OOIFB Announces 2025 Summer School on Acoustics

Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty

Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN June 22-26, 2025, with an optional virtual visit to NSF on June 27, 2025 This is an opportunity for new faculty in geosciences (including oceanography). Applications encouraged from two-year and primarily undergraduate institutions. Apply by: March 16, 2025, using this application form. If you are in your first three years of a… Read more Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty

Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Site-Specific Environmental Assessment for the NSF OOI Pioneer Array Modifications and Relocation to the Mid-Atlantic Bight

The National Science Foundation (NSF) gives notice of the availability of the “Draft Supplemental Site-Specific Environmental Assessment for Pioneer Array Modifications and Relocation to the Mid-Atlantic Bight” (Draft SSSEA) for review and public comment on the NSF website (http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/envcomp/index.jsp), closing on October 28, 2023. Comments may be submitted to: nsfnepaooipioneer@nsf.gov.  Comments received will be addressed in… Read more Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Site-Specific Environmental Assessment for the NSF OOI Pioneer Array Modifications and Relocation to the Mid-Atlantic Bight