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A warm welcome to the OOIFB newest members Rosie Gradoville and Janet Nye. They officially joined the Board this June to help continue the independent input and guidance regarding the management and operation of the U.S. National Science Foundation Ocean Observatories Initiative. Rosie Gradoville joins the OOIFB from the Watershed Department of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal… Read more Welcome new Facility Board members

Darlene Trew Crist retired the beginning of July.  She was a tremendous asset to OOI and her enthusiasm, creativity, and many talents will be missed. Joining the OOI team will be Amber Stronk, with a wealth of experience running communication and engagement operations for environmentally focused organizations and has a deep understanding of both the… Read more Congratulations on retirement and a welcome to a new OOI Community Engagement Manager.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently issued a “Dear Colleague” letter (DCL) to stimulate the use and reuse of long-term environmental data sets, such as that generated by the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). Other examples of multidisciplinary data sets/projects include: To learn more about this DCL opportunity (NSF 24-081), its goals and how to… Read more NSF “Dear Colleague” Letter to encourage the use of long-term datasets

Please help spread the word about this new U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded faculty travel grant program. This award will support up to 50 early-to-mid career faculty from under-resourced U.S. undergraduate-focused institutions, such as Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and community colleges (2YCs) to attend, in-person, the AGU24 annual meeting in Washington,… Read more Announcing a new NSF-funded faculty travel grant program

The OOIFB has recently created a LinkedIn page to further engage its community. The Twitter/X and OOIFB website posts will still be active/current. Any news and events will be shared across all three platforms. We welcome all to connect with us! Connect with us here

OOI Facility Board [Application Deadline: April 24, 2024]The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board (OOIFB) is tasked with representing the science community and users of the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Facility. The OOIFB works to expand scientific and public awareness of OOI, and ensure that the oceanographic community is kept informed of… Read more Call for Applications: OOI Facility Board (2 open positions)

In the Marine Energy program section of the Water Power Technologies Office 2022–2023 Accomplishments Report, a summary is provided of collaborative efforts between Sandia National Laboratories and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to develop a wave energy converter (WEC) that can support the NSF OOI Coastal Pioneer Array. Additional project partners include Evergreen Innovations, Monterey Bay… Read more NSF OOI’s Pioneer Array noted in Water Power Technologies Office 2022–2023 Accomplishments Report

On March 12, 2024, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)  announced a solicitation (NSF 24-557) for proposals for an administrative support office to assist the NSF OOI Facility Board (OOIFB) in fulfilling its responsibilities. Details are available here.

The Larry T. Atkinson Student Travel Grant was awarded by the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative Facilities Board to Meg Yoder, a fourth year PhD student at Boston College. In February, she used this funding to attend the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. There, Yoder presented her research on net community production and inorganic… Read more Meg Yoder, second recipient of the Larry P. Atkinson Travel Fellowship, made a presentation at the 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans