A Process for Selection and Preparation of GCOOS Proposals
The GCOOS Board of Directors has established a process for responding to opportunities such as the recent NOAA FY 2008 Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity for Regional Integrated Ocean Observing Systems. The process will employ the organizational structure of the GCOOS Regional Association together with inputs from members of the GCOOS listserve mailing list. The selection process will rely prominently on the views of our Data Management and Communication, Products and Services, and Observing System Committees and our Education and Outreach Council (EOC). The process will remain under the control of the Board at all stages.
During this process, members of the Board and members of other GCOOS bodies involved must exercise due diligence to avoid conflicts of interest.
- The GCOOS listserve will be used to notify the GCOOS community of this opportunity and to solicit suggestions for potential projects and expressions of interest in participation as appropriate for the project. All suggestions will be forwarded to the Board and to chairs of the GCOOS EOC and Committees for consideration.
- The Board provides chairs with their suggested projects based on workshops and meetings held to date. The Board asks chairs of EOC and Committees to canvas their members for suggested projects to propose. The Board asks chairs to consider suggested projects obtained in response to the listserve request. The Board also asks Committees and the EOC to suggest participants for all projects.
- Board considers all recommendations and selects a suite of potential projects which is posted to the GCOOS web site for comments. Then teams suggested should begin preparation of Letters of Intent, if required.
- Final selection by Board members of projects to be proposed and of teams to prepare Letters of Intent and proposals.
- Letters of Intent are sent to GCOOS Office, reviewed, and submitted.
- Proposals: Write, Review, Revise, and Submit - 
Draft proposals will be prepared per guidelines in the NOAA funding announcement and submitted to GCOOS Office for review by Committees, EOC, and Board. NOAA comments on Letters of Intent will be transmitted to proposal teams on receipt.
