Summer 2017 – Note from the Research Board Chair – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The GoMRI Research Board is pleased to announce the awardees of the RFP-VI proposal process. RFP-VI awards will fund research in GoMRI Years 9 and 10. Thirty-one proposals…
Spring 2017 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JUNE 8, 2017 (From Spring 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University April 20, 2017 marked the seventh anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Over the seven years since the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) was launched, extensive…
Winter 2017 – Note from the Research Board Chair – MARCH 16, 2017 (From Winter 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The 2017 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science conference theme was focused on the ecosystem of the Gulf, encouraging participants to share practical applications of their…
Fall 2016 – Note from the Research Board Chair – NOVEMBER 28, 2016 (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Announcing the Release of GoMRI’s Special Issue of Oceanography The Research Board is pleased to announce the release of the special issue of the journal Oceanography featuring the…
Summer 2016 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JULY 29, 2016 (From Summer 2016 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Women in Oil Spill Science and Those Recruited Through the GoMRI Program Historically women have not played a major role in oceanography and oil spill research, mainly because…
Spring 2016 – Note from the Research Board Chair – MARCH 31, 2016 (From Spring 2016 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The GoMRI mission and Legacy Goals comprise the foundation of our program. We are now more than half way through the ten year duration of the program and…
Fall 2015 – Note from the Research Board Chair – December 10, 2015 (From Fall 2015 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The GoMRI Research Board is pleased to announce the results of the RFP-V competition. The RFP process followed by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative involves strict peer…
Summer 2015 – Note from the Research Board Chair – August 26, 2015 (From Summer 2015 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University As stated in the Legacy Goals of the GoMRI, one of our primary objectives is to build scientific and intellectual capacity for rapid and coordinated response and effective…
Spring 2015 – Note from the Research Board Chair – June 15, 2015 (From Spring 2015 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University A founding principle for GoMRI was to make data produced from the program discoverable and available to other scientists and the general public as soon as possible. Thus,…
Winter 2015 – Note from the Research Board Chair – March 12, 2015 (From Winter 2015 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University GoMRI research is carried out in approximately 192 institutions located in 37 states and seven countries. Thus, the challenges in coordinating such a far-reaching community of scientists are…