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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Principal Inves6gator (PI) Conference David O. Conover, Director Division of Ocean Sciences Sponsored by the Office of Science and Technology Joint Subcommi?ee on Ocean Science and Technology An overview of the NSF Rapid Response Research program
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DeepwaterHorizonOilSpillPrincipalInves6gator(PI)Conference
DavidO.Conover,DirectorDivisionofOceanSciences
SponsoredbytheOfficeofScienceandTechnologyJointSubcommi?eeonOceanScienceandTechnology
AnoverviewoftheNSFRapidResponseResearchprogram
SummaryofNaAonalScienceFoundaAonRapidResponseResearchEfforts
TotalAmountAwarded:$19.4millionTotalNumberofNSFAwards:166Averageawardsize=$117k
TotalAmountofShipCosts:>$5million
GEODirectorateRapidResponseResearch
TotalAmountAwardedperDivisioninGEO
TotalAmountAwardedinGEO:$8,198,075
NumberofGrantsAwardedperDivisioninGEO
TotalNumberofGrantsinGEO:77
NSFRapidResponseResearchGrantstoGulfCoastStates
NumberofGrantsAwardedtoGulfCoastStates
Totalnumberofgrants:75
TotalAmountAwardedtoGulfCoastStates
TotalAwardedGulfCoastStates:$9,028,792
Note:AlabamaandLouisianaareEPSCORstates
DivisionofOceanSciencesDeepwaterHorizonRapidResponseResearch
•EsAmatedNumberofrequests:443•TotalNumberofOCENSFAwards:59•TotalAmountAwarded:$6,823,160
•AverageawardprocessingAmeinOCE:11.3days•AverageawardprocessingAmeatNSF:27.8days
Cruisedates
Pelican
Pelican
Pelican
WaltonSmith
CapeHa?eras
CapeHa?eras
CapeHa?eras
Endeavor
Oceanus
AtlanAs
AtlanAs
AtlanAs
CapeHa?eras
Endeavor
TotalNSFShipDays–224R/VPelican‐12R/VCapeHa?eras‐61R/VWaltonSmith‐22R/VEndeavor‐34R/Oceanus‐46R/VAtlanAs‐49
NSFShipRapidResponseResearchEffortTotalShipCosts:>$5million
DivisionofOceanSciencesNumberofgrantsclassifiedbyprogram
5grants
2grants
2grants
5grants
5grants
12grants
2grants
14grants
11grants
5grants
TotalNumberofOCEGrants:59TotalAmountAwardedfromOCE(leadprograms):$6,823,160
OceanSciencesDivision
TopicalDistribuAonofFundingby$$awardedinOCE
NSFRapidResponseResearchEffort
Numberofgrants
OfficialStartDate
FirstRapidproposalsubmi?ed
FirstRapidgrant
awarded
FirstpublicaAonfromRapid
GrantResearch
DWHGOMOilSpill
PublicaAonsfromRapidResponseResearch
August19,2010(online).R.Camillietal.,TrackingHydrocarbonPlumeTransportandBiodegradaAonatDeepwaterHorizon.ScienceExpress.10.1126/science.1195223
September16,2010(online).D.ValenAneetal.PropaneRespiraAonJump‐StartsMicrobialResponsetoaDeepOilSpill.ScienceExpress.10.1126/science.1196830
September23,2010(online).T.CroneandM.Tolstoy.Magnitudeofthe2010GulfofMexicoOilLeak.ScienceExpress.10.1126/science.1195
Futureresearchandmonitoringplans
BPFunding
BPmadea$500millioncommitmentovera10yearperiodtosupportindependentresearch.
$5milliontoLSUwithatotalof$10mover10yearstotheuniversity;
$10milliontotheFloridaInsAtuteofOceanography(FIO)
$10milliontotheNorthernGulfInsAtute(NGI)
$5milliontoaconsorAuminAlabama
$10milliontoNaAonalInsAtuteofHealth
RenewalofRapidResponseProposals
CoveredinGPGSecAonII.D.1.:
“RenewedfundingofRAPIDawardsmayberequestedonlythroughsubmissionofaproposalthatwillbesubjecttofullexternalmeritreview.Suchproposalswouldbedesignatedas“RAPIDrenewals.”
DeepwaterHorizonOilSpillPrincipalInvesAgator(PI)Conference
Purpose:BringtogetherscienAficinvesAgatorsfromacademia,privateresearchinsAtutes,andagenciesacAvelyconducAngDWHoilspillrelatedresearch,monitoring,andsampling,aswellasrepresentaAvesfromtheNSTCJSOSTagencies.
QuesAons
•Whathavewelearnedsofar?
•Wherearethegapsthatremain?
•WhataretheinformaAonneedsandlong‐termresearchprioriAestoassesstheecosystemimpactsoftheDWHoilspill?
DeepwaterHorizonOilSpillPrincipalInvesAgator(PI)Conference
DWHGOMOilSpillOverviewApril‐July
20‐April ExplosionontheDeepwaterHorizon(DWH)drillingrigintheGulfofMexico.Elevenpeoplekilled.
05‐May NSFreceivesfirstRapidResearchResponseproposal
20‐May NSFawardsfirstRapidResponseGrant
21‐May FirsttwoRapidResponsecruisesdepartforGulf(May21‐27‐R/VPelicancruiseand21May‐11June–R/VWaltonSmith)
24‐May BPpledges$500millionover10yearstosupportindependenceresearch:GulfofMexicoResearchIniAaAve(GRI)
27‐May DearColleagueLe?er:RapidResponseResearchGrantsAvailableforGulfofMexicoOilSpillResearchreleasedbyNSF
15‐Jun BPannouncesdistribuAonof$30millioninresearchmoneyto:LouisianaStateUniversity,FloridaInsAtuteofOceanography(hostedbyUniversityofSouthFlorida),andNorthernGulfInsAtute(affiliatedMississippiStateUniversity).AddiAonal$5millionawardedtoconsorAuminAlabamalater.
13‐July Containmentcapsuccessfullyinstalled.
DWHGOMOilSpillOverviewApril‐July
02‐August “StaAckill'operaAonbegins.(Pumpingheavydrillingmudandcementintothewell.)
13‐August NaAonalIncidentCommand(NIC)issuesdirecAvefordevelopmentofanImplementaAonPlanforSub‐SurfaceOilandDispersantDetecAon,SamplingandMonitoringStrategy
18August DonRice,Director,ChemicalOceanography,dispatchedtoUnifiedAreaCommand(UAC)inNewOrleanstocoordinateacademicandfederalagencyresearchefforts
31August‐2September ThreeworkshopsheldatUniv.S.Fla.,NorthernGulfInsAtute,andTulaneUniv.,toreceiveinputfromacademicscienAstsondraoImplementaAonPlanforsub‐surfaceoilanddispersantdetecAon,samplingandmonitoring
07‐September BPprovides$10milliontoNIHaspartoftheGRI
19‐September Reliefwellcomplete.Macondowellofficiallysealed.
1‐October(tentaAve) ReleaseofDeepwaterHorizonMC252Response,UnifiedAreaCommand,ImplementaAonPlanforSub‐SeaandSub‐SurfaceOilandDispersantDetecAon,Sampling,andMonitoring
5‐6October NaAonalScienceandTechnologyCouncil'sJointSubcommi?eeonOceanScienceandTechnology(JSOST)sponsoredPrincipalInvesAgatorworkshopinSt.Petersburg
