Applied Research Funding: A Walk on the Wild Side

1. Applied Research Funding: A Walk on the Wild Side Lisa Seeb Fish 521 2013

2. Funding Bodies • Competitive proposals • State agencies • Federal agencies • NSF, Sea Grant, North Pacific Research Board • Vary in specificity • Foundations • Gordon & Betty Moore • Sometimes very specific, but less competition • Foundation goals are often negotiable • Contracts • E.g. International Pacific Halibut Commission • Usually very applied - want deliverables • Fellowships • Usually need additional funds

3. The Basic/Applied Continuum Applied Basic NSF NIH Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Funds (PCSRF), BPA North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) Pacific Salmon Commission Sea Grant, EVOS Saltonstal-Kennedy Foundation and Endowment Funding

4. Graduate Student and Research Funding at SAFS: Sources?? • How much does it cost? • Don’t forget 25-54% overhead

5. Graduate Student and Research Funding at SAFS: Sources?? • Where does your funding come from?

6. Graduate Student and Research Funding at SAFS: Sources?? • Fundamental • Endowments • Foundation • Applied

7. Washington Sea Grant is a part of a national network, funded and coordinated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through a state-federal partnership.  Under the national program, the primary funding mechanism for Washington Sea Grant is an omnibus grant that integrates research, education, public engagement and administrative activities.

10. Endowments UW Recognition Award "I owe somebody something for all the pleasure I've had from the outdoors. I want to make sure there are fish for tomorrow,"

11. Foundation • Identify themes • Scout prospects • Focused RFP • Peer reviewed by selected experts http://www.moore.org/salmon.aspx

12. Wild Salmon Ecosystem Projects at SAFS • Biocomplexity • Biodiversity/Genetics • Fisheries Management • Long-term changes in sockeye salmon http://www.moore.org/salmon.aspx

13. Wild Salmon Ecosystem Projects at SAFS http://fish.washington.edu/research/alaska/publications/peer_review.html

14. Graduate Student and Research Funding at SAFS: Sources?? • Fundamental • Endowments • Foundation • Applied

15. Where does applied funding come from? • Treaties • Pacific Salmon Commission Blockade of Alaska ferry by Canadian fishers, Prince Rupert, BC, 1997

16. Pacific Salmon Commission 2000 U.S. Government will grant $75,000,000 USD to the Northern Boundary and Transboundary River Restoration and Enhancement Fund and $65,000,000 USD to the Southern Boundary Restoration and Enhancement Fund.

17. Where does applied funding come from? http://www.psc.org/

18. Recent Publications Based on Applied Funding

19. Where does applied funding come from? • Treaties • Mitigation (lawsuits) Bonneville Dam (BPA)

20. Columbia Basin Fish Accords The partnerships created with the Accords secured $900 million for salmon restoration projects… http://www.critfc.org/fish-and-watersheds/fish-and-habitat-restoration/columbia-basin-fish-accords/

21. Columbia Basin Fish Accords http://www.critfc.org/fish-and-watersheds/fish-and-habitat-restoration/columbia-basin-fish-accords/

22. Where does applied funding come from? • Treaties • Mitigation (lawsuits) • Dinkum Sands, Beaufort Sea • Who owns Alaska’s submerged lands? • $1.525 billion placed in escrow from 1979 leases. • Settlement provided for 20% of interest go for marine research (NPRB). • http://www.nprb.org/about/legislation.html

23. Where does applied funding come from?

24. Where does applied funding come from?

25. Where does applied funding come from?

26. Where does applied funding come from? • Treaties • Mitigation (lawsuits) • Disasters • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council • Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery • Chinook salmon Western Alaska • East Coast fisheries Exxon Valdez, 1989

27. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council • History • Mission A State and Federal Partnership The Trustee Council was formed to oversee restoration of the injured ecosystem through the use of the $900 million civil settlement. The Council consists of three state and three federal trustees (or their designees). The Council is advised by members of the public and by members of the scientific community

28. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/

29. Recent Publications Based on Applied Funding http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/

30. Where does applied funding come from? • Treaties • Mitigation (lawsuits) • Disasters • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council • Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery • Chinook salmon Western Alaska • East Coast fisheries Exxon Valdez, 1989

31. Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Funds The PCSRF was established by Congress in FY 2000 to address the need to protect, restore, and conserve Pacific salmon and steelhead and their habitat and the impacts of Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement… NMFS manages a program to provide funding to states and tribes….. http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Recovery-Planning/PCSRF/

32. Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Funds for FY 2009 Funding Availability Up to $80,000,000 is available for FY2009 projects. There are no restrictions on minimum funding request, but there is a limit of $30,000,000, on a maximum amount requested by any recipient.

33. Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Funds for FY 2009 Funding Availability Up to $80,000,000 is available for FY2009 projects. There are no restrictions on minimum funding request, but there is a limit of $30,000,000, on a maximum amount requested by any recipient. Eligibility Eligible state applicants are the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and California. Eligible tribal applicants are any federally recognized Pacific Coastal or Columbia River tribes.

34. Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Funds http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Recovery-Planning/PCSRF/upload/PCSRF-Rpt-2011.pdf

35. PCSRF—Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund Implementation in Alaska Alaska’s program differs considerably from those of the other states and tribes……Our program is based primarily on needs for assessments of salmon stocks and habitat, stewardship of those resources….. http://www.akssf.org/

36. Recent Publications Based on Applied Funding

37. Find high-resolution markers for Stock Identification FST Map of western Alaska Locus # AKSSF funding for improvement of genetic management in western Alaska

38. Explore the Genomic Signatures of Divergence Genomic “hotspots” of differentiation between upriver and coastal populations Map of western Alaska AKSSF funding used to answer interesting evolutionary questions about coastal and upriver lineages

39. Where does applied funding come from? • Treaties • Mitigation (lawsuits) • Disasters • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council • Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery • Chinook salmon Western Alaska & Hurricane Sandy fisheries

40. Where does applied funding come from?

41. Where does applied funding come from? • Treaties • Mitigation (lawsuits) • Disasters • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council • Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery • Chinook salmon Western Alaska & Hurricane Sandy fisheries Exxon Valdez, 1989 http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/wed-january-16-2013-jessica-chastain

42. Where does applied funding come from? • Treaties • Mitigation (lawsuits) • Disasters • Ear marks/Direct Appropriations • Hatchery Scientific Review Group • Elwha Soos Creek Hatchery, Washington

43. Recent Publications Based on Applied Funding

44. Where does applied funding come from? • Treaties • Mitigation (lawsuits) • Disasters • Ear marks/Direct Appropriations • Hatchery Scientific Review Group • Elwha Elwha River Dam Removal

45. Applied Funding • Differences between applied and fundamental research: • Preparation? • Review? • Implementation? • Reporting?

46. Researching Applied Funding Sources • History • Mission, Culture • Past funding • Who • What • How much?

47. Networking—the key to applied funding • Scientific meetings with resource managers • Professional societies • User groups, NGOs, non-profits • Professional social networks • ResearchGate, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.

48. Final Thoughts on Implementing Applied Research • Timely reporting is valued • Communicate your interest and excitement! • Applied research is collaborative • Acknowledge collaborators at all levels • Be innovative and creative with linkages