Contact:
Belinda GillMississippi Enterprise for Technology
belinda.n.gill@nasa.gov
(228) 688-3144
National Oceanographic Partnership Program
Presented by Mississippi Enterprise for Technology
MsET is hosting an informative presentation by the Program Manager of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. NOPP provides funding for collaborative research projects focusing on relevant ocean issues. Proposals to the program must have government, university, and private industry partners. Join us in learning more about the program and upcoming topics scheduled for funding. Use this event to network with others interested in submitting proposals.
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is an innovative collaboration of federal agencies that support ocean research partnerships among academia, government, industry, and non-governmental organizations. These sectors pursue ocean-related scientific and technical information on some of the nation’s most pressing issues. NOPP investments encompass numerous areas, including oceanographic research and exploration, technology development, resource management, and ocean education; these focus areas have led to community advances in oceanography and impacts on society. Since 1997, NOPP has become an excellent forum for development of new interagency initiatives and priorities that transcend single agency mandates in the pursuit of wise use of the ocean and maintenance of its health. To learn more, please visit: www.nopp.org.
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If you do not hold a Stennis Space Center security badge, please register for this event no later than Thursday, November 11, 2010 in order to ensure that a visitor’s pass is authorized for you at the south gate security office in time for your arrival.
Leigh Zimmermann joined the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in early 2008 as the Program Manager for the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP). As Program Manager, she facilitates and supports meetings of NOPP committees, organizes NOPP funding announcements and reviews, and ensures that NOPP continues to provide a forum for inter-agency partnerships. Prior to joining Ocean Leadership, Leigh worked as an Outreach Coordinator for START, a non-profit organization aimed at raising public awareness of harmful algal blooms in southwest Florida , and as a Sea Grant Fellow with NOAA’s Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research in Silver Spring , MD.
Leigh received her B.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington . She loved living in a beach town so much that she decided to stay and complete her M.S. in Marine Science, where she researched phytoplankton ecology. Although she no longer wears flip flops year round, Leigh still tries to be in or on the water (ocean, river, lake, pool…puddle) as much as possible.
