Request for Education Proposals
Oil Spill Recovery Institute
Proposal Deadline: Monday, 3 December 2007
For further information, please go to:
http://www.pws-osri.org/grants/rfp.shtml
The Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI) in Cordova, Alaska, announces a
competition for a Technology Education Demonstration to involve students
with the technologies associated with oil spills.
OSRI is accepting proposals for a grant to design and demonstrate a
school activity that incorporates technologies related to oil spill
detection, response, and ecological assessment in arctic and sub-arctic
marine environments. OSRI is looking for a hands-on activity that
engages students in the field of oil spill technologies. The activity is
to be transferable to other locations in arctic and sub-arctic waters.
Possible activities include, but are not limited to: students working
with existing spill recovery equipment, building and testing small-scale
oil recovery equipment of the student's design, using a remotely
operated vehicle to map a portion of the seafloor, building an oil
detector, and testing organisms for the presence of hydrocarbons.
Proposals should clearly outline the type of technology program that is
to be developed, include a letter of support confirming that a local
school is willing to participate in the demonstration of the activity,
and describe a process to make the activity available to other schools.
This program has a budget of $13,500 USD. Proposals are due Monday, 3
December 2007. The duration of the grant will be one year and the start
date of the program is to be between 1 January and 1 July 2008.
More information is available at:
http://www.pws-osri.org/grants/rfp.shtml