The primary goal of the management team of the NH Sea Grant College Program is to provide focus and coherence to the program's diverse range of marine, education, extension and communications activities. Active leadership is required to provide focus for our research efforts in order to identify new opportunities and needs in marine resource use, to draw excellent researchers into the Sea Grant community, and to work toward societal relevance and impact for the results of the research we fund.
NH Sea Grant management also serves an integrative function in order to ensure close coordination among research, extension, education and communications functions, to participate actively in the Sea Grant network of state and regional programs, to communicate with and respond to our federal and local oversight and advisory bodies and to provide sound financial management of the federal funds entrusted to us.
Objectives
To focus the program on priority concerns of the northern New England coastal ocean constituency.
To execute the functional and operational responsibilities of the program in a manner consistent with the NOAA Office of Sea Grant objectives.
To maintain close liaison with the region’s marine researchers so that their talents can be applied to priority concerns in a manner consistent with professional growth and wise use and understanding of our northern New England marine resources.
To maintain liaison with state agencies, industrial and business interests, and community organizations in order to understand their needs and goals and to integrate them into the program.
To foster new program initiatives in response to the priority needs of the region and ensure a progressive, dynamic program.
Rationale
Management will provide the program direction necessary to achieve the objectives stated above. The information and communications necessary to execute those objectives will be shared, as appropriate, with the principal investigators, the Sea Grant network and the National Sea Grant Office.
