RESTORE semi-annual report

Usage of this form is not approved for other program offices. OMB Control No. 0648-0384

Expiration Date: 7/31/2016

NOAA RESTORE Science Program Semi-Annual Progress Report

Award Number:

Amount of Award:

Project Title:

Lead Principal Investigator:

Lead Institution:

Award Period (month/year): From ____________ To _____________

Period Covered by this Report (month/year): From ____________To ____________

Please complete each of the sections below, only including activities that took place during this reporting period.

1. Milestone Chart

   1. Please reference your Milestones and Gantt timeline worksheet when completing the below sections.

   2. If your milestones or timeline have changed since your last progress report, please update your Milestone and Gantt timeline worksheet to reflect the changes and provide the following in your progress report: (1) a short summary of what was changed, (2) why the milestone(s) or timeline has changed, (3) how the change(s) will impact progress toward achieving project objectives, and (4) how you plan to mitigate those impacts, especially to your timeline.

2. Outputs are products (e.g., publications, models) or activities that lead to outcomes. Outcomes are changes in user knowledge or action. Referencing activities that took place during this reporting period, please briefly describe any:

1. Key scientific findings

2. New methods, technologies, or advanced tools (e.g., models, biomarkers)

3. Scientific peer reviewed publications or white papers (please append a copy of each to your report)

4. Patents (please append a copy of each to your report)

5. Workshops (please append the agenda, workshop summary, and any workshop outputs to your report)

6. Presentations [please list the venue (e.g., conference name), authors, title, and date]

7. Archived datasets

8. Outreach products (e.g., website, newsletter articles; please append a copy of the product(s) or provide a relevant website address(es))

3. End Users are resource managers or people involved in resource management. Resource management can take many forms including wildlife and fishery management, federal and state rulemaking and permitting, conservation practices by private landowners, place-based management, and restoration planning.

1. Please update your list of intended end users and their affiliation on your End Users worksheet and provide a short summary of the changes in your progress report. Please draw from your initial proposal and include any new end users identified since your last progress report.

2. Referencing your End Users and Milestones and Gantt timeline worksheets, provide a status update(s) on end user interactions (e.g., we shared something) and management applications (e.g., they did something with what we shared). For each end user, please include the following using a bulleted format:

   1. Name of the end user(s)

   2. Status of the interaction [started (provide date), ongoing, or ended (provide date)]

   3. What was shared (e.g., knowledge, findings, products, training, methods, technology, etc.)

   4. How it was used (e.g., decision-making, strategic planning, issuance of regulations, policy-changes, etc.)

   5. What resulted from its use (e.g., cost savings, benefits to resource users, etc.)

   6. End user feedback and how you addressed the feedback

3. Primary accomplishments: Please provide a short narrative of the KEY project accomplishment(s) in this reporting period (100 words or less)

3. Financial Updates:

1. Describe expenditures scheduled for this period.

2. Describe actual expenditures this period.

3. Explain problems that led to differences between scheduled and actual expenditures, if any.

4. Describe any leveraged funding. Leveraged funding may be in the form of dollars or in-kind contributions to which a dollar value can be readily assigned, such as salary or use of equipment or a facility. Include planned (with agreements in place) or completed collaborative efforts over the current 6 month reporting period. These activities should include the following details:

   1. Identification of the parties involved (name and affiliation)

   2. Description of planned or completed activities (activity type, timeframe for completion, location of event, etc.)

   3. Description of the method of leveraging (additional funding or in-kind contribution)

Prepared By:

Signature of Principal Investigator:

Date:

NOTICE

All NOAA RESTORE Science Program award recipients with approved cooperative agreements are required to file a Progress Report in the specified format every six months. This annual report format will enable program staff to monitor each award.

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 300 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the NOAA RESTORE Science Program Office, 1021 Balch Blvd., Suite 1003, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 or email [email protected]. All files associated with awards are subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Confidentiality will not be maintained – the information will be made available to the public. However, unpublished research results shall not be published without prior permission from the award recipient.

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