RSP Final Report

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

Expiration Date: 11/30/2021

NOAA RESTORE Science Program Project Final Report

Award Number:

Amount of Award:

Project Title:

Lead Investigator:

Lead Institution:

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

Please complete the sections below, including all activities that took place during your project.

1. Executive Summary

   1. Provide a brief and succinct summary of the Final Report. Include key project accomplishments and one specific accomplishment you wish to showcase on the Science Program ’s website.

2. Purpose

   1. Provide the overarching goals of the project.

   2. Provide the hypotheses (if applicable) and objectives of the project.

3. Approach

   1. List the individuals and organizations that actually performed the work and collaborated with the awardee.

   2. Describe the project work plans and the work that was completed.

   3. Describe how you complied with the Data Management Plan provided in your proposal.

4. Evaluation

   1. Describe the extent to which the project goals and objectives were or were not met.

   2. Provide an explanation for any changes to the goals and objectives.

   3. Describe the need or plans for additional work on this project.

   4. Describe how you will prepare and submit any remaining data deliverables that are not yet completed.

   5. Identify and discuss any significant problems or potential biases and how they may have affected your findings.

5. Outputs are products (e.g., publications, models) or activities that lead to outcomes. Outcomes are changes in user knowledge or action. Briefly describe project outputs under each of the following categories:

   1. Actual accomplishments and findings.

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

   3. Publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, NOAA Technical Memoranda, conference proceedings, etc. For each, list full citations including digital object identifiers (DOI) and append a copy to your report (for open access publications, attach the published PDF; for copyrighted publications, attach a pre-published PDF and the published PDF) if not already submitted to the Science Program.

   4. Data: Provide the status (undergoing QA/QC, in preparation to be submitted to a data archive, submitted, publicly available, or limited release) and location (data archive, internet address, accession number, and/or DOI) of all datasets and data services. Append a copy of any metadata submitted to a non-NOAA data archive or web service provider.

   5. Non-digital data, including biological specimens, preserved samples, paper or analog records, etc. (list all non-digital datasets and their disposition, and append a copy of the associated documentation).

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

   7. Workshops (append the agendas, workshop summaries, and workshop outputs to your report).

   8. Presentations [for each, list the venue (e.g., conference name), authors, title, and date].

   9. Outreach products (e.g., website, newsletter articles; append a copy of the products or provide relevant website addresses).

6. 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. Summarize end user interactions (e.g., we shared something) and management applications (e.g., they did something with what we shared) that took place during the project period by answering the questions and populating the table below (add rows as necessary). Include end users in the table with whom you had regular, sustained interactions or a single significant interaction and then in prose answer the following questions for each end user:

      1. What was shared (e.g., knowledge, findings, products, training, methods, technology, etc.) and with whom?

      2. Was it used? If so, how (e.g., management action, decision-making, strategic planning, issuance of regulations, policy-changes, public outreach, etc.)?

      3. Did the end user provide feedback and if yes, how was it addressed?

   2. What, if any, next steps or future use is being planned with or by the end user?

End User Name	Organization	Email Address

______________________________________ _________________________

Signature of Lead Investigator Date

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