NOAA Seeks New Members for Ocean Exploration Advisory Board

Elizabeth Steffen, scientist at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Lab and University of Hawaii, deploys a Deep Argo float off Hawaii on May 16, 2018. The float was tested here in preparation for its recent release as part of a new array in the western South Atlantic off Brazil. NOAA and Vulcan collaborated to deploy 27 Deep Argo floats off Brazil that report back ocean temperature and salinity data from the surface to the seafloor. Credit: Blake Watkins/ University of Hawaii

NOAA’s remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer is recovered after diving on the Gully Marine Protected Area off of Nova Scotia, Canada, during the Deep Connections 2019 expedition. (NOAA) 

NOAA is seeking up to four new members for its Ocean Exploration Advisory Board, a federal advisory committee that advises the NOAA administrator on matters pertaining to ocean exploration.

The panel advises NOAA on strategic planning, exploration priorities, competitive ocean exploration grant programs, and other matters as requested.

In addition to advising NOAA leaders, NOAA expects the board to play a leadership role in helping to define and develop a national program of ocean exploration involving a network of stakeholders and partners that will advance national priorities for ocean exploration.

Applicants should demonstrate expertise in areas of scientific research relevant to ocean exploration, including engineering, data science, deep ocean biology, geology, oceanography, marine archaeology, or ocean science education and communication. The following are encouraged to apply: individuals from Indigenous communities; individuals from the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii; people of color; women; first-generation professionals; individuals with disabilities; LGBTQ+ individuals; and individuals from other communities that have historically faced professional barriers. Representatives of other federal agencies involved in ocean exploration are also encouraged to apply.

Applications must be received by November 5, 2021. Members serve three-year terms, renewable once, with three to four meetings a year, exclusive of subcommittee, task force, and working group meetings.

For more information on how to apply, see the Federal Register notice.

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