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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Subcommittee on Ocean
Science and Technology (SOST), under the National Science and
Technology Council (NSTC), is requesting written input on the
structure and content of its upcoming 10-year ocean research plan
(tentatively titled “Ocean Research in the Coming Decade”). This
new Plan will supersede the NSTC’s “Charting the Course for Ocean
Science in the United States for the Next Decade: An Ocean
Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy,” that was
published in 2007 and updated in 2013.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Plan will describe the
most pressing research questions and most promising areas of
opportunity within the ocean science and technology (S&T)
enterprise for the coming decade. It will set the stage for
actions across Federal agencies and with non-Federal entities to
address societal needs and issues of national importance.</p>
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0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight:
normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering:
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing:
border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;">A </strong><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height:
inherit;">public input period on the Plan is open now until
January 1, 2017.</strong> The SOST invites all interested
parties to provide input relevant to the Nation’s ocean S&T
enterprise. Suggestions directed toward how the Plan should be
structured and specific topic areas that should be considered for
inclusion in the Plan are particularly encouraged. See the Federal
Register Notice for additional information on the public input
period. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;
line-height: inherit;"><a
href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/10/28/2016-26118/plan-for-ocean-research-in-the-coming-decade"
moz-do-not-send="true" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:
border-box; background: transparent; color: rgb(8, 53, 107);
text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit;">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/10/28/2016-26118/plan-for-ocean-research-in-the-coming-decade</a></strong></p>
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0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight:
normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering:
optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-style: normal;
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To provide input, please
visit: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;
line-height: inherit;"><a
href="https://contribute.globalchange.gov/plan-ocean-research-coming-decade"
target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background:
transparent; color: rgb(8, 53, 107); text-decoration: none;
line-height: inherit;">https://contribute.globalchange.gov/plan-ocean-research-coming-decade</a></strong>.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding:
0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight:
normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering:
optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For more information on the
Plan and to view the Plan prospectus, please visit <strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height:
inherit;"><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/orp"
moz-do-not-send="true" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:
border-box; background: transparent; color: rgb(8, 53, 107);
text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit;">www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/orp</a></strong>. </p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding:
0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-weight:
normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering:
optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-style: normal;
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">General inquiries may be
directed to <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight:
bold; line-height: inherit;"><a
href="mailto:oceanresearchplan@nsf.gov" moz-do-not-send="true"
target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background:
transparent; color: rgb(8, 53, 107); text-decoration: none;
line-height: inherit;"><span email="oceanresearchplan@nsf.gov"
style="box-sizing: border-box;">oceanresearchplan@nsf.gov</span></a>.</strong></p>
<p><font face="Open Sans,sans-serif"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.unols.org/news/agency-updates/subcommittee-ocean-science-and-technology-sost-requests-input-ten-year-ocean">https://www.unols.org/news/agency-updates/subcommittee-ocean-science-and-technology-sost-requests-input-ten-year-ocean</a></font></p>
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