OCB Travel Support
In an ongoing effort to strengthen ties to other U.S. and international carbon cycle science programs (e.g., IMBER, SOLAS, IOCCP, etc.), the OCB Project Office has limited funds for U.S. (OCB) participation in workshops and meetings that advance the programmatic mission of OCB. Given these very limited resources, we prioritize participation in workshops and meetings that will result in a tangible product or outcome to promote OCB scientific implementation and community building. For scientific interest, the Project Office maintains a continually updated list of OCB-relevant national and international scientific meetings, and we encourage the OCB community to seek support directly from federal agencies via the proposal submission process for participation in these meetings.
The OCB SSC will review travel support requests twice a year, once in January, and once in July. The corresponding deadlines for submitting requests will be January 15 and July 15. Please consider these deadlines relative to the timing of your meeting. Please provide a 1-2 page description of the meeting, including its programmatic importance to OCB, detailing the amount of your request. OCB is a U.S. program, and therefore our priority is to support U.S. scientists. Travel support requests are typically <$2-3K, but under unusual circumstances, the OCB Project Office will consider requests up to $5-10K. Proposals should be sent directly to the OCB Project Office.
Examples of previous OCB Project Office travel awards include:
- OCB Ocean Time-Series Advisory Committee members’ participation in an international time-series workshop focused on community planning to sustain and enhance the use of open-ocean time-series observations
- U.S./OCB ocean acidification researchers’ participation in an international workshop focused on developing a Guide for Best Practices in Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting