FROM DISASTER TO UNDERSTANDING FORMATION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO RESEARCH INITIATIVE

被引:5
作者
Zimmermann, Leigh A. [1 ]
Feldman, Michael G. [1 ]
Benoit, Debra S. [2 ]
Carron, Michael J. [3 ]
Dannreuther, Nilde Maggie [4 ]
Fillingham, Katie H. [5 ]
Gibeaut, James C. [6 ]
Petitt, Jennifer L. [7 ]
Ritchie, Jarryl B. [8 ]
Rossi, Rosalie R. [9 ]
Sempier, Stephen H. [10 ]
Shaw, J. Kevin [3 ]
Swanseen, Jessie L. [11 ]
Wilson, Charles A. [12 ]
Yanoff, Callan J. [5 ]
Colwell, Rita R. [13 ]
机构
[1] Gulf Mexico Res Initiat GoMRI, Consortium Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC USA
[2] Nicholls State Univ, Res Sponsored Programs, Thibodaux, LA 70310 USA
[3] Gulf Mexico Alliance, GoMRI, Ocean Springs, MS USA
[4] Mississippi State Univ, Northern Gulf Inst, Stennis Space Ctr, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
[5] GoMRI, Consortium Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC USA
[6] Texas A&M Univ, Coastal & Marine Geospatial Sci, Harte Res Inst, Corpus Christi, TX USA
[7] Amer Inst Biol Sci, Herndon, VA USA
[8] Mississippi State Univ, Gulf Coast Liaison, GoMRI, Northern Gulf Inst, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
[9] Texas A&M Univ, Harte Res Inst, Corpus Christi, TX USA
[10] Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Ocean Springs, MS USA
[11] Project Adm, Consortium Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC USA
[12] GoMRI, Fairhope, AL USA
[13] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
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D O I
10.5670/oceanog.2021.114
中图分类号
P7 [海洋学];
学科分类号
0707 ;
摘要
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) was created in 2010 following the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. BP engaged Rita Colwell to form and lead an independent board of experts to oversee an unprecedented program of scientific research on the effects of the spill. As a new and uniquely funded organization, GoMRI quickly developed and implemented a set of management processes, policies, and frameworks while simultaneously building an interconnected research community that eventually grew to nearly 4,500 individuals. The GoMRI Research Board and Management Team successfully produced and operated a system for requests for proposals, grants management, scientific and programmatic data management, and outreach and education, and assembled a scientific synthesis of results to create a lasting legacy 10 years after the disaster. Here, we document the challenges and key decisions underlying the design and operation of GoMRI as a model for independent, industry-funded research. In short, GoMRI represents a unique multi-sector partnership and a community of researchers that will advance science in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere for decades to come.
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页数:14
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