The Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture’s

CALL FOR CONCEPTS

The Industry Advisory Council of the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA) will meet on February 17 & 18 2004, to determine the funding priorities for CTSA’s Year 18. (Projects approved for Year 18 will likely begin in Summer/Fall 2005). Your suggestion(s) must be received by Friday, January 30, 2004 at 5 pm Hawaii Standard Time.

 CTSA’s mission is to support aquaculture research, development, and demonstration and extension education to enhance viable and profitable U.S. aquaculture. CTSA is funded by an annual grant from the USDA’s Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service. CTSA’s priority is to fund research that will benefit the aquaculture industry in our region (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands).

 We prefer your submission to include: 

1. Title or Subject
2. Justification
   Some examples:
   1. If research is successful, businesses will be able to use the results to build (or enhance) an economically feasible and sustainable venture.
   2. There is a scarcity of information in this area, and if there was more information, it could lead to the creation of a new industry.
   3. Research in this area will or could have the potential to benefit the entire CTSA region.
3. Desirable outputs

 However, CTSA is also open to a simple statement of a problem or currently unexploited opportunity.

 Please limit submissions to two pages for each topic area.

 Mail, fax or e-mail your submission to:

 IAC Priorities Year 18
The Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture
University of Hawaii at Manoa
3050 Maile Way, Gilmore Hall 213A
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Fax: (808) 956-5966
E-mail: dsasaki@hawaii.edu

If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Sasaki at (808) 956-3386 or dsasaki@hawaii.edu. For more information about CTSA, please visit our Web site at www.ctsa.org.