[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR917.30]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 917_NATIONAL SEA GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D_International Cooperation Assistance
 
Sec. 917.30  General.


    (a) 33 U.S.C. 1124a sets up a program of International Cooperation 
Assistance in marine reseach, marine education and training, and marine 
advisory services designed to enhance the research and technical 
capability of developing foreign nations with respect to ocean and 
coastal resources and to promote the international exchange of 
information and data with respect to the assessment, development, 
utilization, and conservation of such resources. Any Sea Grant College 
or Sea Grant Regional Consortium or any institution of higher education, 
laboratory, or institute (if such institution, laboratory or institute 
is located within any state) may apply for and receive International 
Cooperation Assistance funding.
    (b) International Cooperation Assistance funding proposals will be 
expected to address: (1) The nature and focus of the proposed project, 
(2) the utilization of institutional and other appropriate resources in 
the implementation of the project, (3) a clear indication of the foreign 
participant's (individual or institution) commitment to the project, (4) 
identification of accomplishments expected from a single granting 
interval, (5) implicit or explicit out-year commitment of resources, and 
(6) the impact of the proposed project on the institution receiving 
funding.
    (c) The projects supported by International Cooperation Assistance 
funding are intended to be genuinely cooperative. Innovation and 
uniqueness will be significant factors in the determination of proposals 
to be funded. In the case of a proposed international project that is 
submitted from an institution where a Sea Grant program is in existence, 
the extent to which the proposed project takes advantage of the Sea 
Grant institutional capability existing at that institution and thereby 
strengthening it, as opposed to being a mere appendage to the ongoing 
Sea Grant program, will also be an important evaluation factor. The U.S. 
Department of State will be given the opportunity to review all 
International Cooperation Assistance projects and none will be funded 
without this consultation. Because the United Nations Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) also funds international 
projects of the kind that can be funded under the Sea Grant 
International Cooperation Assistance program, and, to effect 
coordination in this area between Sea Grant and UNESCO, the Division of 
Marine Sciences (UNESCO) will be informed of all International 
Cooperation Assistance projects funded.

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