Letters of Intent (LoI) are due to the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) Regional Association (RA) office on April 17, 2015 by 5:00 PM CT. The GCOOS-RA Board of Directors has established a process for selection and preparation of proposals submitted. More information can be found here.
The Board of Directors intends to use the GCOOS list serve and website to solicit LoIs. Members to the GCOOS-RA Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) or employees of members may submit LoIs. Entities that are not Members that are interested in submitting a LoI should sign the MoA to become a Member before submitting a LoI. The maximum request GCOOS will accept is $225,000/year. All LoIs and proposals should include plans for the maintenance of long-term financial support for the proposed activity
The full IOOS FFO can be found here.