The CSCOR HAB Event Response Program provides immediate assistance for managing events and for advancing the understanding of HABs as they occur. Upon notification of an event, CSCOR and its partner, the U.S. National Office for Harmful Algal Blooms at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will work to provide access to the best technology and expertise available, provide supplemental financial support for investigating a unique event, and ensure proper scientific documentation to add to the HAB knowledge base.
Limited funding is available, so only modest requests to help defray costs of immediate mobilization of sampling, supplies and analytical services are considered. Further, due to limited resources CSCOR prioritizes three types of events:
To apply for Event Response Assistance CLICK HERE
For more information contact:
NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CSCOR HAB event Response Program co-managers:
Marc Suddleson
MERHAB manager
301-713-3338
marc.suddleson@noaa.gov
Quay Dortch
ECOHAB Coordinator
301-713-3338
quay.dortch@noaa.gov