Date

FY 05 Annual GEM Work Plan
Invitation for Proposals - Available Online
Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring and Research Program (GEM)
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council (EVOSTC)

Proposal Deadline: Thursday, 15 April 2004

For proposal invitation, materials, and instructions, please go to:
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/

or contact:
Trustee Council Office
441 West 5th Avenue, Suite 500
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-278-8012
E-mail: (projects [at] evostc.state.ak.us)


The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is soliciting proposals for
projects to be included in the FY 2005 Annual GEM Work Plan. Proposals
must be on the specific topics invited and are due by the close of
business Thursday, 15 April 2004.

BACKGROUND
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council has established GEM (Gulf of
Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring and Research Program), with the following
mission:

Sustain a healthy and biologically diverse marine ecosystem in the
northern Gulf of Alaska and the human use of the marine resources in
that ecosystem through greater understanding of how its productivity is
influenced by natural changes and human activities.

The Trustee Council invites proposals for projects that may be added to
the GEM Work Plan starting in federal fiscal year 2005 (1 October 2004 -
30 September 2005). Proposals may address activities in a total of three
fiscal years, FY 2005 - 2007, unless otherwise noted. All proposers
should be familiar with the GEM Program Document and GEM Science Plan,
which are available on the web at:

http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/gem/documents.html

Proposal Deadline: Thursday, 15 April 2004

For proposal invitation, materials, and instructions, please go to:
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/

or contact:
Trustee Council Office
441 West 5th Avenue, Suite 500
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-278-8012
E-mail: (projects [at] evostc.state.ak.us)