2007 WHOI, Scripps, OSU to Play Key Role in NSF?s Ocean Observatories Initiative http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992 Overview http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30146 http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30146 WHOI Will Lead Partnership to Establish Coastal and Global Observatories for Ocean Observatories Initiative http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30147 The Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) has awarded a $97.7 million contract to an academic partnership led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), to support the development, installation and initial operation of the coastal and global components of the National Science Foundation?s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The WHOI partnership includes Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and Oregon State University?s College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. This award completes the management team to construct and implement the $331.5 million OOI Network. http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30147 Patrick Administration Announces $97.7 Million Award and $10 Million State Match to WHOI to Build Sea Laboratory Off Massachusetts Coast http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30846 Lt. Governor Tim Murray and Senate President Therese Murray were on hand in Woods Hole today as The Patrick Administration announced that a team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth won a $97.7 million award from the not-for-profit Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) to build an ocean observation system off the Massachusetts coast. http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30846 Scientists and Engineers Leading the Observatories Project http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30149 http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30149 Animation and Video http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30150 http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30150 What is an Observatory? http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30148 http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30148 Related Links http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30151 http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=19992&articleId=30151