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Every Florida Sea Grant activity must be based on a strong rationale, demonstrate scientific or educational merit and produce results that are clearly useful to citizens and applicable in industry, management or science. Six core values allow Florida Sea Grant to deliver results based on these criteria.
Excellence. Research is funded on a competitive basis, with scientific merit as a major criterion. Extension programs are based on reviewed faculty plans of work. Communication efforts use the latest technology and appropriate methods to achieve maximum output, visibility and citizen receipt of science-based information generated by researchers and extension specialists.
Relevance. Research, extension and education activities are aligned with goals and strategic priorities identified in consultation with our program partners and stakeholders in Florida and with priorities of the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program.
Participation. High value is placed on the involvement of stakeholders, industries, citizens and a large number of participating institutions in research, education and extension. Graduate students are actively engaged in research funded by Florida Sea Grant, and a diverse male and female faculty is involved, from assistant to full professors.
Accountability. External and internal processes are used to measure program accomplishments. These include identifying the contribution to society of scientific discoveries, measuring how citizens respond to education and outreach programs with increased knowledge or through changes in behavior, and determining the economic impact resulting from Sea Grant supported projects.
Connection with Users. A strong advisory process is used to guide overall program direction, to plan extension programs, and to gauge program impacts. It also is used to build public and private support for Florida Sea Grant.
Partnerships. Faculty, students and citizens all benefit when working in partnership mode. Scientific results and education projects reach greater levels of success when they are implemented with partners, from agencies to businesses. Greater emphasis is placed on creating public-private and agency partnerships under this new strategic plan.
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