Excellence in Partnering News

2025 Excellence in Partnering Award

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is pleased to announce that the NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) project is the 2025 recipient of the NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award. The Excellence in Partnering Award is given annually to a NOPP project that best exemplifies the NOPP’s objective of developing a successful network of partnerships to […] Read more

2024 Excellence in Partnering Award

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is pleased to announce that the Piloting Biological Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (Bio-GO-SHIP) on US cruises: Towards a global analysis of large-scale changes to ocean plankton systems project is the 2024 recipient of the NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award. The award was presented at the 2026 Ocean […] Read more

2023 Excellence in Partnering Award

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is pleased to announce that the Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network (ADEON) is the 2023 recipient of the NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award. The award was presented at the 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Excellence in Partnering Award is given annually to a NOPP project that best […] Read more

Members of the MARES team at the NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award Ceremony, San Diego, California, Feb 20, 2020

2019 Excellence in Partnering Award

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is pleased to announce that the Marine Arctic Ecosystem Study (MARES) is the 2019 recipient of the NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award. The award was presented at the 2020 Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Diego, California. The Excellence in Partnering Award is given annually to a NOPP project that […] Read more

2017 GOM-SCHEMA Excellence in Partnering Award Ceremony

The NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award was presented to 33 collaborators of the Gulf of Mexico Shipwreck Corrosion, Hydrocarbon Exposure, Microbiology, and Archaeology Project (GOM-SCHEMA) at the 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference (GoMOSES) on February 8, 2018 in New Orleans, LA. The award ceremony was hosted by Walter Johnson, Chief […] Read more

The Gulf of Mexico Shipwreck Corrosion, Hydrocarbon Exposure, Microbiology, and Archaeology Project Wins the 2017 Excellence in Partnering Award

he National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is pleased to announce that the Gulf of Mexico Shipwreck Corrosion, Hydrocarbon Exposure, Microbiology, and Archaeology Project (GOM-SCHEMA) is the 2017 recipient of the NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award. The Excellence in Partnering Award is given annually to a NOPP project that best exemplifies the NOPP’s objective of developing […] Read more

2016 Sanctuaries MBON Excellence in Partnering Award Ceremony

The NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award was presented to 58 collaborators of the “National Marine Sanctuaries and Sentinel Sites for a Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Network (MBON)” at the 2017 MBON All Hands Meeting on May 26, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The award ceremony was hosted by Reginald Beach, a NOPP Committee Member, and the Director […] Read more

“Sanctuaries MBON” Receives NOPP 2016 Excellence in Partnering Award

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program is pleased to announce the 2016 Excellence in Partnering award recipient: National Marine Sanctuaries as Sentinel Sites for a Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON). Led by Dr. Frank Muller-Karger with the University of South Florida, the Sanctuaries MBON project seeks to provide near real-time information on the status and […] Read more

NOPP Projects Win in Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE

Two of the three winning teams in the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE competition were projects under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. The Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE competition, totaling $2 million, challenged teams of engineers, scientists, and innovators from all over the world to create pH sensors that can affordably and accurately measure rising […] Read more