FY2020 RFP Schedule
| January 2019 | |
| January 18, 2019 | FY2020 RFP Open House invitation issued |
| January 24, 2019 | Open House for Investigators and announcement of research topics for FY2020; noon – 2pm at MIT Sea Grant |
| February 2019 | |
| February 4, 2019 | A detailed RFP announcement will be available on this website |
| March 2019 | |
| March 5, 2019 | Pre-proposals are due by 5:00 pm at MIT Sea Grant |
| March 29, 2019 | Pre-Proposals distributed to Panel and Advisory Committee |
| April 2019 | |
| April 26, 2019 | Advisory Committee Meeting – Pre-Proposal Recommendations, Program Review; 12:00-2:00 pm at MIT Sea Grant |
| May 2019 | |
| May 7, 2019 | Committee recommendations regarding submission of Full Proposals sent to Principal Investigators |
| June 2019 | |
| June 11, 2019 | Full proposals are due by 5:00 pm at MIT Sea Grant |
| June 17, 2019 | Full Proposals distributed to peer reviewers |
| July 2019 | |
| July 29, 2019 | Peer reviewers’ evaluations of Full Proposals due by 5:00 pm at MIT Sea Grant |
| August 2019 | |
| August 5, 2019 | Blinded reviews released to PI’s. |
| August 19, 2019 | PI rebuttals due by 5:00 pm at MIT Sea Grant |
| August 26, 2019 | Proposals, reviews and rebuttals sent to Technical Review Panel and to National Sea Grant Office |
| September 2019 | |
| September 23, 2019 | Technical Review Panel Meeting; 12:00-2:00 pm at MIT Sea Grant |
| September 25, 2019 | Advisory Committee Meeting – Full Proposal Recommendation, Program Planning for 2020; 12:00-2:00 pm at MIT Sea Grant |
| February 2020 | |
| February 1, 2020 | Beginning of FY 2020 funding |
