Outreach Opportunities and Resources for Researchers

Michigan Sea Grant management and staff are interested in your project – from start to finish. Sea Grant outreach professionals help educate coastal community leaders, policy makers, management agencies, K-12 educators, and Michigan residents about the Great Lakes. Our outreach specialists can help extend your research through a variety of channels, including:

• Research Web
  Summaries of all funded projects with RFP notices and other pertinent funding information are published online. See: Research Web
• Upwellings quarterly newsletter
  This award-winning publication was distributed to more than 18,500 in 2006, including researchers, policy-makers, K-12 educators, government, and coastal residents. See: Upwellings quarterly newsletter
• Public Outreach
  News releases are typically distributed to the media through the University news outlets that reach audiences statewide. In addition monthly reports about research activities are sent to National Sea Grant/NOAA. And summaries about current research are included in state, regional and national conferences/meetings. Please use the Michigan Sea Grant logo for your presentations about Sea Grant-funded research (research posters and in electronic presentations). See: Logo files
• Fact sheets & Online Library
  Specialized publications about your research activities can often be produced quickly and are ideal for reaching specialized audiences. See: Fact sheets & Online Library
• Research Articles, Journal Reprints and Presentations
  Michigan Sea Grant is required to send the Federal government copies of all articles published by our supported researchers. These publications are critical to ensure continued funding of our research program. Michigan Sea Grant will fund a portion of reprint charges of articles published in peer-reviewed journals, providing that all of the following requirements have been met:
  • Include the Federal Grant Number: 2007-2009: NA05OAR4171045; 2005-2007: NA05OAR4171045; 2001-2005: NA16RG1145.
  • Include the following acknowledgement: Supported by Michigan Sea Grant College Program, project number: (include number), under Federal grant number: (include number) from National Sea Grant, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the State of Michigan.
  • Send electronic files via email to: MI-Sea-Grant@umich.edu
    Send print article copies (6 total) to: Michigan Sea Grant – Univ. of Mich.
    Communications - Journal Articles
    440 Church Street
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
    Note: The U.S. Government is authorized to produce and distribute reprints for governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation appearing hereon. If you use another source of funding for reprints of an article based on Sea Grant-supported research, include the acknowledgement above in the article and provide six copies (or if available, a pdf file) to Michigan Sea Grant.
• Additional Resources
  o Complete Staff Directory Online
  o Michigan Sea Grant Communications Group Email: msgpubs@umich.edu (includes communications director, graphic designer/web master, science writer and publications coordinator).