Hogarth, a state of the art research vessel replacing the nearly 50-year-old R/V Bellows which had served as a floating laboratory for 35 years.
In addition to advising the FIO leadership regarding statewide collaboration in oceanographic science and education, the council's key duty is to plan and align legislative budget requests with strategic priorities.
FIO has taken a leading national role in the scientific assessment of the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
[9] In an application process which began in June 2010, the FIO received more than 200 proposals from researchers totaling more than $60 million.
To apply for funding, scientists were asked to develop research proposals related to the following scientific priorities in spill research: Former campuses: Future teams: Discontinued teams: