RESEARCH IMPACT
references to NPRB research in fishery management decisions), qualitative assessments (e.g., surveys, qualitative network models, Qualtrics), and other potentially meaningful metrics that may be less obvious will be used. These include how many new collaborations developed are maintained over time, and what new research questions, approaches, methodologies, technologies, or insights emerge from NPRB research investments. As part of this effort, NPRB is expanding efforts to archive data and metadata and to better document research collaborations. What is the impact? NPRB is reviewing the application of research findings (e.g., how research is used), the inte- gration in applied fisheries management, and the influence on our evolving understanding of paradigms and processes in the marine realm (e.g., consequences of this information).
Since the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) began funding research in 2002, it has provided over $114 million in research sub-awards to 492 projects (983 sub-awards), as well as three long-term monitoring programs and three integrated research programs, supporting more than 162 academic, community, and other research institutions. NPRB funding has also created a substantial data repository for data generated by NPRB invest- ments. This public repository includes data and metadata published through the NPRB Research Workspace, accessible through a public data portal http://projects.nprb.org/ . In 2018, NPRB initiated an extensive effort to investigate and analyze its investments for overall research impact. Insights are intended to inform strategic planning and provide a reference to NPRB stakeholders and target audiences that include the broader research community, state and federal agencies, fisheries and resource extraction industries, coastal and Alaska Native communities, partner institutions, and interested public. NPRB is focusing on the following questions: What research priorities have been addressed? NPRB is interested in how research priorities were developed, and how these priorities relate to partner institutions and NPRB’s overall mission. Additionally, this effort is examining how funding allocation aligns with identified priorities, what priorities have or have not been addressed, and why. Where have monies been invested? NPRB is developing a process to track investments in marine research and analyze their impact over time. This includes what types of proposals are received, and why certain areas have or have not been successful. Specific areas of inquiry include: • What (e.g., research area, species, habitat, interactions, processes); • Where (e.g., geographic area, ecosystem component, spatial and temporal scale); • How (e.g., research approach, methodologies, institutional, industry or partner involve- ment); and • Why (e.g., how does this research address the NPRB mission). What are the products? NPRB is constructing a framework to document the results of NPRB-funded research and ways to track their impact through time. Quantitative metrics (e.g., publications, citations,
Geographic Areas Funded 2002 – 2018 Core Program
Gulf of Alaska Prince William Sound Southeast Alaska Kodiak Cook Inlet Seward Alaska Peninsula Bering Sea Eastern Bering Sea Pribilof Islands Bristol Bay North Bering Sea Norton Sound North Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean
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Chukchi Sea Beaufort Sea Aleutian Islands
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