About the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Research Board
The Research Board consists of twenty members – ten appointed by BP and ten appointed by the Gulf of Mexico Alliance.
The Research Board is the decision-making and oversight body regarding research conducted pursuant to the GoMRI. The Research Board has been charged with oversight of the scientific program. The role of the Research Board is to ensure the intellectual quality, research effectiveness, and academic independence of the GoMRI programs.
The Research Board shall oversee the conduct of approved research projects, and amend or adopt Research Themes. The peer-review process, selection of funded Research Consortia, and continuation annual funding will be carried out under the direction of the Research Board, subject to the terms of the GoMRI Master Research Agreement. The Research Board will develop and distribute request for proposals for consortia and individual research programs. The research consortia and individual or collaborative research programs will be chosen by a competitive peer review of the proposals submitted in response to the request for proposals.
