This project will provide support for the marine board of the national academies of sciences, engineering and medicine through its continuing federal agency sponsorship for program years 2025-2026

The marine board of the national academies of sciences, engineering and medicine is an internationally recognized source of expertise on maritime transportation, marine technology and offshore development. The marine board identifies research and development needs and provides a forum for information exchange concerning technologies, policies, economics, the environment, and other issues affecting the marine transportation system and offshore industries. Under this award, the marine board will provide collective expertise of an independent board with extensive knowledge, expertise, and experience in a broad range of marine and maritime issues; maintain an ongoing review of board activities, tracking progress, identifying new initiatives and providing overall programmatic planning; maintain a compendium of reference material relevant to the boards expertise and background and the extensive past and present work of study committees operating under the auspices of the marine board; serve as a source of information on important new industrial and technical developments in areas related to marine transportation, port operations and the offshore industries; conduct meetings of the marine board and sponsor agencies to evaluate and develop new marine board initiatives, as well as to discuss ongoing studies and activities, and to sponsor topical workshops, focus sessions, and symposia on important relevant national technical and policy subjects, collaborate with other appropriate professional public and private organizations to jointly sponsor conferences and workshops; and conduct investigations and develop problem statements and plans for potential new projects; maintain oversight of ongoing marine board projects; and, upon request, provide reviews of agency projects and special initiatives.