NURP Facing Funding Losses
Rhonda Moniz
April 10, 2012
NOAA has given the ax to the Undersea Research Program (NURP) for the fiscal year of 2013. NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and NURP officially merged on October 1 of 2007. NURP has provided NOAA the ability to use and access submersibles, technical diving, unmanned or remotely operated vehicles as well as seafloor observatories. NURP’s goal was to provide scientists with the tools and expertise needed to investigate and explore the underwater world. NURP also worked to provide grants to both federal and non-federal research communities through its six regional centers and the National Institute of Undersea Science and technology.