The Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) is accepting proposals for 2017 SCOR Working Groups from now until 15 April 2017. SCOR will approve new working groups at its annual meeting, this year held in Cape Town, South Africa on 4-6 September 2017. Details about the meeting will be posted on the meeting web site as they become available.

Attached please find the 2017 Call for SCOR Working Groups.

The guidelines, a template, and word limits are available at:

 http://www.scor-int.org/SCOR_WGs_Proposal_Instructions.htm, including a PowerPoint presentation explaining the proposal process.                                                                                                                    

Please submit your proposals to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

The number of proposals funded each year depends on both the results of the proposal review process and the availability of funding. In recent years, 1-3 proposals have been funded in any given year. SCOR is an organization that promotes science that comes from the “bottom up” from the ocean science community and working groups are an important vehicle to bring attention to the important ocean science issues identified by the global community of ocean scientists.

Each proposal will be evaluated by national SCOR committees in terms of scientific merit and quality, timeliness, and achievability of the proposed terms of reference.  National SCOR committees are an important aspect of SCOR's operation and play a key role in reviewing working group proposals and in seeking new funds to support working group activities. In addition, the review of working group proposals is open worldwide to partner organizations and individuals who would like to provide comments.

Annual SCOR meetings are open, but anyone submitting a proposal or included in a proposed working group membership will be asked to leave the room when their proposal is discussed, to avoid any appearance of favoritism toward proposals that are represented at the meeting by a proponent.   Please contact me if you have any questions about the process for working group proposals.