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Outputs and Management Outcomes

Articulation of outcome-based management goals is required in CSCOR proposals (see FFO), and progress toward achieving management outcomes is required in CSCOR annual progress reports, http://www.cop.noaa.gov/opportunities/grants/reporting_requirements.html.

The proposal should articulate the plan for improving management effectiveness, specifying the management agencies that will be targeted, and the outputs and outcomes to be achieved. Outputs are defined as products (e.g. publications, models) or activities that lead to outcomes (changes in user knowledge or action).

Examples of outputs:

  • New fundamental or applied knowledge
  • Scientific publications
  • Patents
  • New methods and technology
  • New or advanced tools such as models, biomarkers, etc.
  • Workshops
  • Presentations
  • Outreach products (e.g. website or newsletter articles)

Examples of management outcomes:

  • Management application or adoption of:
    • New fundamental or applied knowledge
    • New or improved skills
    • Information from publications, workshops, seminars, outreach products
    • New or improved methods or technology
    • New or advanced tools
  • Societal condition improved due to management action resulting from output:
    • Improved water quality
    • Lower frequency of harmful algal blooms
    • Reduced hypoxic zone area
    • Improved sustainability of fisheries