INSTRUCTIONS: Download both the Statement of Interest (SI) form and Biographical Data form which are both formatted for Microsoft Word. You will use these forms to prepare your statements of interest offline and to provide relevant biographical information.  When preparing your SI you are allowed a maximum of FIVE, single-spaced pages to describe your proposed project. Please use a 12-point font. Figures, images, mathematical notations and symbols, and tables can be used but count towards the five page total. Each Statement of Interest must address each of the 13 headings below. NO PAPER COPIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE FLORIDA SEA GRANT OFFICE.

A one page biographical data form must be also completed for each investigator (principal, co-principal, associate) listed in headings 3a, 3b, or 3c, below. The biographical data will help us to evaluate investigator qualifications and past performance, consistent with stage of career. Please fill in all of the blanks on the biographical data form, including the SI number, which you will receive during the on-line submittal process described in section D “Submit your Statement if Interest.”

Important: Prior to submitting your SI you must navigate to the submission process web page and enter the Project Title, the Principal Investigator, the Co-principal Investigator(s), the Associate Investigator(s), and the Proposed Budget into the Statement of Interest submission form. Once you have completed the form and click “next” you will receive an SI number, which you and your project associates will enter into your SI and biographical data Microsoft Word formatted forms. You will then need to convert your completed Microsoft Word formatted SI and Biographical Data forms to PDF files using Adobe Acrobat.