National Strategic Plans

2024-2027 Sea Grant National Strategic Plan, Final (March 8, 2023)

Changes from September 30, 2022 draft include replacing "stakeholder" with "interested parties" on page 12 and relabeling "Actions" to "Strategic Objectives" throughout the plan. Minor copyedits and clarifications were made in the most recent version.

2018-2023 Sea Grant National Strategic Plan

2014-2017 Sea Grant National Strategic Plan

2009-2013 Sea Grant National Strategic Plan

2018- 2023 State Sea Grant Program Strategic Plans

Alaska
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
University of Guam
Hawai`i
Illinois-Indiana
Lake Champlain
Law Center
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi-Alabama
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
University of Southern California
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Woods Hole

2018- 2021 State Sea Grant Program Strategic Plans

Alaska
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
University of Guam
Hawai`i
Illinois-Indiana
Lake Champlain
Law Center
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi-Alabama
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
University of Southern California
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Woods Hole

2014- 2017 State Sea Grant Program Strategic Plans

Alaska
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
University of Guam
Hawai`i
Illinois-Indiana
Lake Champlain
Law Center
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi-Alabama
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
University of Southern California
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Woods Hole

Sea Grant's 2024-27 Strategic Planning Process

• Guidance for developing the 2024-2027 Sea Grant Program Strategic Plans (Corrected 3/7/22 to remove an earlier reference to Focus Area teams at the bottom of page 1)
• Webinar recording on guidance and process (March 2022)
  • Webinar slides (PDF)
  • Webinar Q and A summary (PDF)
• Comments and questions regarding the strategic plan process should be sent to oar.sg-feedback@noaa.gov.
• Listening sessions to inform the national strategic planning process 
• 2024-2027 Strategic Plan PIER Upload Instructions (PDF)
  • NOAA Section 508 Guide / YouTube Playlist

• Summary of Phase I National Strategic Plan Engagement (May 2022)
• First Draft of National 2024-2027 Strategic Plan (June 30, 2022)
• Webinar recording on First Draft of National 2024-2027 Strategic Plan (July 2022)
  • Webinar slides (PDF)
  • First Draft National Strategic Plan Q&As (PDF)

• Second Draft of National 2024-2027 Strategic Plan (September 6, 2022)
  • Guide to changes (PDF)

Previous Strategic Plans and Associated Guidance

Guidance for Developing the 2018-2023 Sea Grant State Program Strategic Plans (FINAL)

Guidance for Developing the 2018-2021 Sea Grant State Program Strategic Plans (2016)

2018-2021 National Sea Grant Strategic Plan - Terms of reference, schedule and milestones

Strategic Planning guidance for extending 2018-21 plans through 2023 (pdf)