Sea Grant strives to achieve excellence in accomplishing its mission. To support this, the Sea Grant programs are constantly engaged in a rotating cycle of planning, reporting and evaluating themselves.

Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation (PIE) Policy

• PIE Policy 2018-2023 (pdf)

Annual Reporting  

• Annual Reporting Guidance (pdf)
  • Webinar: Annual Reporting Overview and Performance Measure Reporting (recording link)
  • Slides: Annual Reporting Overview and Performance Measure Reporting webinar (pdf)

• PIER Reporting
  • Annual reports for work completed February 2022 to January 2023 due in PIER on June 7, 2023 at 11:59pm EDT. 
  • PIER Database
    • How to add partners to PIER Guidance (pdf)
  • Performance Measure and Metric Definitions (pdf)
  • Accomplishments and Impacts
    • Webinar: Impacts and Accomplishments, 2020 webinar (recording link)
    • Slides: Impacts and Accomplishments, 2020 webianr (pdf)
    • Slides: Best Practices for Impacts and Accomplishments, 2019 webinar (pdf)
    • Sample impact and accomplishment statements (pdf)

• Sea Grant Best Practices in Reporting Workshop (slides, presentations, etc) February 2022

• Publication Reporting: Sea Grant Collection at the NOAA Library
  • Publications completed February 2022 to January 2023 due on June 7, 2023
  • Sea Grant Collection
  • NSGAB Information Services and Publication Review Committee Report 2021 (pdf)
  • Webinar: Sea Grant Information Services. May 26, 2021 4-5pm EDT

Grants Progress Reporting and Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) 

• DOC/NOAA RPPR Guidance (from this website - scroll to bottom)
• RPPR Instructions (pdf)
• RPPR Template (pdf)
  • actual reporting must be done directly in Grants Online
  • also note the NOAA version of this form (i.e. the one you will complete) does not include demographic information
• Grants Online User Guide for RPPR (pdf)
• Supplementary Guidance for Sea Grant Programs
  • Grants Progress Reporting and RPPR Guidance (pdf) updated 9/2021
  • Webinar: October 29, 2019 (recording and transcript) 
    • Slides (pdf)

Evaluation - Site Visits

• 2014-2017 Site Visit Guidance (pdf)
• Site Visit Guidance Webinar (recording link)