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Near-Term
Priorities
The Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology ( JSOST) developed four
near-term (2–5 years) priorities, each with equal weight, to focus initial research efforts.
However, these efforts do not preclude other activities towards all 20, longer-term
(7–10 years) research priorities. These near-term priorities, which reflect multiple aspects
of the national research priorities and the critical tools needed to address them, were
selected from a larger suite of efforts using the criteria outlined in Identifying Ocean Priorities,
with an added focus on impact (i.e., the value of the work), urgency (i.e., the need
for a concentrated effort over the next two to five years), and partnerships (i.e., the effort
will maximize collaborations among agencies and external partnerships). The primary
societal themes from which the near-priorities were developed are highlighted in the
individual discussions.
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