John Wilkin and Cisco Werner joined 7 of their colleagues in Washington, DC, on June 5 to receive the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) 2007 award for "Excellence in Partnering." The presentation was made by Sen. Bill Nelson during Capitol Hill Ocean Week, a 3-day program coordinated by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. The successful project, led by Dr. Eric Chassignet of Florida State University, involved 20 investigators from more than 10 academic, government, and private organizations in a 4-year project developing a global ocean data assimilation and prediction system using the HyCOM ocean model.