Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2019 Funding Opportunity
Posted by Department of Commerce
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2019 Funding Opportunity — is cataloged under number NOAA-OAR-OER-2019-2005679 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 11.011, posted by Department of Commerce. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on June 19, 2018. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $10,000 -- $750,000. The agency has projected $3.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 6 awards. If the agency funds the expected 6 awards from the $3.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $500,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on November 15, 2018. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
$10,000 -- $750,000
Close Date
November 15, 2018
Posted
June 19, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$3,000,000
Expected Awards
6
Instrument
Grant
Description
NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration & Research (OER) is soliciting proposals for ocean exploration in waters under U.S. jurisdiction, including the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and areas mapped by, or of interest to, the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) Project. Presently, important marine habitats and living and non-living resources are neither fully explored nor characterized. OER's intent is to address these knowledge gaps and support growth in the Nation's Blue Economy by soliciting ocean exploration proposals that focus on: 1. Discovering microorganisms, sponges, corals, and other organisms with biopharmaceutical or biotechnical potential; 2. Acquiring baseline ocean environmental information to better inform decision-making where future ocean energy development or critical mineral extraction may occur; 3. Finding and characterizing shipwrecks and submerged cultural resources that played a role in America’s past ocean-based economy (e.g., transport, trade, warfare, etc.) and could inform decisions on future seabed activities and potential environmental impacts. OER seeks to enhance ocean exploration and scientific knowledge of unknown or poorly known areas of the ocean through interdisciplinary exploration, and to advance and disseminate knowledge of the ocean’s physical, geological, chemical, biological, and archaeological environments. This entails identifying, describing and creating baseline characterizations of new ocean habitats, marine resources and/or processes. OER’s mission is compliant with NOAA’s Next Generation Strategic Plan (http://www.performance.noaa.gov/ngsp/) which outlines NOAA goals of Science, Service and Stewardship. Applicants are required to submit pre-proposals and, ultimately, full proposals that support OER’s exploration mission. Note: Ship time on the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will not be funded through this announcement. Informational documents on this funding opportunity are accessible through the OER Website: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/about/funding-opps/welcome.html. For the purpose of this opportunity, ship time costs and/or other ocean data collection platform support (remotely operated vehicles, autonomous underwater vehicles, etc.) are considered rental costs and therefore are not included in Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC).
Eligibility
25
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Financial Assistance to Fisheries Affected by Disasters
U.S. Department of Commerce
Agency Contact
For further information, contact the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research at (301)734-1014 or oer.ffo2019@noaa.gov. Email inquiries should include the Principal Investigator's name in the subject heading. Inquiries can also be mailed to: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, ATTN: OER NOFO 2019, SSMC3, Rm 10316, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
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