Closed · M21AS00388 · CFDA 15.423 · Discretionary
NT-21-06: Mortality Risk for Whale and Basking Sharks During Energy and Mineral Operations
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $290K-$400K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 10, 2021
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
NT-21-06: Mortality Risk for Whale and Basking Sharks During Energy and Mineral Operations is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that offered $290,000 -- $400,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $290K-$400K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15.423
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - NT-21-06: Mortality Risk for Whale and Basking Sharks During Energy and Mineral Operations - is cataloged under number M21AS00388 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 15.423, posted by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on April 22, 2021 and last updated on May 27, 2021. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $290,000 -- $400,000. The agency has projected $400,000 in total estimated funding for this announcement. 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 June 10, 2021. 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. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$290,000 -- $400,000
Close Date
June 10, 2021
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.
Posted
April 22, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$400,000
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
BOEM-authorized projects have been shown to cause mortality to large-bodied elasmobranchs that feed at a low trophic level. While much work has been accomplished on commercially valuable species habitat use and relationship to oil and gas infrastructure, specific data gaps remain as to the relationship between non-commercially harvested species whose populations continue to decline. Information on the behavioral ecology of these world’s largest fishes can inform an understanding as to continued risk posed.The purpose of this study is to understand how ecological and behavioral drivers impact risk of mortality to whale and basking sharks; an ongoing and active issue in the offshore energy industry. The study will collect new, and synthesize existing, data on spatial and behavioral ecology of these species in the vicinity of both renewable and non-renewable energy operations to determine risk in relation to habitat use. It will leverage existing data sets collected by government, academia and nongovernmental organization studies. Additional telemetry data will improve fine-scale behavior and interaction risk. Animal-borne sensors which sample at rapid intervals, typically sub-second, collect information on pitch, roll, heading and depth as well as other oceanographic variables can be utilized to visualize an animal's behavior. These methods are widely recognized for understanding behavioral ecology and have been used to understand vessel strike risk on similar species, such as large whales. Methods are additionally employed at several BOEM studies investigating fine-scale habitat use.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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Agency Contact
Christy Tardiff Christy.Tardiff@bsee.gov
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