Opportunity Information: Apply for M20AS00006
The BOEM FY 2020 Environmental Studies Program (ESP) funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number M20AS00006) is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The project focus is on improving scientific understanding of shipwrecks and benthic hard-bottom habitats located in the mesophotic zone of the Gulf of Mexico. In practical terms, the grant is aimed at supporting field-based and analytical work that can identify and characterize seafloor features in deeper, low-light environments and document the ecological communities that use them.
A central motivation behind the opportunity is the management need to better understand where these seafloor features are, what condition they are in, and how they function as habitat. BOEM highlights a clear need to characterize these underwater structures and evaluate their ecological roles so that federal and state partners can develop more effective management, avoidance, and mitigation strategies. Because offshore energy and other ocean uses can intersect with sensitive hard-bottom areas and cultural resources like shipwrecks, the information generated by this study is intended to support better decision-making about how activities are planned, reviewed, and conducted to reduce impacts on these resources.
The legal basis for the cooperative agreement structure is tied to Section 1345(e) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). That provision allows BOEM to enter into cooperative agreements with affected states for purposes consistent with OCSLA, emphasizing coordination and shared capacity. The opportunity explicitly points to joint use of expertise, joint planning and review, and the establishment of joint surveillance and monitoring arrangements. This signals that BOEM expects substantial collaboration with state entities and eligible research institutions, rather than a simple pass-through grant with minimal federal involvement.
Eligibility is limited to state governments and public or state-controlled institutions of higher education. The award is planned as a single cooperative agreement (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $600,000. The opportunity falls under the environment activity category and is associated with CFDA number 15.423. The notice was created on March 10, 2020, with an original application closing date of May 12, 2020.
Overall, this opportunity is designed to generate actionable environmental and resource data about mesophotic shipwrecks and hard-bottom habitats in the Gulf of Mexico, with the end goal of strengthening BOEM and state partners ability to plan offshore activities responsibly, avoid sensitive areas when possible, and apply scientifically grounded protection measures when avoidance is not feasible.Apply for M20AS00006
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BOEM FY 2020 Environmental Studies Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.423.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 10, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 12, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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