Opportunity Information: Apply for M18AS00006
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), through its Marine Minerals Program (MMP), announced a discretionary cooperative agreement opportunity titled "Analysis of Critical and Strategic Recovery from Sand Used for Beach Nourishment" (Funding Opportunity Number M18AS00006, CFDA 15.424). The project is framed as applied research in the environment and natural resources space, aimed at supporting the public interest in offshore sand resources, coastal restoration, and long-term coastal resiliency, particularly in the context of beach nourishment activities that rely on offshore dredged sand.
At the center of the opportunity is a feasibility study concept: assessing whether economically valuable hard minerals can be recovered from offshore sand deposits at the same time sand is being dredged for beach nourishment. In practical terms, beach nourishment projects move large volumes of sand, and BOEM is interested in whether that same dredging process could also enable the identification and potential capture of critical or strategic mineral components present in those sediments, without undermining the primary goal of shoreline protection. The work is intended to examine technical and economic viability, meaning it would likely involve determining what minerals are present, in what concentrations, what separation or processing steps would be needed, how those steps might fit into dredging operations, and whether the value of recovered materials could justify the added complexity and cost.
Geographically, the study focus is on known sand deposits in federal waters offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula, but BOEM emphasizes that the methods and conclusions should be transferable beyond that single region. The expectation is that the approach developed under this work can be applied broadly to nearshore Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) hard mineral settings, so the end products should not be limited to a local site description. Instead, they should produce generally applicable methodologies, decision frameworks, and lessons learned that can inform future BOEM and partner efforts wherever similar offshore sand resources and nourishment dredging operations occur.
This announcement is explicitly not an open solicitation for proposals. BOEM describes it as a program announcement for a cooperative agreement that may be awarded to the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy (DMME), which signals that BOEM is using a targeted partnership mechanism rather than a competitive grant competition. The legal basis cited is the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), specifically 43 USC 1345, which allows BOEM to enter into cooperative agreements with affected states to share information, jointly use expertise, and set up joint monitoring and coordination arrangements to meet federal and state requirements connected to OCS operations. In other words, this is structured as a federal-state collaboration where BOEM expects substantial involvement and coordination with the recipient rather than a hands-off grant.
The funding details describe a single anticipated award with an award ceiling of $250,000 and an expected number of awards of one. Eligible applicant categories listed include state governments and public or state-controlled institutions of higher education, consistent with the cooperative agreement authority and the state-focused nature of the work. The opportunity was created on August 15, 2018, with an original closing date of September 28, 2018, and awards were contingent on BOEM receiving an acceptable proposal, meaning the recipient still needed to submit a proposal meeting BOEM's technical and administrative expectations even though the opportunity was not openly competed.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as BOEM using a cooperative agreement to explore whether beach nourishment sand dredging can be paired with resource recovery for valuable hard minerals in a way that is technically feasible, economically sensible, and compatible with coastal restoration goals, with initial attention on offshore Delmarva but with outcomes designed to guide similar work across nearshore OCS environments.Apply for M18AS00006
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Analysis of Critical and Strategic Recovery from Sand Used for Beach Nourishment" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.424.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 15, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 28, 2018. (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 $250,000.00 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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