Enhancing the Coastal and Ocean Capabilities in the Pacific | NOAA NOS OCS 2022 2006936

Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA NOS OCS 2022 2006936

The Department of Commerce, through NOAA, offered a discretionary funding opportunity called "Enhancing the Coastal and Ocean Capabilities in the Pacific" (Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA NOS OCS 2022 2006936; CFDA/Assistance Listing: 11.472). The program is designed to strengthen U.S. capacity to understand, monitor, and manage ocean and coastal systems in the Pacific by supporting research and development that directly informs decision-making for marine resources and the environments that sustain them. The primary funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means NOAA expects to have substantial involvement in the project as it is carried out, such as collaborating on technical direction, data standards, coordination, or integration with NOAA programs.

At its core, the opportunity supports biological, socio-economic, and physical science research focused on fishery stocks and protected resources in U.S. waters, along with the environmental conditions that affect them. The goal is to generate knowledge and tools that contribute to "optimal management" of these resources for the benefit of the country. In practice, that can include studies that improve understanding of population dynamics, habitat use, ecosystem interactions, climate and oceanographic drivers, and human dimensions such as community impacts, fishing behavior, economic tradeoffs, and risk to livelihoods. By combining natural science with socio-economic analysis, the program emphasizes management-relevant outcomes, meaning research should help agencies and stakeholders make better-informed choices about conservation, sustainable use, and long-term resilience.

A second major emphasis is innovation in marine and estuarine science. Beyond traditional research, NOAA intended to fund development of new approaches and methods that improve how marine and estuarine systems are studied and managed. This can encompass novel sampling strategies, modeling and forecasting methods, data integration techniques, decision-support tools, improved monitoring technologies, or analytical frameworks that make science more usable for managers. The "coastal and ocean capabilities" language signals a focus on practical capacity building: producing methods, datasets, workflows, and applied findings that can be adopted, scaled, or institutionalized to improve ongoing ocean and coastal stewardship in the Pacific region.

Eligibility was limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in that nonprofit category). The posting listed an award ceiling of $112,000, and it was created on May 24, 2021, with an original application closing date of June 8, 2021. Overall, the opportunity targeted applied, management-connected science that helps NOAA and partners better understand marine ecosystems and human uses of them, while also pushing forward innovative marine and estuarine research methods that enhance operational capability in the Pacific.

• The Department of Commerce in the environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Enhancing the Coastal and Ocean Capabilities in the Pacific" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.472.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2021-05-24.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-06-08. (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 $112,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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