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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | Notice of Funding Opportunity
Baseline Environmental and Socioeconomic Studies to Support Potential Offshore Wind Energy Development in the U.S. Territories
Deadline for Applications - 23 August 2024 @ 5:00 PM (Eastern Time Zone)
Eligibility - CESU Network nonfederal partner institutions from the Californian, Gulf Coast, Hawaiʻi-Pacific Islands, Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast, and South Florida–Caribbean CESUs
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) oversees the exploration and development of oil, natural gas and other minerals and renewable energy alternatives on the Nation's outer continental shelf (OCS). BOEM’S Environmental Studies Program (ESP, https://www.boem.gov/environment/how-we-do-research) supports decisions made within the Department of the Interior, but also provides other Federal regulators, and the coastal states, and local governments with the information necessary to ensure that all stages of offshore energy and mineral activities are conducted in a manner to protect both the human and natural environments. BOEM’s geographic responsibility increased substantially with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which expanded OCSLA’s definition of the OCS and gave BOEM authority for energy and mineral development in the U.S. Territories. OCSLA Section 1345 authorizes the use of cooperative agreements with affected States to meet the requirements of OCSLA, including sharing of information, joint utilization of available expertise, formation of joint monitoring arrangements to carry out applicable Federal and State laws, regulations, and stipulations relevant to outer continental shelf operations both onshore and offshore. BOEM can enter into cooperative agreements with various entities within the affected States including State offices, public colleges and universities, and Tribes.
The purpose of this Request for Letters of Interest (LOI) is to identify cooperative research in the U.S. Territories that will instigate the sharing of information, the joint utilization of available expertise and the potential development of monitoring arrangements to support the offshore wind (OSW) energy as practicable and statutorily appropriate. Proposed projects should seek to describe the existing state of knowledge, identify information gaps (e.g., data and enhanced knowledge) and clearly describe a research project that will advance the current state of knowledge. BOEM anticipates cooperative agreement to be awarded across multiple disciplines and research to be funded in U.S. Territories in both the Caribbean and Pacific.
BOEM is requesting letters of Research Interest on the following study topics:
Questions and Submissions -
Dr. Michael Rasser, Senior Marine Ecologist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, michael.rasser@boem.gov, (703) 787-1729
See the FULL ANNOUNCEMENT for additional details.
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