Cooperative Agreement NA12NOS4190020

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Ocean Exploration Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.011), totals $1,339,868 and spans the period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The award supports a project led by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to comprehensively characterize fish assemblages in mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) along the western coast of Puerto Rico....

This $625,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) supports Monmouth University's efforts to enhance marine mammal monitoring along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. The funding will enable the university to utilize its advanced Digital Acoustic Monitoring (DMON) instrument and Low-Frequency Detection and Classification System (LFDCS) technology on Slocum ocean gliders and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Ocean Exploration program (CFDA 11.011) provides $256,089.00 to Rockefeller University to advance marine environmental DNA (eDNA) technology for monitoring ocean life. The key objectives are to: 1) benchmark eDNA against traditional fish survey methods by incorporating eDNA sampling in an ongoing marine fish survey in New Jersey; and 2) develop graphic tools for...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $525,000 Project Grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to Tcarta Marine LLC, a woman-owned small business and HUBZone certified firm. The project aims to advance research on changing ocean conditions by providing detailed insights on the spatial and spectral dynamics of seagrass habitats using innovative methods applied to high-resolution hyperspectral satellite imagery. The key...

This $1,750,000 Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 11.012) awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will develop regional-scale biodiversity monitoring and assessment programs in the Mid-Atlantic region. The project aims to leverage existing ocean observing capabilities and add new expertise in environmental DNA, acoustic telemetry, and soundscape analysis to provide higher-frequency biodiversity data products for stakeholders. Key...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,396,839 Cooperative Agreement under the Ocean Exploration program (CFDA 11.011) to Florida State University (FSU) to develop analytical technology and methodology to advance the understanding of meiofaunal communities in the deep sea. The project aims to create a transformative method for processing deep-sea sediment samples, enabling rapid, large-scale baseline biodiversity data collection on deep-sea infauna. This will...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $669,936 Project Grant to the Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education, Inc. (DEI) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469). This funding supports DEI's marine research activities focused on enhancing fisheries production through sustaining wild shellfish harvests and developing new shellfish aquaculture opportunities. Specifically, the grant enables DEI to increase...

Northeastern University was awarded an $895,883 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund a research project at the Plum Island Long Term Ecological Research site to study the influence of biophysical coupling and cross-scale interactions on salt marsh ecosystems in New England. The project aims to determine how the geographical distribution of organisms responsible for critical...

This $101,358 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) aims to develop and test a regional implementation of the MOM6 ocean model in the Northeast Pacific and Northwest Atlantic regions. The goal is to assess the model's ability to accurately reproduce observed fisheries variability, leveraging simulations with the BOATS and FEISTY marine ecosystem models. The research will provide new diagnostics...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) provides $101,500.00 to Atlantic Marine Conservation Society LTD, a non-profit organization, for the period of Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2024. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Continued implementation and updating of the Long Island Sound Large Whale Response Plan to enhance response capabilities, in...