Project Grant 720BHA24GR00324

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program (CFDA 11.478) to the World Resources Institute (WRI). The purpose of this 1-year award, with a performance period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, is for WRI to build on the previous success of the Ocean Panel in raising the importance of creating a sustainable ocean economy. WRI will work with the 16 Ocean Panel...

Sunfish Inc. was awarded a $746,671 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Ocean Exploration federal grant program (CFDA 11.011) to conduct ocean exploration activities from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. As part of the grant, Sunfish Inc. will explore submerged areas in and around Del Valle, Texas to advance knowledge of the Earth's oceans. The Ocean Exploration program supports discovery and research using state-of-the-art...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $180,294.16 cooperative agreement to the Consortium For Ocean Leadership, Inc. under the Ocean Exploration federal grant program (CFDA 11.011) for the period of September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. Through this award, the Consortium For Ocean Leadership, Inc. will provide services to expand NOAA's Ocean Exploration program efforts to engage the ocean exploration community as mandated under 33 U.S.C. 3403. Specifically,...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences provides $202,525 to the University of Hawaii under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to purchase oceanographic instrumentation for the R/V Kilo Moana research vessel. Specifically, the funding will be used to acquire an OS38 ADCP for $188k, a GP oceanographic winch for $305k, and a sound velocity profiler for $14k. This shared-use equipment will support NSF-funded oceanographic research projects by allowing...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded the University of Washington a $195,406 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) beginning September 1, 2025, to develop CALANOID, a modular, air-deployable ocean profiling float system. The primary deliverable is a low-cost, scalable ocean profiling platform designed to capture submesoscale ocean dynamics through dense, distributed in-situ observations. Key technological...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $550,000 to Northeastern University is for the development of compact, coherent hydrophone array systems for real-time, wide-area ocean acoustic monitoring. The project aims to translate the Passive Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing (POAWRS) technology, which uses advanced hydrophone arrays to provide continental-scale ocean sensing capabilities, into...

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $2,395,822, was granted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012). The overarching goal of the project is to enable robust real-time monitoring of harmful algal blooms (HABs) via satellite-based telemetry. The award supports the extension of the Phyto-ARM open-source platform, which integrates diverse sensors, movement devices, and edge AI...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The award, titled "STARTBLUE CORAL", will expand the successful STARTBLUE accelerator program by supporting early-stage to mid-stage ocean-based climate resilience startups nationwide. Scripps will leverage its...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded The Ocean Foundation $500,000 under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) for a project grant running from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024. The Ocean Foundation will support NOAA's public-private partnership to build broad support in the U.S. for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) among philanthropic groups, civil society organizations, and the general public. The...

This $165,488 National Science Foundation project grant supports the 28th and 29th Dissertations Symposium in Chemical Oceanography (DISCO XXVIII and DISCO XXIX). The University of Hawaii at Manoa will organize DISCO XXVIII in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in October 2022. The biennial conference provides recent and soon-to-be Ph.D. graduates in chemical oceanography an opportunity to present dissertation research results and participate in professional development activities. Symposium attendees will...