Global Diving Research Sociedad Limitada

Global Diving Research Sociedad Limitada is a for-profit international organization based in Valencia, Spain, that has been registered in SAM.gov since September 2021. The entity serves as a federal grant recipient, providing specialized research and scientific services to the U.S. government. Global Diving Research Sociedad Limitada focuses on marine biological research, particularly investigations related to cetacean physiology, behavior, and energy metabolism in deep-diving marine mammals.

The organization has received four prime federal project grants from the Office of Naval Research, demonstrating consistent engagement in marine mammal research over a multi-year period. These grants span from September 2021 through November 2027 and address critical scientific questions about cetacean diving physiology and energy expenditure. The research projects include investigations into how disturbance impacts dive behavior and physiology of beaked whales with implications for gas emboli formation; energy expenditure estimations for odontocetes (toothed whales); bioimpedance and electrical impedance tomography applications for aquatic mammals; and gas dynamics modeling in shallow and deep-diving cetaceans with consideration of metabolic rate and blood flow changes. Additionally, Global Diving Research Sociedad Limitada has served as a sub-awardee under Duke University on a federally funded project that involved developing pneumatochometer equipment for measuring respiratory flow rates in large cetaceans, conducting swim trial experiments with killer whales and pilot whales at SeaWorld San Diego, and validating activity-energetics proxies through tag deployments and independent energy expenditure measurements. This body of work positions the organization as a specialized provider of marine mammal physiological research and instrumentation development services to the federal government.