FY25 Ocean Acidification Coastal Research: Uniting Investigations and Shipboard Experiments (OA CRUISE)
- Posted
- October 18, 2024
- Closed
- January 31, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $250,000
- Award floor
- $100,000
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement, Grant
- Assistance listing
- 11.017
- Archives
- March 2, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 11.017 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $3.5M
- FY2026 obligated
- $1.5M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 35
Top recipients: University of Connecticut, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Southeast, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, University of Delaware
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) is soliciting proposals to complement core observing activities on its upcoming East Coast Ocean Acidification Cruise (ECOA-4), which targets U.S. Coastal Large Marine Ecosystems on the North American East Coast from the Scotian Shelf to the port of Miami, extending from shore to beyond the shelf break. The proposed activities should expand the ocean acidification (OA)-focused observational and experimental capabilities of this repeated quadrennial oceanographic research cruise to better achieve the strategic aims of the program. Projects should complement the existing Level 1 capabilities of the ECOA-4 cruise by fulfilling Level 2 and/or Level 3 priorities outlined in the OA Cruise Science Priority Guidance document (https://bit.ly/OAP_NOFO2023). Proposals should demonstrate how their proposed efforts, in concert with the planned Level 1 core activities on ECOA-4, would address regionally relevant objectives in the NOAA Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research Plan: 2020-2029.
Subject to the availability of funding, the OAP anticipates approximately $350,000 will be available to support approximately 1-3 projects total, with each project funded at $100,000 - $250,000 total. This document sets out requirements for submitting to this opportunity. For additional guidance and tips on how best to prepare an application, please contact the program managers listed in section VII.
This funding opportunity is being released in tandem with a non-grant opportunity to sail on the ECOA-4 cruise. The opportunity, “Non-Grant Access to ECOA-4” will provide awardees with berth space, lab space, and sampling opportunities aboard the ECOA-4 cruise without a monetary award. The application process will require a 2-page description of the project along with logistical information regarding equipment needs, lab space and water needs, berth space requests, and others. Those interested in applying for space on ECOA-4 without receiving funding can contact the program managers listed in section VII.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Eligible applicants for this competition are institutions of higher education, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and federal, state, local, and tribal governments. Foreign institutions may not be the primary recipient of awards under this announcement. Applications from non-Federal and Federal applicants will be competed against each other. Proposals selected for funding from non-Federal applicants will be funded through a cooperative agreement as described above in section II. C. of this notice. Proposals selected for funding from NOAA scientists shall be distributed by an intra-agency fund transfer. Proposals selected for funding from a non-NOAA Federal agency will be funded through an inter-agency transfer. PLEASE NOTE: Before non-NOAA Federal applicants may be funded, they must demonstrate that they have legal authority to receive funds from another Federal agency in excess of their appropriation. Because this announcement is not proposing to procure goods or services from applicants, the Economy Act (31 USC 1535) is not an appropriate legal basis. If an applicant has a partner(s) who would receive funds, the lead grantee will be expected to use subawards or subcontracts or other appropriate mechanisms to provide funds to the partner(s).
The official record
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