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M22AS00274: AT-22-08: Sediment-borne Wave Disturbances and Propagation and Potential Effects on Benthic Fauna

Closed Closed May 23, 2022 Opportunity M22AS00274 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$450,000
• Total funding$500,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This project is intended to be a single source Cooperative Agreement with the University of Rhode Island. This is not an open solicitation for proposals. This announcement is specifically to announce intent to undertake the project "AT-22-08 Sediment-borne Wave Disturbances and Propagation and Potential Effects on Benthic Fauna". Research projects are required to have a staff member of the applying organization as the Principal Investigator (PI). However, cooperative research between interested organizations—i.e., state agencies, public universities, and non-profits in affected states—is always encouraged.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Environmental Studies (ES) awards averaged $612,245; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (83% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The purpose of this study is to investigate the physical properties of substrate-borne wave disturbances and propagation through the sediment from offshore wind project installation and operation, and to predict the potential effects on benthic fauna. Although environmental impacts from substrate-borne particle motion from pile driving have been widely recognized as potential major effects on marine benthic organisms, very little research has been conducted to address these types of vibroacoustic disturbances (Popper & Hawkins, 2018; Hawkins et al., 2021). Therefore, the proposed study reflects ESP’s vision statement to be “first in class” in being the best research program possible in the context of BOEM’s mission and constraints. In addition, though this study is proposed to address substrate-borne vibroacoustic characteristics and propagation from offshore wind farm construction (pile driving), results from this study have wide application for many marine engineering activities that are coupled with seabed, such as subsea drilling and dredging, offshore structure removal, and UXO detonation.

Category: Environment.

Applying now

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