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M25AS00314: AK-25-03b, Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Cetaceans in Lower Cook Inlet

Closed Closed August 22, 2025 Opportunity M25AS00314 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$409,000
• Award floor$400,000
• Total funding$409,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities and state and local governments.

• State governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

This Program Announcement describes the specific projects that may be awarded to the universities or eligible groups identified. All awards are premised on receipt of an acceptable proposal. This is not an open solicitation for proposals. This announcement is specifically to announce intent to undertake the following project(s):Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Cetaceans in Lower Cook InletOpen to:Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESUs): Pacific Northwest. The award will be a cooperative agreement (see Eligibility Information below). This involves substantial involvement by BOEM scientists in various aspects of study development and/or study conduct. Eligibility InformationResearch projects are required to have a staff member of the applying organization as the Principal Investigator (PI). Cooperative research between interested organizations-i.e., state agencies, public universities, and non-profits in affected states-is always encouraged.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Alaska Coastal Marine Institute awards averaged $112,090; this notice allows up to $409,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (100% 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 conduct data collection, analysis, and synthesis components for the project Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Cetaceans in Lower Cook Inlet conducted in partnership between BOEM and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Alaska Fisheries Science Center Marine Mammal Laboratory (AFSC-MML). The proposed study will use passive acoustic monitoring to characterize the acoustic and oceanographic environment and document the temporal occurrence of humpback, right, fin, minke, killer, and beluga whales and other cetaceans at the three entrances to LCI, Alaska. Data from the project will be used to relate variation in marine mammal occurrence to oceanographic conditions. The specific objectives of this agreement are:Participate in the preparation, deployment, and recovery of integrated sub-surface moorings in the three entrances to LCI.Provide information on temporal and spatial occurrence of marine mammals within the study area by analyzing data from standard passive acoustic recorders and echolocation detectors. Provide information on the temporal and spatial presence of anthropogenic noise sources within the study area. Contribute expert interpretation of results for investigation of marine mammal trends in relation to oceanographic inflow events. The eligible recipient is the University of Washington.

Category: Environment.

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