N00173-22-S-RW01: ARCTIC-SPECIFIC OCEAN COLOR PRODUCTS
Closed
This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: ROSES 2025: D.10 Astrophysics Theory (NNH25ZDA001N-ATP). Status: Closes February 3, 2027 (88 days left). It is in our archive of Naval Research Laboratory notices from 2022.
Naval Research Laboratory offered grants of up to $185,000 to colleges and universities. It expected to make one award. Applications closed on September 19, 2022.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed September 9, 2022. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$185,000
- Expected awards1
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | September 9, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | September 19, 2022 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to colleges and universities.
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Science awards averaged $463,636; this notice allows up to $185,000 per award.
- Most of the program's money (49% over five years) went to nonprofits.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is issuing a Funding Opportunity Announcement, N00173-22-S-RW01, to solicit proposals to develop arctic-specific satellite ocean color products for Arctic waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. As the Arctic region experiences warmer temperatures and the season of ice-free waters is projected to progressively lengthen, it has become increasingly imperative to develop satellite-based approaches to monitor the Arctic Ocean. Satellite-derived measures of essential biophysical parameters in water, such as concentrations of the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll-a and suspended particulate matter, have been used to monitor the biophysical conditions of oceanic waters worldwide for several decades. Such existing satellite-based data products are, however, not expected to be accurate in the Arctic Ocean, especially in the coastal zone, which is subject to influx of materials released from recently thawed permafrost and transported by rivers into the ocean. The optical properties of these materials released from recently thawed permafrost materials are yet to be studied in detail but are expected to be distinctly different from materials in lower-latitude waters used to develop current algorithms for global satellite ocean color data products. Limited studies have demonstrated the unreliability of current global satellite-based algorithms for estimating essential biophysical parameters in Arctic waters. It is the intent of this Funding Opportunity Announcement to solicit the most creative, innovative, and effective approaches. NRL invites proposals to develop satellite-based data products for critical biophysical parameters in Arctic waters, namely the concentrations of chlorophyll-a, suspended particulate matter, and particulate organic carbon, and the diffuse attenuation of light in the water column. The proposed work may re-parameterize or re-tune existing algorithms to make them suitable for Arctic waters, taking into consideration the optical and biophysical properties of Arctic waters. The goal is to establish Arctic-specific satellite-based algorithms that may be routinely applied to data from current ocean color satellites such as the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) to generate estimates of the aforementioned biophysical parameters. The focus is on U.S. Arctic waters in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.
Who has won Science grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Science (43.001) awarded $4.8 billion across 10,291 grant awards, an average of $463,636 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland, College Park | Maryland | 368 | $227 million |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado | Colorado | 471 | $182 million |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | 337 | $162 million |
| University of Maryland Baltimore County | Maryland | 158 | $146 million |
| Southwest Research Institute | Texas | 179 | $137 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, NNH25ZDA001N-ATP, which is open now.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is N00173-22-S-RW01 still open?
No. It closed on September 19, 2022. A newer notice is open: NNH25ZDA001N-ATP, closes February 3, 2027 (88 days left).
Who can apply for ARCTIC-SPECIFIC OCEAN COLOR PRODUCTS?
Naval Research Laboratory accepted applications from colleges and universities.
What is the deadline for ARCTIC-SPECIFIC OCEAN COLOR PRODUCTS?
Closed September 19, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.
How much funding is available?
Awards of up to $185,000 each.
Who has won Science grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Maryland, College Park, The Regents of the University of Colorado, The Johns Hopkins University. The program made 10,291 awards worth $4.8 billion in that time.