W81EWF-24-SOI-0007: Evaluating Sediment Transport and Morphological Evolution of a Cross-shore Swash Zone Placement
Closed
This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: ERDC Broad Agency Announcement (W912HZ26S0001). Status: Closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left). It is in our archive of Engineer Research and Development Center notices from 2023.
Engineer Research and Development Center offered grants of up to $142,500 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $142,500 in total. Applications closed on January 26, 2024.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed November 27, 2023. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$142,500
- Total funding$142,500
- Expected awards1
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | November 27, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | January 26, 2024 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | February 25, 2024 |
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 opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU).
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering awards averaged $1.1 million; this notice allows up to $142,500 per award.
- Most of the program's money (69% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
Crescent Beach, Indiana is regularly nourished from an upland source. The nourishment sediment is transported west by the longshore current towards Burn Harbor and Burns Small Boat Harbor navigation channels. At Burns Small Boat Harbor, the USACE plans to use an innovative dredged sediment placement technique to bring sediment dredged from the harbor to a “cross-shore swash zone” (CSSZ) placement at Portage Park. This provides a unique opportunity to investigate the feasibility of using unconfined swash zone placement into a shore perpendicular spit as a cost-effective method to bring sediment from navigation dredging to the subaerial beach. Allowing the pipe from the dredge to discharge sediment directly into the swash zone and readjusting the pipe position as the shoreline progrades has the potential to build out a shore-perpendicular spit with substantially less equipment requirements on the beach. Natural processes are expected to rework the placed material over a larger stretch of shoreline. Demonstrated success in this project has the potential to make similar strategies more accessible in other settings where it is likely to be successful. Detailed monitoring data that describes hydrodynamic conditions, sediment characteristics, and morphological change after sediment placement is a critical part of this. The goals for this project are to operationally learn about an innovative construction technique, study the morphological evolution of the nourishment, amass a complete data set for future model validation, and estimate future dredging requirements. To achieve these goals, the work addressing this funding opportunity must: · Provide topographic survey data from five to six backpack mounted LiDAR surveys (or similar), covering the subaerial beach in the vicinity of the placement area prior to construction, reasonably promptly after construction, 1 month after construction, in the winter of 2024 preferably following the first storm event to exceed 1 m offshore wave heights for 4 hours, and in the spring of 2025. · Provide data from five to six bathymetric surveys, with comparable coverage to 25 single beam transects encompassing the placement area and surrounding area at similar times to topographic surveys. · Provide continuous wave and current measurements in 5 to 10 m water depths for up to 10 months.
Who has won Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering (12.630) awarded $1.3 billion across 1,101 grant awards, an average of $1.1 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battelle Memorial Institute | Ohio | 1 | $82.6 million |
| Msi Stem Research & Development Consortium | District of Columbia | 1 | $78.2 million |
| University of California San Diego | California | 4 | $53.1 million |
| Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | Connecticut | 4 | $38.1 million |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 3 | $35.0 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, W912HZ26S0001, 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 W81EWF-24-SOI-0007 still open?
No. It closed on January 26, 2024. A newer notice is open: W912HZ26S0001, closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left).
Who can apply for Evaluating Sediment Transport and Morphological Evolution of a Cross-shore Swash Zone Placement?
Engineer Research and Development Center accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.
What is the deadline for Evaluating Sediment Transport and Morphological Evolution of a Cross-shore Swash Zone Placement?
Closed January 26, 2024. 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 $142,500 each. About $142,500 in total for one award.
Who has won Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Battelle Memorial Institute, Msi Stem Research & Development Consortium, University of California San Diego. The program made 1,101 awards worth $1.3 billion in that time.