# Marine Minerals Activities (15.424)

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Marine Minerals Activities is run by Department of the Interior. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $17.1 million in 22 grants, about $779,123 per award.

## Objectives

BOEM provides financial assistance to qualified partners to identify and evaluate OCS sediment for potential use in coastal restoration and beach nourishment projects or programs and to foster capacity building and working relationships with coastal States to address coastal erosion, coastal resilience, and regional sediment management. BOEM funds activities such as conducting state-based needs assessments; geophysical and geological data acquisition in specific areas on the OCS; analysis and interpretation of existing or new geophysical and geological data to delineate sediment resources or benthic habitat; development of regional stratigraphic interpretations or models; modeling to describe or understand geologic processes that affect sediment resources; feasibility and related technological or operations studies; and cultural resources or shallow hazards identification. BOEM also provides financial assistance to qualified partners to assist in the identification and assessment of other potential OCS mineral resources such as critical minerals (as defined by Executive Order 13817 "A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals"). BOEM funds activities such as geophysical and geological data acquisition in specific areas on the OCS, as well as analysis and interpretation of existing or new geophysical and geological data to delineate marine minerals.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $5.4 million | 13 |
| 2022 | $2.4 million | 10 |
| 2023 | $3.6 million | 7 |
| 2024 | $3.4 million | 7 |
| 2025 | $2.4 million | 4 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Texas General Land Office | Texas | $7.0 million |
| Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority of Louisiana | Louisiana | $3.0 million |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Louisiana | $2.6 million |
| University of Delaware | Delaware | $1.3 million |
| The University of Southern Mississippi | Mississippi | $1.1 million |
| Natural Resources South Carolina Department | South Carolina | $729,848 |
| New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | New Jersey | $300,000 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Texas | $261,572 |
| The Virginia Department of Energy | Virginia | $250,000 |
| Geological Survey of Alabama | Alabama | $242,000 |
| The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | New York | $125,000 |
| University of Washington | Washington | $93,662 |
| University of Alabama | Alabama | $50,000 |