Opportunity Information: Apply for M19AS00006
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), through its Marine Minerals Program (MMP), is offering a cooperative agreement to support a targeted research project on how offshore sand dredging affects ecological function and the recovery of marine life in sand shoal habitats. The focus area is Ship Shoal in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Louisiana, where sand resources are often used for coastal restoration and resiliency projects (for example, rebuilding beaches and barrier islands). The central purpose of the work is to generate science that helps BOEM and its partners understand environmental impacts from sand resource development and improve management decisions that balance restoration needs with protection of marine ecosystems.
The research is designed to study how human disturbance from dredging relates to ecosystem services provided by sand shoals, and how biological communities rebound over time after sand is removed. The project compares "borrow" sites (areas where sand is dredged) with nearby control sites that are not dredged, looking both before and after dredging occurs. A major emphasis is on long-term recovery patterns of benthic communities (organisms living on or in the seafloor, such as worms, crustaceans, mollusks, and other infauna/epifauna) and fish communities that use these shoal habitats for feeding, shelter, and movement corridors.
Key study goals include determining whether dredged and undredged areas function differently, and if those differences can be detected through measurable ecological indicators. The opportunity calls for analysis of species distribution and diversity, how animals use the habitat, population dynamics over time, and the rate at which benthic habitat structure and community composition recover after disturbance. In addition to documenting biological change, the project is expected to test whether observed ecological differences line up with physical and oceanographic conditions, such as sediment grain size and local flow characteristics, which can influence how quickly sediment stabilizes and how suitable the habitat is for recolonization.
Another explicit objective is to place Ship Shoal recovery in a broader context by examining whether recovery patterns differ regionally between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic. This comparative angle reflects the idea that similar dredging activities may produce different ecological outcomes depending on differences in species pools, water conditions, sediment types, hydrodynamics, and baseline habitat characteristics across regions. Findings from this component would help BOEM judge whether lessons learned in one region can be applied elsewhere or whether management approaches should be tailored to regional conditions.
The legal foundation for the effort is the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). Section 1346 directs BOEM to conduct environmental and socioeconomic studies needed to assess and manage impacts on human, marine, and coastal environments that may be affected by offshore mineral activities (including sand extraction as well as oil and gas). Section 1345 authorizes BOEM to use cooperative agreements with affected states to meet these requirements, including sharing information, leveraging expertise, and establishing joint monitoring arrangements that support compliance with relevant federal and state laws and stipulations tied to outer continental shelf operations.
Administratively, this opportunity is not a broad, open call for proposals. It is a program announcement for a specific project that may be awarded only to a qualified recipient within the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network. Eligible applicants are public and state-controlled institutions of higher education participating in that network. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means BOEM expects substantial involvement during the project (for example, coordination on study design, data needs, reporting, and management relevance) rather than simply issuing a grant and receiving final deliverables.
The opportunity number is M19AS00006 and it falls under the Environment activity category (CFDA 15.424). The announcement was created on February 28, 2019, with an original closing date of April 29, 2019. BOEM anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of up to $2,000,000, contingent on receiving an acceptable proposal from an eligible CESU partner.Apply for M19AS00006
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Ecological Function and Recovery of Biological Communities within Sand Shoal Habitats within the Gulf of Mexico" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.424.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 28, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 29, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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